Tales of the Mythical Period

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"We go to take greens, sister-in-law Dinay, perhaps the _siksiklat_

[84] will taste good. I have heard that the _siksiklat_ is good,"

said Aponibolinayen. They went to get her _siksiklat_. When they

arrived at the place of small trees, which they thought was the

place of the _siksiklat_, they looked. Aponibolinayen was the first

who looked. As soon as she began to break off the _siksiklat_ which

she saw she did not break any more, but the _siksiklat_ encircled

and carried her up. When they reached the sky (literally "the up"),

the _siksiklat_ placed her below the _alosip_ [85] tree. She sat for

a long time. Soon she heard the crowing of the rooster. She stood up

and went to see the rooster which crowed. She saw a spring. She saw it

was pretty because its sands were _oday_ [86] and its gravel _pagapat_

[87] and the top of the betel-nut tree was gold, and the place where

the people step was a large Chinese plate which was gold. She was

surprised, for she saw that the house was small. She was afraid and

soon began to climb the betel-nut tree, and she hid herself.

The man who owned the house, which she saw near the well, [88]

was Ini-init--the sun. But he was not in the place of his house,

because he went out and went above to make the sun, because that was

his work in the daytime. And the next day Aponibolinayen saw him,

who went out of his house, because he went again to make the sun. And

Aponibolinayen went after him to his house, because she saw the man,

who owned the house, who left. When she arrived in the house, she

quickly cooked, because she was very hungry.

When she finished cooking, she took the stick used in roasting fish

and cooked it, and the fish-stick which she cooked became cut-up fish,

because she used her magic power. [89] When she finished to cook

the fish, she took out rice from the pot, and when she had finished

to take out the rice from the pot, she took off the meat from the

fish. When she finished taking the fish from the pot, she ate. When

she finished eating, she washed. When she finished washing, she kept

those things which she used to eat, the coconut shell cup and plate,

and she laid down to sleep.

When afternoon came, Ini-init went home to his house after he finished

fishing. He saw his house, which appeared as if it was burning,

not slowly. He went home because it appeared as if his house was

burning. When he arrived at his house, it was not burning, and he was

surprised because it appeared as if there was a flame at the place

of his bed. When he was in his house, he saw that which was like the

flame of the fire, at the place of his bed, was a very pretty lady.

Soon he cooked, and when he had finished to cook he scaled the

fish, and when he had finished scaling he cut it into many pieces,

and he made a noise on the bamboo floor when he cut the fish. The

woman awoke, who was asleep on his bed. She saw that the man who

cut the fish was a handsome man, and that he dragged his hair. [90]

The pot she had used to cook in looked like the egg of a rooster [91]

and he was surprised because it looked like the egg of a rooster; and

the rice which she cooked was one grain of broken rice. [92] Because

of all this Ini-init was surprised, for the pot was very small with

which she cooked. After Ini-init cooked, the woman vanished and she

went to the leaves of the betel-nut, where she went to hide.

After Ini-init finished cooking the fish, he saw the bed, the place

where the woman was sleeping, was empty. He was looking continually,

but he did not find her. When he could not find her, he ate alone,

and when he finished eating he washed, and when he finished washing

the dishes he put away, and when he had finished putting away he went

to the yard to get a fresh breath.

Not long afterwards he went to take a walk in the place of his

betel-nuts. When he had finished to take a walk in the place of his

betel-nuts, he went to sleep.

When it began to be early morning, he left his house, he who went up,

because it was his business to make the sun. And Aponibolinayen went

again into the house.

When it became afternoon, Ini-init went to his home, and Aponibolinayen

had cooked, after which she went out to the betel-nut trees. When

Ini-init arrived, he was surprised because his food was cooked, for

there was no person in his house. As soon as he saw the cooked rice

and cooked fish in the dish, he took the fish and the rice and began

to eat. When he had finished eating, he went to his yard to take

a fresh breath and he was troubled in his mind when he thought of

what had happened. He said, "Perhaps the woman, which I saw, came to

cook and has left the house. Sometime I shall try to hide and watch,

so that I may catch her." He went to sleep, and when it became early

morning he went to cook his food. When he had finished eating, he

went again to make the sun, and Aponibolinayen went again to his house.

When the sun had nearly sunk, he sent the big star who was next to

follow him in the sky, and he went home to spy on the woman. When he

had nearly reached his home, he saw the house appeared as if it was

burning. [93] He walked softly when he went up the ladder. He slammed

shut the door. He reached truly the woman who was cooking in the

house. He went quickly and the woman said to him, "You cut me only

once, so that I only cure one time, if you are the old enemy." "If

I were the old enemy, I should have cut before," said Ini-init,

and he sat near her who cooked. He took out the betel-nut, and he

arranged it so that they began to chew the betel-nut, and he said,

"Ala! young lady, we are going to chew, because it is bad for us to

talk who do not know each other's names." Aponibolinayen answered,

"No, for if the rich man who practices magic is able to give to the

rich woman who has magical power, soon there will be a sign." Ini-init

said, "No, hurry up even though we are related, for you come here if

we are not related." [94]

He begged her and he cut the betel-nut, which was to be chewed, which

was covered with gold, and he gave it to the woman who had magical

power, and they chewed. When she laid down the quid, it looked like

the agate bead, which has no hole for the thread. And the quid of

Ini-init looked like a square bead.

