Moana clutched her oar¹ in one hand and Heihei in the other as she ducked behind the boat, trying to prepare herself. "Maui, demigod of the wind and sea? I am Moana of Motunui. You will board my boat—no—you will board my boat—you will board my boat, yeah."

 

"Boat!" a deep voice rumbled² all around her. "A BOAT!"

 

A man suddenly appeared, but he was more like a mountain! His dark, muscular body was covered in a tapestry³ of tattoos⁴, and a wild, curly mop of black hair fell around his broad shoulders. A necklace of whale teeth hung around his neck, and he wore a skirt made of big green banana leaves. The man smiled from ear to ear, revealing a slight gap in his two front teeth, as he joyfully⁶ lifted the boat. "THE GODS HAVE GIVEN ME A B— AGH!" He was so shocked to see Moana that he almost dropped the boat on her head. He lifted it again but only saw Heihei, buried in the sand up to his neck. Confused, he looked around.

 

Moana popped up behind him. "Maui?"

 

As he turned to face Moana, the boat he was still holding almost knocked her down.

 

Moana recovered, and as Maui loomed⁷ over her, she forced the words to come out of her mouth. "Shape-shifter? Demigod of the wind and sea?" Moana tried her best to sound confident. She took a deep breath. "I am Moan—"

 

"Hero of men," Maui said, interrupting her.

 

"What?"

 

"Maui, shape-shifter, demigod of the wind and sea, hero of men. I interrupted. From the top—hero of men. Go," Maui instructed her.

 

"Uh— I am Mo—" Moana started.

 

"Sorry, sorry, and women. Men and women—both, all—not a guy/girl thing—hero to all," Maui said. "You're doing great," he added in a whisper.

 

Confused, Moana pushed her oar toward him. "What—no, I'm here to—" Moana started.

 

"Of course, yes, Maui always has time for his fans," said Maui, assuming she was just too taken with his charm and beauty to speak coherently. He grabbed the oar from her and picked up Heihei, gripping him like a pen. Then he used Heihei's beak⁸ to scratch the symbol of a hook onto the oar, signing his autograph. He added a heart. He winked⁹ at her as he finished signing with a dramatic flair¹⁰. "Eh? I know, not every day you meet your hero—"

 

Moana looked down at the autograph and then jabbed Maui in the gut¹¹ with the oar. He doubled over, and she grabbed his ear.

 

"You are not my hero! You are the dirt basket who stole the heart of Te Fiti!" she yelled, showing him the heart. "And you will board my boat, sail across the sea, and put it back!" She tried to pull Maui toward the boat, but it was like trying to move a brick wall. He wouldn't budge¹². Maui placed his giant hand on top of Moana's head and pulled her off the ground with ease. He set her down on the sand and looked at her, a bit confused.

 

"Um, yeah ... almost sounded like you don't like me, which is impossible, because everyone knows I only got stuck here trying to get the heart for you mortals... . But what I believe you were trying to say ... is thank you," said Maui.

 

"Thank you?" Moana was stunned¹³.

 

"You're welcome," replied Maui.

 

"What? No, that's not—I wasn't—" said Moana, sputtering¹⁴ to try to explain.

 

Once again, Maui interrupted her and started talking more specifically about how great he was.

 

Maui pointed¹⁵ out one of his tattoos, showing it to Moana. It was a small image of himself—a Mini Maui. The tattoo⁵ came to life and gave Maui a high five. Then Mini Maui hopped¹⁶ across Maui's body, from tattoo to tattoo, as Maui told Moana about all the wonderful things he had done for the world.

 

Moana watched, amazed, as the animated¹⁷ tattoos played out the stories of Maui's great accomplishments¹⁸. One tattoo showed how Maui stole fire from the fierce earthquake god to bring it to the humans. Another showed him lassoing the sun to stretch out the daylight hours. With Mini Maui acting¹⁹ as guide, the tattoos continued to illustrate²⁰ how Maui had helped humankind with just about everything: the sky, the tides, the breeze, the grass—even the coconut²¹ trees!

 

Once he had finished describing his glorious past, Maui smiled and said one final "You're welcome." Then he swiftly shoved Moana into a cave, rolled a boulder²² over the entrance, and trapped her inside! "Thank you," he added. Moana yelled, but Maui simply skipped down to the beach, excited to get into Moana's canoe and finally leave the island.

