"The king went into his house and laid down. The first child of King A Matua, Tuu Maheke, came and went into the house. He came and kissed his father on the cheek. King Hotu A Matua asked, 'Who are you?' The royal child replied, 'It is I, the royal child, Tuu Maheke'. King Hotu A Matua said, 'Ah, I wish you luck, oh King, for your sand, very fine sand, fleas [in the sand]!'

He went out, and the second child, Miru Te Mata Nui, entered into the house and kissed him on the cheek. A Matua asked, 'Who are you?' He answered, 'Miru Te Mata Nui'. A Matua replied, 'I wish you luck, oh Miru, oh Te Mata Nui, to protect your people!'

He went out, and the third, Tuu Rano Kao, entered and kissed (his father). A Matua spoke: 'I wish you luck for your pebbles of Hanga Te Pau, for your (crater) Rano Kau!' That was all, and he went out.

The fourth child entered. Matua kissed him on both cheeks and asked, 'Who are you?' He answered, 'It is I, the last-born (hangu potu), Te Mata O Tuu Hotu Iti.' The king was glad and said, 'You are a very strong child (poki hiohio), oh last-born, I wish you luck! Swift (?) is the great shark of Motu Toremo Hiva, of the homeland!' That was the end of King Hotu A Matua's speech to his children." (Manuscript E according to Barthel 2.)

His last-born child, Te Mata O Tuu Hotu Iti, is likened to a shark. The youngest child is the one who is in the east, in spring. Growing older locations ought to follow the path of the sun, and Tuu Maheke, the first-born (royal) child therefore 'inhabits' the north (the fine sands of Anakena). According to Barthel 2:

"The quarternary system, which divides the island into four quadrants, correlates the four royal sons with the path of the sun ... The sequence of the sons is determined by their order of birth. To the first-born goes the region in which the noon sun reaches its zenith, a striking symbol for the highest ranking son; to the second-born goes the region of the setting sun. The name 'Miru' may have been connected to the central Polynesian concept of a region of the dead to the west and its guardian. The third son inherits the midnight region, and the last-born inherits the eastern section.

Since the last-born, a 'good and strong child' (poki rivariva, poki hiohio), was closest to the father, the region of the rising sun is alotted to him, which gives this region special value. While the successor of the king is like 'the sun at its highest point', the youngest son is like 'the rising sun'."