"My name is Ini-init, who often goes to travel over the world. I

always stop in the afternoon. What can I do, it is my business,"

he said. Aponibolinayen was next to tell her name. "My name is

Aponibolinayen, who lives in Kaodanan, who am the sister of Awig,"

she said, and when they had finished telling their names, both their

quids looked like the agate bead which is _pinoglan_, which has no

hole. Ini-init said, "We are relatives, and it is good for us to be

married. Do not be afraid even though you did not come here of your

own accord. I go to Kaodanan," he said. Then they married, and the

sun went to shine on the world, because it was his business, and the

big star also had business when it became night. Aponibolinayen staid

alone in the house, and in the afternoon the sun again went home, but

first he went to fish in the river. He went home when he had caught

the big fish for them to eat--both those married. And when he arrived

in their house he found Aponibolinayen, who was cooking, and he saw

that she still broke up the fish-stick, which she cooked. Ini-init

asked her, "What are you doing with that stick which you are

breaking, which you put in the jar?" and Aponibolinayen replied,

"I cook for us both to eat," and the sun laughed, because she cooked

the stick. "You throw away that stick which you are cooking; this

fish which I caught with the net is what you are to cook. It is not

eatable that fish-stick which you cook," he said. Aponibolinayen said,

"You shall see by and by, when we eat, what it will become. You hang

up the fish which you caught, which we shall eat to-morrow." "Hurry

up! You throw away that stick which you cook, it has no use. Even

though you cook for one month, it will not become soft, and I do not

think it will become good," said Ini-init. Aponibolinayen said, "No,

you hurry and hang that fish which you caught with the net, because

it is nearly cooked--the rice and the fish." Not long after she took

out the rice from the jar, and she uncovered her cooked fish, which

was a stick. When the sun saw that the fish came from the stick which

she cooked, he was surprised and he asked her how she made the stick,

which she cooked, turn to fish. Aponibolinayen said, "You hurry come

and eat, for I have finished taking out the rice and fish." [95]

Not long after that the sun went truly in front of her to the place

of the rice and cooked fish, and they ate.

Not long after they finished and Aponibolinayen washed, and when

she had finished washing she put away those things which they

ate and Ini-init made trouble because of the stick which became

a fish. He again asked Aponibolinayen how she made the stick into

fish, and Aponibolinayen said, "Do not trouble yourself, perhaps

you know about the rich woman who practices magic in Kaodanan,"

and Ini-init said, "Yes, I know the rich woman who practices magic

in Kaodanan, who sometimes has much power, who changes, who has no

equal." Aponibolinayen said, "Why do you still ask if you know?" "I

ask because I want to be sure, even though I know you have much power,"

said Ini-init. "If that is true, do not ask again," she said. Not long

after while they were talking, they went to sleep, and when it began

to be early morning Ini-init went to make the sun on all the world;

when they had finished to eat he went to shine. Aponibolinayen staid

in the house. When it came afternoon, the sun went down and he went

directly to fish in the river, for the fish which they ate--the two

who were married. Not long after he caught again a big fish, and he

went home. When he arrived, Aponibolinayen had finished cooking, and

he asked where she got the fish which she had cooked, and she said,

"Why do you ask again? You know it is the stick which I cook, which is

fish, which we ate, before you arrived again with fish. Throw away the

fish which you caught, for this stick is many fish which I cook." After

that Ini-init said, "Why do you order to throw away, that which serves

the purpose to which we put it, even though you cook many sticks?" "If

you value it, hang it on the hanger, and you come and eat."

Not long after they ate, and when they had finished eating, they

washed, and when they had finished washing those things which they

used to eat on, they talked and they went to sleep.

When it became the middle of the night, Aponibolinayen woke up. "I go

up with you when you go up in the early morning," she said. Ini-init

said to her, "Do not come, for it is very hot up above. You cannot

endure the heat, and you will repent when we are there." "No, if it

is too hot, we shall take many blankets and pillows, which I shall

go under," she said again and again until it became early morning,

then Ini-init agreed. They ate first and then they arranged those

pillows and blankets which they took with them.

Not long after they went east, and when they arrived there the

sun shone, and Aponibolinayen became oil because it was so hot,

and Ini-init put her in a bottle, and he corked it and covered it

with blankets and pillows, which sheltered her, and he dropped it

down. She fell by the well in Kaodanan, and Indiápan, who was still

dipping water, turned her face at the sound of the falling at her

side. She saw many good blankets and pillows, and she unwrapped that

which was wrapped, and when she had finished to unwrap she saw it was

a pretty lady--none equal to her--and she was frightened. She went

quickly to go up to the town, where they lived, and when she arrived

there she said to the people, "We have been searching a long time

for Aponibolinayen, and you killed and used many cows as food for

the searchers, and you spent much for her. She is at the spring. I

was frightened when she fell by me, who was dipping water from the

well. I saw many pretty blankets and pillows, and I unwrapped that

which was wrapped, and it was Aponibolinayen whom we are seeking,"

said Indiápan. They went quickly--her father and mother--and the other

men went to see her, and when they arrived at the place of the well

they saw Aponibolinayen whom they sought. "Where did you come from,

Aponibolinayen, for whom we have been seeking? We have invited many

and have fed many to search for you. Among the towns there is not one

we did not search for you, and now you are here," said her father and

mother. She said, "I came from Pindayan. I nearly did not come, because

the _alzados_ [96] closed the way, and I escaped while they slept."

Not long after they went up to the town, and not long after they went

to wash their hair and bathe in the river, and when they had finished

washing their hair they went home.

Ebang said, "Ala! husband Pagatipánan, let us make _balaua_ [97]

and invite our relatives who are sorrowing for Aponibolinayen," and

Pagatipánan said, "We shall make _balaua_ when next month comes, but

now Aponibolinayen feels ill, perhaps she is tired." Not long after

that Aponibolinayen commanded them to prick her little finger which

itched; and when her mother pricked it out popped a pretty baby. [98]

Her mother asked, "Where did you get this baby, Aponibolinayen?" But

Aponibolinayen did not tell. "I do not know where I got it, and I did

not feel," she said. When they could not compel her to tell where she

secured the baby, "Ala, we make _balaua_ to-morrow," said the father

and mother.