 

Mini Maui pulled at Maui's arm angrily. "What?" said Maui, looking at the tattoo. "No, I'm not going to Te Fiti with some kid; I'm gonna go get my hook. You have yours; I need mine." Maui put a finger on the tattoo. "Talk to the back," he said, flicking²³ it over his shoulder and onto his back.

 

Bagock! clucked Heihei.

 

Maui grabbed Heihei by the neck and smiled as he eyed the rooster. "Boat snack!" he said. Then he hauled the canoe into the water and climbed on board.

 

Inside Maui's cave, Moana threw her body against the boulder, but it was far too big and heavy for her to move. She looked around, searching for another way out, and sprinted²⁴ into a narrow canyon²⁵. It dead-ended at a platform where Maui had been sculpting²⁶ a life-sized statue of himself. Moana scanned the area, looking for options. It seemed as though the only way out was up through the steep funnel²⁷ cliff. But how could she get to it?

 

She climbed the statue of Maui, which was so tall it reached the top of the cave. Then she pressed her feet against the side of the cave, using all her strength to push the statue over on its side. She jumped on top of it and rode it as it tumbled toward the opening. Once she was directly underneath²⁸ the funnel, she leapt up and wedged her body into the opening. With her hands and feet flat against the narrow walls, she climbed toward the blue sky.

 

Meanwhile, Maui danced on the deck of the boat. "Goodbye, island!" he sang. Mini Maui nudged him. "Don't look at me like that. It's a beautiful cave; she's gonna love it," he said. Then he looked at Heihei. "And I'm gonna love you. In my belly²⁹. Let's fatten³⁰ you up, Drumstick," he said, sprinkling food for the rooster.

 

Heihei pecked around but kept missing the bits of food.

 

Moana made it all the way to the top of the funnel cliff. When she reached the opening, she thrust her body out, feet first. From the cliff, she spotted³¹ Maui in the ocean below and sprinted ahead. Then she yelled like a warrior³² and fearlessly jumped off the rocky overhang toward him. But Moana fell short and belly-flopped into the water.

 

"I could watch that all day," Maui said. "Okay, enjoy the island. Maui out!" Maui trimmed the sail, or moved the sails so they got the most wind, and took off, leaving Moana in his wake.

 

Moana swam after him but was not getting any closer to the boat. "No!" she yelled. "Stop! HEY! You have to put back the heart—stop! Maui! MAUI!"

 

Just then, the ocean sucked Moana underwater and dragged her toward Maui at turbo speed. It carried her all the way to the boat, lifted her up, and dumped her on board. She stood there dripping wet as she and Maui stared at each other, shocked.

 

"Did not see that coming," said Maui.

 

Moana boldly faced Maui and started her speech. "I am Moana of Motunui. This is my canoe, and you will journey to Te Fiti—"

 

Moana screeched³³ as Maui picked her up and tossed her overboard. Mini Maui popped back up, mad at him. "Get over it," Maui said to the tattoo figure. "We've gotta move."

 

But before Maui could start sailing—floomp!—the ocean tossed Moana back onto the front of the boat.

 

"And she's back," said Maui.

 

"I am Moana of Motunuiiii—"

 

Maui dug the oar into the water, putting on the brakes, which caused Moana to fall off again. In a flash, the ocean put her right back onto the boat.

 

"It was Moana, right?" said Maui, wearing a deadpan³⁴ expression.

 

"Yes, and you will restore the heart—" she said, holding the heart out to Maui. He grabbed it and threw it a mile out to sea.

 

Whack³⁵! The ocean threw it right back, knocking Maui in the head. He looked at Moana. "Okay, I'm out," he said, diving over the side.

 

But just as he hit the water, the sea threw him back onto the boat. "OH, COME ON!" he shouted. The ocean splashed him in the face.

 

"What is your problem?" said Moana. "Are ... you afraid of it?" She held the heart closer to Maui, and he backed up.

 

"No," Maui said, chuckling³⁶ nervously³⁷. "No, I'm not afraid."

 

Mini Maui disagreed, nodding and nervously biting his fingernails to show Moana the truth: Maui was definitely afraid of the heart.

 

Maui scowled³⁸ at the tattoo. "Stay out of it, or I will put you on my butt," he said. Then he turned to Moana. "Stop it. That's not a heart; it's a curse. Second I took it, I got blasted outta the sky and lost my hook. Get it away."

