Before he let the Tongans start digging under the, then dead, candlenut tree, Lāfaipana had a personal request to make: he would like to have a branch for his dove to perch on. Fasiapule agreed, went to Niua, cut a toa tree and came back. "What is that?", Lāfaipana asked. "The perch for your dove", was the answer. "You fool, to cut a piece of wood for me to sleep with. I thought that if you can make riddles for me to solve, then you should solve mine. That dove is a woman for me."