They made _balaua_, and not long after Ebang used magic, so that many

people went to pound rice for them, and when they had finished to

pound rice they built _balaua_, and they went to get the betel-nut

which is covered with gold for chewing. When these arrived, Ebang

oiled them when it began to get dark. "You betel-nuts go to all the

people in the whole world and invite them. If any of them do not come,

you grow on their knees," said Ebang. And those betel-nuts went to

invite all the people in the whole world. Every time they bathed

the child they used magic, so that it grew as often as they washed

it, until it walked. The betel-nuts arrived in the towns where they

went to invite. The one that went to Nagbotobotán--the place where

lived the old woman Alokotán--said, "Good morning, I do not tarry,

the reason of my coming is that Ebang and Pagatipánan commanded

me, because Aponibolinayen is there." "Yes, you go first, I will

come, I will follow you. I go first to wash my hair and bathe," she

said. The betel-nut which is covered with gold said, "I wait for you,

for if you do not come, I shall grow on your knee." The old woman

Alokotán started when she finished washing her hair and bathing. The

betel-nut, which was covered with gold, took her, and not long after

they arrived, and they met those whom the other betel-nuts went to

summon in the other towns. No one wanted the baby to go to them,

[99] and when none wished it to approach, the old woman Alokotán

summoned the spirits. ("What town did they not yet invite?" This

question was added by the story-teller. Not part of tale.) The old

woman Alokotán said, "You invited all the people except Ini-init,

who is above. You did not send the prepared betel-nut covered with

gold to summon him. Perhaps he made Aponibolinayen pregnant, because

the _siksiklat_ took her up when they went to gather greens--she and

her sister-in-law, who is Dinay."

They commanded the betel-nuts, and they oiled them, and sent

them. Not long after the betel-nut, whom they sent, arrived above,

who went to call Ini-init. And the betel-nut said, when he arrived,

"Good morning, Sun, I do not tarry. The reason of my visit is that

Ebang and Pagatipánan, who make _balaua_, send me. If you do not wish

to come, I will grow on your head." The sun said, "Grow on my head,

I do not wish to go." The betel-nut jumped up and went on his head,

and it grew. Not long after the betel-nut became tall and the sun was

not able to carry it, because it became big, and he was in pain. "You

go to my pig, that is what you grow on," he said. Not long after the

betel-nut jumped on the head of his pig, and the pig began to squeal

because it could not carry the betel-nut which began to grow on its

head. And Ini-init said, "Ala! get off my big pig and I come." The

betel-nut got off the pig.

Not long after they went and Pagatipánan carried the baby near to

the gate. When Ini-init and the betel-nut approached, the baby was

happy and he went to be carried by Ini-init. When they arrived at the

festival place, the people saw that he who carried the baby rolled

because he was round, and they saw he was not a man but a stone, and

Ebang and Pagatipánan said, "Ala! Aponibolinayen, you start and take

off your arm beads and you dress in rags, you wrap your wrists with

strings, in place of the arm beads, so that you can go with the stone

when he takes you to his home, when our _balaua_ is finished." Not

long after Aponibolinayen started. She took off her beads and her

dresses and exchanged them for rags and strings. When she changed her

dresses, she went down the ladder, and she saw that he who carried

the baby was a stone, which was round. After that Pagatipánan said,

"Ala! now our _balaua_ is finished, you go home to the town of the

stone." Aponibolinayen said, "Yes, if that is what you say." Those

people who were invited bade them good-by, and when they went away,

they went home also--those whom they invited.

Not long after they arrived at their home and the sun became a man,

he who had been a stone before. "When next month comes we shall

build _balaua_, Aponibolinayen, so that we can invite our relatives,

and I will pay the marriage price, because I marry you," [100] said

Ini-init to her. Soon the month arrived in which they said they would

build _balaua_, and they summoned the old woman Alokotán, to start

the _balaua_. Not long after they sent to get _bolo_ and _lono_ [101]

with which to make the _dakidak_ and _talapitap_. [102] When it became

afternoon the old woman Alokotán began to sing _da-eng_ [103] and the

next night they sang _da-eng_ again. Not long after they commanded

to pound rice, and Aponibolinayen used magic so that many women went

to pound with them. [104] And Ini-init practiced magic so that they

had many neighbors, and many who went to pound rice with them.

Soon they commanded to get the timbers for the _balaua_, and they

prepared everything which they needed. When it became morning they

built _balaua_, and not long after they went to get the prepared

betel-nut, which is covered with gold, which they sent to invite

their relatives. [105]

When they arrived--those prepared betel-nuts which were covered with

gold--they oiled them at the beginning of the night, and sent them

to invite. Aponibolinayen said, "I will use magic, so that you,

betel-nut, may reach the town of our relatives so that you invite

all of them. When there is one who will not come, you grow on their

knees, as long as they do not come." Not long after they made _Libon_

[106] in the beginning of the night.

Those betel-nuts, whom they sent to invite, arrived, those which

they sent to invite their relatives. They did not wish to go to

make _balaua_. The betel-nuts who went to invite them said, "If you

do not wish to come, I will grow on your knee." Pagatipánan said,

"You grow," and the betel-nut grew on his knee, and it became high

and he was in pain. "Ala! you get off my knee, and you go on my pig,"

he said, and the betel-nut went truly on his pig and it squealed. "You

get off my pig, and we will come," he said, and the betel-nut truly

got off the pig. "Ala! you who live in the same town, you go and wash

your hair and bathe, and wash your clothes so that we can go to make

_Sayang_ [107] with the stone and Aponibolinayen. Here is a betel-nut

covered with gold which they send," said Pagatipánan. And the people

who lived in the same town washed their hair and bathed, and they

went to wash their clothes. Not long after it became afternoon and

Pagatipánan used magic so that cake and singed pig appeared which

they were to take to those who make _Sayang_, which they exchanged

with those who make _Sayang_. [108] Not long after they arrived at

the place of the gathering, and Aponibolinayen and Ini-init went to

make _alawig_, [109] and when they had finished, they brought them

up to the town. Pagatipánan said, "I did not think that the stone

which rolled could change when he came to make _balaua_ with us."

"_Ala_! now all you who have arrived, rich men, you divide the prepared

betel-nut which is covered with gold," said Ini-init. Not long after

Pagatipánan cut the betel-nut and chewed, and the quid of Ini-init

went to the quid of Pagbokásan, and the quid of Aponibolinayen went

to the quid of Pagatipánan. [110]

"Ala! now that we have finished chewing, I will give the payment

for Aponibolinayen, and now that you have found out that I am your

son--father and mother--let us give the payment," [111] said Ini-init.