 

"Get this away?" Moana said, taunting³⁹ him, inching the heart closer and closer. She was thoroughly⁴⁰ enjoying seeing him squirm. "I am a demigod; I will smite⁴¹ you," said Maui, dodging⁴² her. "You wanna get smote⁴³? Smoten? Agh! Listen to me—that thing doesn't create life; it's a homing beacon⁴⁴ of death. You don't put it away, bad things will come for it!"

 

"Come for this? The heart? You mean THIS HEART RIGHT HERE?"

 

Maui was getting worried and stammered⁴⁵ as she waved it around his face. "Hey—will ya—cut it—" Fed up, he faced Moana and firmly said, "You're gonna get us killed."

 

"No, I'm gonna get us to Te Fiti so you can put it back. Thank you," said Moana. Then, deepening her voice to mimic⁴⁶ Maui, she said, "You're welcome."

 

Thunk! A huge spear soared through the air and sank into the side of their boat, barely missing Heihei. The clueless rooster started pecking at it. Moana and Maui looked around to see where the spear had come from. Through the fog, they could barely make out a large silhouette⁴⁷... . Whatever it was, it was getting closer.

 

莫阿娜一手抓着船桨一手提着憨憨，快速躲到船后，试图做好准备。“你就是主宰风和海的半神毛伊吗？我是来自莫图鲁尼岛的莫阿娜，请上船……不对，请上船……请上船，对的。”

 

“船！”一个低沉的声音在她耳边响起，“有船！”

 

一个男人突然出现了，但是他更像一座大山！他皮肤黝黑，肌肉壮硕，全身遍布文身。他宽阔的肩膀上披散着一头卷曲蓬松的黑发，脖子上挂着一串用鲸鱼牙齿做成的项链，穿着一条由绿色的大香蕉叶拼成的短裙。他眉开眼笑，露两颗门牙之间的缝，欣喜地举起船喊道：“神竟然送给我一艘——耶！”他看到莫阿娜时震惊不已，差点把船砸在她头上。他再次举起船，却只看到埋在沙子里只露出头的憨憨，便一脸茫然地四处张望着。

 

莫阿娜从他身后冒了出来，问道：“你是毛伊吗？”

 

毛伊转身面向莫阿娜，举在手上的船差点将她撞倒。

 

看着赫然矗立在面前的毛伊，莫阿娜定了定神，好不容易从牙缝里挤出几句话：“你精通变形术？是主宰风和海的半神？”她尽量表现得自信些，深吸一口气后说道：“我叫莫阿——”

 

“男人们的英雄”。毛伊打断她说道。

 

“什么？”

 

“毛伊，精通变形魔王、主宰风和海的半神、男人们的英雄。我打断你了，你接着从男人们的英雄开始，说吧。”毛伊提示她。

 

“哦，我是莫——”她重新开始。

 

“不好意思，不好意思，还得包括女人。男人和女人——都包括在内，所有人的——可不是小男孩或小姑娘崇拜的那种——而是所有人的偶像。”毛伊说道。“你说得挺好的。”他又凑到莫阿娜耳边轻声说。

 

莫阿娜一头雾水，拿船桨戳他，“什么——不，我来这里是——”莫阿娜准备说明来意。

 

“对对对，当然啦，我毛伊总是有时间留给粉丝的。”毛伊说道。他以为莫阿娜是被自己的魅力与帅气迷住了以至于连话都说不顺。他从莫阿娜手里拿过船桨，提起憨憨，像握笔那样把憨憨握在手里，然后用憨憨的嘴在船桨上刮出一个鱼钩的形状，签上他的大名，还画了一颗爱心。他完成这些自以为激动人心的举措后，对莫阿娜眨了眨眼，说道：“嗯哼？我知道，不是每天你都能偶遇你的偶像——”

 

莫阿娜低头看了看船桨上的签名，拿起船桨戳向毛伊的肚子。他痛得弯下了腰，莫阿娜顺势揪住了他的耳朵。

 