His father and mother said, "If that is what you say, my child,

we will give," and they gave him the name of Aponitolau. [112] And

Aponitolau said, "Ala! you play the _gansa_ [113] so that we can

dance." When they played the _gansa_, Iwaginan took the _alap_ and

_kinamayan_ [114] and he gave them to Aponibolinayen and Agyokan. When

Aponibolinayen and Agyokan had finished dancing, they made Aponitolau

and Asindamáyan dance. When Aponitolau and Asindamáyan finished

dancing he made to dance Dinay of Kabisilan, who was the daughter

of Dalonágan, and also they made to dance Kanag, [115] who was the

son of Aponibolinayen and Aponitolau. When they finished to dance,

Datalan and Dalonágan of Kabisilan danced, and when they finished

to dance, Iwaginan made Dagapan and Indiápan dance. When they had

finished dancing Ginteban and Agyokan were next. And the beads of

Ginteban were jars, which struck together while they danced. Next were

Iwaginan and Kindi-iñan who was the wife of Ilwisan of Dagapan. And

when they had all danced they stopped playing the _gansa_. Aponitolau

gave the payment for Aponibolinayen and it was the _balaua_ nine

times filled with jars--_malayo, tadogan_, and _ginlasan_. [116] And

when he had given all the payment they played again on the _gansas_

for one month and they danced.

When one month passed, they went home--their relatives whom they

had invited. They said, "Ala! now Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen,

since the day has arrived on which we go home, do not detain us for

we have been here for a month, we go home to our town." Not long after

they all went home. And the father and mother of Aponitolau took them

home with them to Kadalayapan, and they took all their possessions

from up above. When they arrived in Kadalayapan those who lived in

the same town were surprised, for Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen were

there. They went to see them and Balokánag (i.e., Kanag--their son)

was large. It is said.

(Told by Magwati, a man of Lagangilang Abra.)

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"I am anxious to eat the mango fruit which belongs to Algaba of

Dagála," said Aponibolinayen. When she said this she was almost dying

and she repeated it. "Ala cousin Dalonágan, you go and take cousin

Dina-ogan, and go and secure the mango fruit of Algaba of Dagála,"

said Aponibalagen. "Why does Aponibolinayen want the mango fruit of

Algaba of Dagála; does she not know that anyone who goes there cannot

return?" asked Dalonágan. "Ala, you go and be careful and he will not

hurt you," said Aponibalagen. And Dalonágan went truly, and started,

and Aponibalagen gave Dalonágan a belt and earrings, which he was

to trade for the mango fruit; and Dalonágan went to get Dina-ogan,

and he took an egg. Not long after they went and they held the egg

all the time as they walked. When they were in the middle of the way

the egg hatched. When they had almost arrived in Dagála the chicken

had become a rooster which could crow.

Not long after they arrived at the spring of Algaba of Dagála, and the

people who dipped water from the spring were there. "You people who

are dipping water from the spring, where is a shallow place where we

can cross?" "Where is the shallow place where we can cross you say,

rich men, perhaps you are enemies," said the women who were dipping

water. "If we are enemies we would kill you," said Dalonágan. "You

see the shallow place where the people cross," said the people who

were dipping water from the well. Not long after they spread their

belt on the water and they rode across. When they arrived on the other

side of the river they took a bath. As soon as they finished bathing

they went on top of a high stone and dried their bodies. The water

which dropped from their bodies became agates which have no holes

through them, and the women who were dipping water saw the agates

which dropped from their bodies and they touched each other and said,

"Look at that." When they put their clouts on they asked the women,

"Where is the road to the house of Algaba of Dagála?" "You follow

the _sagang_; [117] they lead to his house and his _balaua_,"

said the women who were dipping water from the well. "Will one of

you guide us to the house of our cousin Algaba?" they said. "No,

because no one comes to get water unless all are together," said the

women. Not long after Dalonágan and his companion went up to the

town and the defensive fence, which was made of boa constrictors,

did not notice them for the snakes slept. Not long after they arrived

at the _balaua_. "_Wes_," they said, and the old woman _alan_ [118]

came to look at them through the window. "How are you?" she said. "Do

not go to the _balaua_, because Algaba can see you," said the _alan_.

Algaba was playing with his sweetheart in the other house, when his

sweetheart arrived from the well. "Your big snakes, which make the

fence, did not see the enemies who came inside of the town." Then

Algaba ran to his house and he was very angry when he saw the two

men. He went to get his headaxe and spear and when he took them down

the weapons shed tears which were of oil. "What is the matter with

my weapons that they weep oil? Perhaps these men are my relatives,"

said the angry man. He dropped them and when he took another set they

shed bloody tears.

The two men went up into the kitchen of the house, and Algaba went

there. "How do you do now?" he said, still angry. "What do you want

here?" "What are you here for, you ask, and we came to buy the mango

fruit for Aponibolinayen who is nearly dead." "It is good that you came

here," said Algaba, but he was angry and the two men were frightened,

and they did not eat much. As soon as they finished eating, "What do

you want to pay?" said Algaba. They let him see the one earring of

Aponibolinayen. "I don't like that; look at the yard of my house. All

the stones are gold," said Algaba. When he did not want the earring,

they let him see the belt, and Algaba smiled. "How pretty it is! I

think the lady who owns this is much prettier," he said to them. "Ala,

you go and get two of the fruit." So they went truly, and Dalonágan

went to climb and when he secured two mangoes he went down. "We

go now." "I will go with you for I wish to see Aponibolinayen,"

said Algaba. He said to his mother _alan_ "You, mother, do not feel

anxious concerning me while I am gone, for I want to go and see the

sick lady who so desires the mango fruit. Watch for enemies who come

inside the town." "Yes, do not stay long," said his mother _alan_.