“你才不是我的偶像呢！你是偷了特菲提之心的小贼！”她大叫道，并把特菲提之心给他看，“请上船，我要带你跨越整片大海，把它放回原位！”她使劲把毛伊往船的方向拖，可这就像移动一堵砖墙一样。他纹丝不动。毛伊将大手放到莫阿娜头顶，轻而易举就把她从地上拎了起来。随后，他将莫阿娜放到沙滩上，一脸疑惑地看着她。

 

“嗯，不对啊……听起来好像你不太喜欢我，这怎么可能呢！因为全世界都知道我是为了帮你们凡人取得特菲提之心才被困在这里的……但是我相信你刚才是想对我说声……谢谢吧。”毛伊说道。

 

“谢谢你？”莫阿娜瞠目结舌地问道。

 

“不用谢。”毛伊回答。

 

“什么？不，那并不是——我不是——”莫阿娜气急败坏地想解释清楚。

 

毛伊又打断了她，开始一一细数自己的丰功伟绩。

 

他指着身上的一块文身给莫阿娜看，那是缩小版的毛伊形象——小毛伊。这块小文身活了过来，跟毛伊击掌相庆。小毛伊在他身上的文身图案间蹦来跳去时，毛伊正向莫阿娜夸耀自己对这个世界所做的贡献。

 

这些动态的文身演绎出一段段故事，重现着毛伊昔日的壮举，莫阿娜看着，惊叹不已。其中一块文身描述了毛伊从凶恶的地魔手中偷取火种交给人类的过程；另一块则显示毛伊用魔法鱼钩拉高太阳使白昼延长的壮举。由小毛伊充当向导，一块块文身继续描述毛伊帮助人类得到的一切：蓝天、潮汐、微风和草地——连椰子树也包括在内！

 

毛伊夸耀完他那辉煌的往事，最后还不忘笑着补了句：“不必客气。”说完他迅速将莫阿娜推入洞中，滚动巨石封锁入口，将她困在洞里！“多谢你的船。”毛伊补充道。莫阿娜大声呼叫，可毛伊却径直跑到沙滩上，兴奋地冲上莫阿娜的船，准备离开海岛。

 

小毛伊生气地拉扯毛伊的手臂。“你干什么？”毛伊看着他说道，“不行，我才不会和这个小鬼一起闯特菲提岛呢。我要去找我的鱼钩。你有你的小鱼钩，我当然也要有我的。”毛伊伸出手指，把他从肩上弹到后背，说道：“和我的背说去。”

 

咯咯咯！憨憨的叫声传来。

 

毛伊看到憨憨时，一把抓住它的脖子，笑着说道：“行船途中的好点心啊！”然后毛伊把船拖到海里，轻松一跃翻身上了船。

 

回到毛伊的洞里，莫阿娜使出浑身力气去撞击巨石，可这石头对她来说真是又大又沉，怎么都推不动。她扫视四周寻找其他出口，然后飞快地冲进一座峡谷。这峡谷的尽头是块平地，在那儿，她发现了一座毛伊的雕塑，和他本人一般大小。莫阿娜查看了这块平地，想找其他出口。好像唯一的出路是往上爬，穿过这个陡峭的漏斗形山崖。可是怎样才能爬上去呢？

 

莫阿娜爬上毛伊的雕像，发现它高达洞穴顶部。接着，她双脚紧贴洞穴墙壁，使出吃奶的劲儿一蹬，把雕像朝另一边推去。雕像对着出口方向时，她迅速跳到雕像顶部，骑在上面。当她恰好处于漏斗形山崖的正下方时，便轻身跳跃，将身体挤进出口。她将手脚平贴在狭窄的墙面上，接着朝蓝天的方向爬行前进。

 

此时，毛伊在甲板上手舞足蹈，大唱着：“永别啦，小岛！”小毛伊用胳膊肘顶了他一下。“别这么看着我，我的山洞那么漂亮，她会喜欢的。”毛伊说道。他扭头看了憨憨一眼，“我会好好爱你的哦，下酒菜。不过得先把你养肥点，鸡腿儿！”他边说着边撒食物喂憨憨。

 

憨憨到处啄食，可还是啄空了不少。

 

莫阿娜一路爬到漏斗形悬崖的顶部。达出口边时，她腾空一跳，蹿出洞口，双脚稳稳着地。她从悬崖边往下看，发现毛伊正在崖下的海里划船前行。她像个勇士般大吼了一声，从悬崖边突起的岩石上勇敢地向毛伊跳去。可她没跳到船上，而是脸朝下掉入了海里。