Not long after they went and when they were in the middle of the way

Algaba said, "Is it far yet?" "It is near now," they answered. "I

use my power so that the sick woman, for whom they came to get fruit,

will feel very ill and nearly die," said Algaba to himself. Not long

after, truly they almost arrived. When they reached the well, he

asked again, "Is it still far?" but he knew that the well belonged to

Aponibolinayen. "It is near now; she owns this well," they said. Not

long after they entered the gate of the town. "I use my power so

that Aponibolinayen will die," he said, and she truly died. "Why is

Aponibolinayen dead? The mango fruit which we went to get is worthless

now," they said. "Perhaps she is the one they are wailing for," said

Algaba of Dagála. When they reached the ladder, "The mango fruit which

you went to get is no good at all," said Aponibalagen to them. "Yes,

it is. I came because I wish to see her," said Algaba of Dagála. "If

it is possible for you to bring her to life, please do so," said

Aponibalagen to him, and took him inside of the house. Algaba looked

at her, and she was a lady without an equal for beauty. Not long

after he took the body in his arms. "I use my power so that when I

whip my perfume [119] _kaladakad_ she will move directly," he said,

and the body moved. "I use my power so that when I whip my perfume

_banawes_ she will say '_Wes_'" and she at once said "_Wes_." "I

use my power so that when I whip my perfume she will wake up," and

she woke up. "_Wes_, how long my sleep was!" said Aponibolinayen,

for she was alive again. "How long I sleep! you say. You have been

dead," said Algaba, and Aponibolinayen looked at him and she it saw

was not Aponibalagen who held her in his arms. "Why, Aponibalagen,

do you detest me? Another man is holding me," she said, and she arose

from his arms, because she was ashamed. "Do not leave me, lady;

you would have been dead a long time if I had not come," said Algaba,

and their rings exchanged of themselves while he was holding her and

when Aponibolinayen had regained her breath, Algaba divided the mango

fruit into two parts and he gave to Aponibolinayen, but she did not

want to take it for she was ashamed. "If you do not wish to eat this

fruit which I give you, you cannot go to anyone but me," said Algaba,

and Aponibalagen left them alone.

Not long after Aponibolinayen could sit up straight, and she wanted

to leave Algaba, but he took her. When Aponibolinayen looked at her

ring she saw it was not her own. "Why have I another ring?" she asked,

and she caught the hand of Algaba for he wanted to take her. "Give me

my ring. It is not good for you, for it looks like copper. Take your

ring, for it is really gold," said Aponibolinayen. "No, this is good,

for I did not take it from your finger. The spirits wanted it to come

to my finger. Our rings are both gold, but they are different colors,"

he said. "Let us chew betel-nut for it is bad for us to talk when we do

not know each other's names." "It is not my custom to chew betel-nut,"

said Aponibolinayen. "Then you learn," said Algaba. Not long after he

made her chew and he gave to her. "Now, lady, whom I visit you tell

your name first," he said. "No, because I am ashamed, as a woman to

tell my name first." Not long after he said, "My name is Algaba of

Dagála. I have looked in all parts of the world for a wife, but I did

not find anyone like you, and now I have found you, and I want you

to be married to me." "My name is Aponibolinayen of Kaodanan, sister

of Aponibalagen who are son and daughter of Ebang and Pagbokásan,"

said Aponibolinayen. Not long after they laid down their quids and

they were rows of agate beads which have no holes. Algaba said, "It

is good for us to be married." So they were married and they went to

Dagála. As soon as they arrived in Dagála, "Mother," he said to his

mother _alan_, "now we are going to take you to Kadalayapan, because

I have found a wife." "No," said the _alan_, "we must first build

_balaua_ here." "That is good if it is what you desire," said Algaba.

Not long after Aponibolinayen commanded people to pound rice, and

others to get betel-nuts which were covered with gold. So they truly

made _Sayang._ [120] Not long after when it became evening they made

_Libon._ "The best for us to do is to invite Aponibalagen, and all the

people of Kadalayapan and some other places," said Algaba. Not long

after they sent the betel-nuts which were covered with gold to invite

their relatives. Some of the betel-nuts they sent to Kaodanan. "Sir,

come to Dagála, because Aponibolinayen and Algaba build _balaua_,"

said the betel-nut to Aponibalagen. When the other betel-nuts arrived

at Kadalayapan to invite the people they said to Langa-an, "Come to

Dagála because Aponibolinayen and Algaba make _balaua_." Not long

after Aponibalagen and Aponigawani and the other people went.

When they reached the middle of the way they met the people of

Kadalayapan, so they were a large party who went. When they arrived

at Dagála, at the place where the spring is, they saw that all the

stones by the river were gold and they were surprised, and the people

who were dipping water from the spring were there. "You people who

are dipping water, where is the shallow place for us to cross?" they

said. "You look for the place where the people go across?" said the

people who were dipping water. Not long after they went across the

river. As soon as they reached the other side of the river, they

took a bath. The women who were dipping water saw that the water

which ran from their bodies were agates which had no holes. "How

wonderful are the people who live in Kadalayapan and Kaodanan, for

they are relatives of Kaboniyan [121] and they have power," said the

women who were dipping water from the well.

"You people who are dipping water, where is the trail which leads

to the house of Algaba of Dagála?" they said. "Follow the head

poles; they are along the road to his house," said the women who

were dipping water. So they went up truly to the town, and the boa

constrictors which made the fence around the town did not move when

they passed, for they were afraid, and when they arrived at the house

of Algaba the _alan_ danced. When they sat down Pagatipánan was in

a hurry. "Ala! Langa-an, let us go and give the betel-nut which is

covered with gold to Algaba," he said and they went truly. They told

Algaba that they were going to chew betel-nut, because they wished

to learn if they were relatives; and Algaba said "That is good,"

and they called Aponigawani to the house, and they cut the betel-nut

in pieces. As soon as they cut it in pieces, "The best way to do is

for you to tell your name first, because we came to visit you," said

Pagatipánan to Algaba. "No, old man, you tell your name first," said

Algaba. Not long after, "My name is Pagatipánan who am the _Lakay_

[122] of Kadalayapan." Not long after, "My name is Pagbokásan who is

the father of Aponibalagen of Kaodanan." Not long after, "My name

is Algaba who is the son of an _alan_ who has deformed feet, [123]

who has no sister; we are not like you people who have power," said

Algaba. Not long after, "My name is Aponibalagen of Kaodanan who is the

son of Ebang and Pagbokásan." Not long after, "My name is Aponigawani

of Kadalayapan who has no brother, so that when some enemies come

into our town I dress in the bark of trees." Not long after, "My

name is Aponibolinayen who is the sister of Aponibalagen." As soon

as they told their names, they laid down their betel-nut quids. The

quids of Algaba and Aponigawani both went to the quid of Pagatipánan,

also the quids of Aponibalagen and Aponibolinayen went to the quid of

Pagbokásan. Then Aponigawani stood up. "You are so strange, Algaba,

you are my brother. I am so glad that I have a brother now. You are

bad for you let the enemies come into Kadalayapan," she said. "Excuse

me for I was far from Kadalayapan and did not see; it is our custom

for some of us to go to fight," said Algaba. "The best way to do,

Aponitolau, [124] is for you to go back with us to Kadalayapan,"

said Aponigawani. "If that is what you wish it is all right," he

said. Not long after the _balaua_ was finished and they took them to

Kadalayapan. The valuable things which the _alan_ owned she gave to

them, and she flew away.

When they arrived in Kadalayapan, Aponibalagen wanted to marry

Aponigawani. He sent his mother to go and give the message. As soon as

she arrived in Kadalayapan, "Good morning, nephew Aponitolau," said

Ebang. "Good morning, what are you here for?" said Aponitolau. "What

are you coming for, you say. Aponibalagen sent me to talk to you,

for he wishes to marry Aponigawani," she said. "If you think it is

good it will be all right," said Aponitolau, so she took out the

engagement gift and she put one earring inside of a little jar and

it was filled with gold. Aponitolau lifted his eyebrows and half

of the gold disappeared, so Ebang put another earring in the pot

and it was full again. "Ala! when it becomes evening you come and

bring Aponibalagen," he said to Ebang. "Yes," she said. So she went

home. As soon as she arrived in their house in Kaodanan, Aponibalagen

asked the result of her trip. "They agreed all right; we will go when

it becomes evening," said Ebang. When it became night they went to

Kadalayapan and he lived with Aponigawani. When it became morning he

took Aponigawani to Kaodanan and the father and mother of Aponigawani

and the other people followed them. They went to get the marriage

payment. It was the _balaua_ filled nine times with jars. As soon

as they gave all the payment, Aponitolau was the next to make his

payment. It was also the _balaua_ filled nine times. As soon as they

made all the payment they went home.

(Told by Mano, a woman of Patok.)

3

"I am going to wash my hair. Give me the rice straw, which has been

inherited nine times," said Aponitolau to his mother Langa-an. So

Langa-an gave him some and he went to the river to wash. As soon as

he arrived at the well he saw the pretty girl who was washing her

hair. He went and sat down on her skirt and the pretty girl told

him not to cut her in many places so she would not need to doctor

the wounds. "If I were an old enemy I would have killed you at the

first. It is bad for us to talk when we do not know each other's

names. Let us chew betel-nut," said Aponitolau. "No, for it is not

my custom," said the girl. But Aponitolau compelled her to chew

betel-nut with him. "You tell your name first," he said to her. "No,

it is not good for me to tell my name first, for I am a woman. You

are a man. You tell your name first." So Aponitolau said, "My name is

Aponitolau of Kadalayapan who am the son of Langa-an and Pagatipánan,

who came here to wash my hair. It is good fortune for me that I met

you here washing your hair." "My name is Gimbangonan of Natpangan,

who am the daughter of It-tonagan, who is the sister of Aldasan." As

soon as she told her name she disappeared and went to hide among the

betel nuts on the branch of a tree. So Aponitolau was very sorry and

he went back home without washing his hair. As soon as he arrived

where Langa-an was sitting he said to her "Mother, when I arrived at

the well by the river I met a pretty girl whose name was Gimbangonan,

the daughter of It-tonagan of Natpangan. We chewed betel-nuts and

told our names, but as soon as she told her name she disappeared and

I could not see her. She said that she lived in Natpangan. I want to

marry her. Will you go and arrange the _pakálon?"_ [125] So Langa-an

went at once and got her hat which was as large as the _salakasak_

[126] for she saw that Aponitolau was sorrowful.

When she took her hat it clucked. [127] "Why does my hat cluck

when I take it down? I think they do not like you, Aponitolau,"

said Langa-an. "No, you go and try." So Langa-an went again to get

her hat and again it clucked, but nevertheless she took it and

went. When she was in the middle of the way the head of the hat

which was like a bird swung and made Langa-an turn her head and it

clucked again. Langa-an sat down by the trail and wondered what would

happen. Not long after she went on again and she met Asindamáyan near

the ford. She asked where the ford was and when Asindamáyan told her,

she spread her belt on the water and it ferried her across. Not long

after she reached the other side of the river, and she inquired for

the house of Gimbangonan. Asindamáyan answered, "You look for the

house where many people are putting props under the house. That is

the house of Gimbangonan. Her porch has many holes in it."

When Langa-an arrived at the house she said, "Good afternoon." And

It-tonagan and Gimbangonan answered, "Good afternoon." They invited

her to go up into the house and she went. "Why do you come here,

Aunt?" said Gimbangonan. "I came to arrange for you to marry

Aponitolau, for he wants to marry you and has sent me to talk about

the _pakálon_." Gimbangonan was very happy and said to her mother,

"You tell him yes, for I wish to marry Aponitolau." So It-tonagan

agreed to the marriage and Langa-an asked how much the marriage price

would be. "The regular custom of the people with magical power which

is the _balaua_ nine times full," said Aldasan, because It-tonagan

was always restless and was walking outside the house. So Langa-an

left a little jar and agate bead, as a sign of the engagement, for

Gimbangonan. Not long after she went back home to Kadalayapan. When

she arrived where Aponitolau was lying down she said, "_Wes_" for she

was tired and Aponitolau heard her and he went and inquired what was

the matter. His mother answered that they had agreed on the marriage

and the next day he could go and marry Gimbangonan.

As soon as the next day came they prepared jars of _basi_, [128] and

pigs to be carried to Natpangan, and Aponitolau carried one large

empty jar. [129] So they went. As soon as they arrived Aponitolau

asked where Gimbangonan was, and the people said, "Look at the big

woman." He looked and saw that she was a very big woman and Aponitolau

cried, for she was not the girl he had seen before, and he bent his

head. While the old men were talking to each other Gimbangonan said

to Aponitolau, "Come here, Aponitolau. Be very happy. Why do you bend

your head?" Aponitolau did not listen, and he did not go. Not long

after Langa-an and the others went back home and left Aponitolau to

be joined to Gimbangonan. Aponitolau was afraid to go to Gimbangonan,

for she was a very big woman. She called to him all the time, but he

did not go to her. It-tonagan was restless and did not stay in the

house even in the night, and they could not sleep.