 

“以前我每天都对着那个岛，”毛伊感慨道，“现在好了，你好好享受这个岛吧，毛伊去也！”说完，毛伊整理船帆，调整航向，找到顺风位置便扬帆出发了，将莫阿娜远远甩在身后。

 

莫阿娜在船后方拼命游着追赶他，可总是望尘莫及。“不要这样啊！”她喊道，“停下来！喂！你得把特菲提之心放回原位呢——快给我停下！死毛伊！臭毛伊！”

 

就在此时，大海将莫阿娜卷入漩涡，拖着她加速追赶毛伊。水涡带着她赶上了船，将她举起，朝船上抛去。随后莫阿娜就全身湿透地站在船头，和毛伊四目相对，彼此都吓了一跳。

 

“你从哪儿冒出来的啊？”毛伊发问。

 

莫阿娜毫不畏惧地直视毛伊，开口道：“我是来自莫图鲁尼岛的莫阿娜。这是我的船，你得和我一块儿驶向特菲提岛——”

 

毛伊一把拎起她，甩手抛出船，莫阿娜尖叫着飞了出去。小毛伊立即又跳了出来，对着毛伊吹胡子瞪眼。“少啰唆，”毛伊对他说道，“我们要出发了！”

 

毛伊还没来得及开船——喔嚯！——大海又将莫阿娜送回了船上。

 

“怎么又回来了。”毛伊抓狂道。

 

“我是来自莫图鲁尼的莫阿娜——”

 

毛伊将船桨插入水中，将船停了下来，让莫阿娜一个趔趄又翻进了海里。眨眼间，大海又把她送回了船上。

 

“你叫莫阿娜，对吧？”毛伊面无表情地问道。

 

“是的，你得把特菲提之心归位——”莫阿娜说着将特菲提之心递给了毛伊，但他抓起那颗心就丢进了远处的海里。

 

砰的一声！大海又将那颗心扔了回来，正好砸在毛伊的头上。毛伊瞪着莫阿娜。“好吧，我走还不行吗！”说完便翻身下船。

 

可毛伊刚碰到水，大海就把他扔回了船上。“好了，够了！”毛伊咆哮道，一股浪花飞溅到他脸上。

 

“你到底怎么回事？”莫阿娜问道，“难不成——你怕它？”她拿着特菲提之心靠近毛伊，他吓得连连后退。

 

“不，”他干笑了几声，紧张地说道，“不，我才不怕呢。”

 

小毛伊可不同意，他对莫阿娜点头示意，又焦急地啃手指甲，向她言明真相：毛伊的确害怕特菲提之心。

 

毛伊怒视着他，说道：“别瞎掺和，不然我把你扔屁股上去。”然后他转过头警告莫阿娜：“省省吧，那根本不是什么特菲提之心，那只是个该死的诅咒罢了。当时我一抓到它，就被炸飞了，我的鱼钩也给弄丢了。拿远点儿！”

 

“拿远点儿？”莫阿娜嘲弄道，她把心越举越近。看着毛伊浑身不自在的样子，莫阿娜心里倒是乐开了花。“我可是半神，要弄死你易如反掌，”毛伊躲闪到一旁，继续说道，“你想挨揍吗？想死吗？哼！你可听好了——那玩意儿根本不是什么生命之源，它是死神的使者。你不扔掉它，四方妖魔都会来争抢它的！”

 

“争抢它？这颗心？你说的是我手里的这颗特菲提之心？”

 

她又将特菲提之心在他面前晃了晃，毛伊越发惊恐，话也说不利索了。“喂——你能——把它扔——”他终于忍无可忍，盯着莫阿娜斩钉截铁地说：“你早晚会害死我们的。”

 

“不扔，我们得一起去特菲提岛，将它归位，我谢谢你了！”莫阿娜回答，接着她压低嗓音模仿毛伊的语气，又补了一句：“不用谢。”

 

砰的一声！一支巨大的矛刺凌空呼啸而来，插入船侧，差点击中了憨憨，这只傻公鸡甚至伸嘴开始去啄它了。莫阿娜和毛伊迅速扫视四周，想弄清矛刺是从哪儿飞来的。透过海面上薄雾，他们隐约能看出大致的轮廓……不管它是什么，都离他们越来越近了。

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