After ten days Aponitolau said, "I am going to Kadalayapan for a

little while. I will return soon." "If you go to Kadalayapan I will

go with you," she said. "Do not go this time and I will take you next

time," he said, and he went. When he was near the gate of the town of

Kadalayapan he hung his head until he reached his house. His mother

asked why he hung his head. "I do not wish to marry Gimbangonan for

she is not the woman I met by the river." "Do not be angry with me for

I did what you wished. I would not have engaged you to Gimbangonan

if you had not sent me." They sent their _liblibayan_ [130] to go

and get betel-nuts which were covered with gold, for they intended

to make _Sayang_, so that they could find out who the woman was who

had been by the river. Soon the _liblibayan_ returned and they said,

"We did not get the betel-nuts which you desired for we found a pretty

toy among the branches of the tree." Aponitolau took the branch of the

tree which shone as if covered with fire and he put a blanket on it

and many pillows around it. As soon as they had again commanded the

_liblibayan_ to get the betel-nuts they went and soon they arrived

with the fruit. They oiled the betel-nuts and sent them to every

place in the world and if anyone refused to come they were to grow

on their knees. Not long after the betel-nuts went to the different

towns and invited all the people.

When they arrived they danced and Aponitolau looked at them to see if

the woman he met at the river was there, but she was not among them,

and he wondered what had become of the woman, for the betel-nuts had

gone to all parts of the world. Aponitolau went into the house for

he was sorrowful, and he laid down near the blankets and he noticed

that the blankets appeared as if on fire and he was frightened. [131]

He got up and unwrapped the blankets and he saw a pretty girl. "I

did not think you were here. I have been engaged. You said your

name was Gimbangonan, and I sent my mother to engage me to you, but

when I saw Gimbangonan she was a big woman so I left her and came

here to make _balaua_ so I might find you. You cannot escape from

me now for I shall hold your hand. Let us chew betel-nut." So they

chewed and Aponitolau said, "My name is Aponitolau of Kadalayapan

who is the son of Langa-an and Pagbokásan to whom you told a lie

for you said you were Gimbangonan, and now I want to know your real

name." "My name is Aponibolinayen of Natpangan who is the daughter

of Ebang and Pagatipánan." When they had told their names they saw

that they were related and that they both possessed magical power,

so they were married.

After three days, Aponitolau said to Aponibolinayen, "Wait for me in

the house. Do not be lonesome, for our mother is here. I am going to

see my pasture." "Do not stay long," said Aponibolinayen. "If anyone

comes you hide in the house," said Aponitolau. Not long after he

went and when he arrived in the pasture all the jars went around him

and all the jars stuck out their tongues for they were very hungry

for they had not been fed for a long time. The jars were _somadag,

ginlasan, malayo_, and _tadogan_, and other kinds also. [132] When

Aponitolau thought that all the jars had arrived where he was he fed

them with betel-nut, first covered with _lawed_ [133] leaves. As

soon as he had fed them he gave them some salt. Not long after he

went back home and he rode on a carabao.

When he arrived at their house he called to Aponibolinayen, but no one

answered him and he was surprised. So he hurried to the house and he

saw that Aponibolinayen was dead and he was grieved. He took her in his

lap and while her body was in his lap it began to sweat. He used his

power so that when he whipped [134] his perfume _banawes_ she said,

"_Wes_." When he whipped his perfume _dagimonau_ she awoke. When he

whipped his perfume _alikadakad_ she stood up and said, "I told you not

to go, Aponitolau, but you went anyway. A big woman came here and stole

all my things and killed me. I don't know who she was." Aponitolau

called his mother and asked who it was and his mother replied that

it was Gimbangonan. So Aponitolau went to Natpangan. "Why did you go

to kill Aponibolinayen?" "I went to kill her for you do not care for

me any more." "I do not like you, for you are a very big woman. Every

time you step the floor is broken. If you come again to Kadalayapan I

will cut your head off. Do not come again to harm Aponibolinayen." He

went home to Kadalayapan and he divorced Gimbangonan.

Not long after they went to the pasture and they rode on the back of a

carabao. As soon as they arrived, all the jars rolled around them and

stuck out their tongues and Aponibolinayen was afraid, for she feared

the jars would eat them. The wide field was full of jars. Aponitolau

gave them betel-nut and _lawed_ vine and salt. As soon as they fed them

they went back home. Not long after Aponibolinayen said to Aponitolau,

"We are going to Natpangan to visit my father and mother," so they

went. As soon as they arrived there Aponibolinayen told her father and

mother that Aponitolau had a pasture filled with many different kinds

of jars, in the place of Kabinalan. When they had been in Natpangan

ten days they returned home and Aponibolinayen's father and mother

went with them and saw the jars. When they reached the field where

the jars were they were afraid that the jars would eat them, but

Aponitolau fed them. The father and mother of Aponibolinayen were

surprised for there were many valuable jars which filled the wide

field of Kabinalan. Not long after they went back home to Natpangan.

(Told by Angtan, a woman of Lagangilang.)

4

"Sinogyaman, come and oil my hair so that I can go to war," said

Aponitolau. "And you, Sinagayan, put some rice in the pot and cook

it, and also some fish for us to eat." Not long after she cooked,

and Sinogyaman oiled his hair. When Sinagayan finished cooking they

ate and started to go to Gegenawan where Asibowan lived. Sinogyaman

and Sinagayan did not want him to go, but Aponitolau went anyway.

When he arrived at the edge of the town he stood still a long time,

for he did not know the way to Gegenawan. A bird went to him and said,

"Why do you stand here for a long time, Aponitolau?" "Why do you stand

a long time, you say, and I am going to the town of Asibowan, whom

every one says is a pretty girl," said Aponitolau to the bird. "Ala,

Aponitolau, it is best for you to follow me and I will show you the

way to the place where Asibowan lives." Not long after they went

and they soon arrived at the town of Gegenawan. "Ala, Aponitolau,

I leave you now for I have showed you the way," said the bird. So

Aponitolau went alone to the house of Asibowan. When he reached the

ladder of her house Asibowan was looking out of the window and she

said, "Oh, there is a rich gentleman. How are you? Where are you

going?" Aponitolau said, "I am going to Nagsingkawan, but I have

lost my way and I thought that this was Nagsingkawan. I saw this

house so I came to get a drink." "This is not Nagsingkawan. Come up

and I will cook and we will eat." Aponitolau went up into the house

and the girl gave him water to drink. She cooked and then she called

him. "I do not want to eat yet. I will rest for awhile and eat when

your husband comes," said Aponitolau.

Not long after, while they were talking he saw Asibowan break the fish

stick and put it in the pot and he watched to see what would become of

the stick. He saw that it became a fish. [135] She called often for

Aponitolau to come and eat and he went and he said, "I want to wait

until your husband comes, for it is not good for us to eat first,

and it is not good for us to be eating when he arrives." "Come, it

will be all right. We will eat now, and he can eat when he comes" said

Asibowan. So he went to eat with her, for he was very hungry. He saw

that she took all the rice and fish out of the pots, and there were

only dishes for them. "What is the matter with this woman that she

does not leave any fish for her husband?" he said to himself. While

they were eating Asibowan told him that she did not have a husband and

Aponitolau smiled. When they finished eating, they cut betel-nut for

them to chew. "Now be patient for we must chew betel-nut, for it is

not good for us to talk until we know each other's names." Asibowan

said, "How can we chew betel-nut, for I do not chew for I am related

to Kaboniyan?" [136] "You must chew anyway for we cannot tell our

names unless we chew," said Aponitolau. When Aponitolau urged her

a long time she took the betel-nut and they chewed. "Since you are

the lady who lives here, it is best that you tell your name first,"

said Aponitolau. "No it is not good for a woman to tell her name

first, so you must tell your name," said Asibowan. Not long after,

"My name is Aponitolau of Kadalayapan who is the son of Langa-an and

Pagatipánan, who goes to find a pretty girl who has power like me,"

said Aponitolau. "My name is Asibowan of Gegenawan, who lives alone

in the field, who has no neighbors for this is my fortune," said

Asibowan. So Aponitolau staid with her nine months and his father

and mother were searching for him. They had many people searching for

him and they killed many animals to feed the people until all their

animals were gone. The bones which they threw away made a pile nine

times as large as the _balaua_.

Asibowan became pregnant and not long after she gave birth. "What

shall we call our girl?" said Aponitolau. "We will call her

Binaklingan." When Asibowan bathed the baby it grew one span for

she used magical power. So the baby grew one span every time. [137]

Not long after she could walk, Aponitolau saw the pile of bones which

the searchers had thrown away when they ate, and it was nine times

larger than the _balaua_. "The best thing for us to do, Asibowan,

is for us to go to Kadalayapan, for my father and mother are still

searching for me and the people who are searching are eating all their

animals." "The best thing for you to do is to go home and find a woman

whom you should marry and then when you are married you make _Sayang_

[138] and I will come to Kadalayapan," said Asibowan, for it was

not good for them to be married because she had less magical power

than Aponitolau. "If you do not wish to go, I will take our daughter

Binaklingan." "Wait awhile until we have commanded that a house be

built for her to live in." Not long after they commanded that a house

be made for Binaklingan, and it was all of gold. It was finished in

the middle of the night and she used magic so that the golden house

went to Kadalayapan.

When Aponitolau woke up early in the early morning he heard many

roosters crowing and many people talking. "My daughter Binaklingan,

how bad your mother is, for she sent us here to Kadalayapan without

telling us," said Aponitolau. His daughter was very sorry but she

played on the pan pipe. When it was morning Langa-an saw the golden

house by their house. "Why there is a different house here. I think

Aponitolau has arrived and maybe he is in that house," said Langa-an

to Pagbokásan, [139] and Pagbokásan went outdoors. "Are you here

Aponitolau? We had sought you for a long time, but did not find

you. None of our animals are left alive," said Pagbokásan. "Why did

you search for me? I told Sinogyaman and Sinagayan that I was going

to fight. Did they not tell you?" said Aponitolau. "We thought that

you encountered our old, dangerous enemies, for you have been away

many months. Why do you have a daughter who is a young girl?" "Yes,

Binaklingan who is here is my daughter, and her mother Asibowan with

whom I lived for a long time did not want to come here to Kadalyapan,

for she said I must find a girl suitable for me to marry and then we

must make _balaua_ so that she will come to our town."

When they had been in Kadalayapan five days, they went to take a

walk in the evening of the sixth day, and they went to the spring

of Lisnáyan. As soon as he arrived at the spring he used magic so

that all the pretty girls who never go outdoors felt hot and went

to the spring to bathe. [140] Not long after Aponibolinayen felt

very hot and she went to take a bath at the spring. Aponitolau saw

her taking a bath and she looked like the half of a rainbow, and

Aponitolau went to her, and Aponibolinayen saw him while she was

bathing. "Do not wound me in more than one place so I will not have

so much to cure." "If I was an enemy I would have killed you at once,"

said Aponitolau. Soon he cut a betel-nut into two pieces. "It is best

for us to chew betel-nut for it is bad for us to talk when we do not

know each other's names." Aponibolinayen did not wish to chew, but

when Aponitolau urged her she chewed and they told their names. "My

name is Aponitolau of Kadalayapan who is the son of Pagbokásan and

Langa-an." "My name is Aponibolinayen of Kaodanan who is the sister of

Aponibalagen who put me at the place close to the spring of Lisnáyan,

for he does not wish anyone to see me, but you have found me." Not

long after, while they were talking, Aponibolinayen used magic so that

she vanished and she went among the betel-nuts on the branch of the

tree. "Where did the girl go? I did not see her when she vanished,"

said Aponitolau to himself. Not long after he went home with his

head bent for he was very sorrowful. When he arrived at their house,

"Why are you bending your head Aponitolau?" said his mother. "What are

you bending your head for? you say, and I went to the well of Lisnáyan

and talked with Aponibolinayen, but after a while she vanished and I

could not see her anymore." "Did you not give her any betel-nut?" asked

his mother. "Yes, I did." "What are you so sorry for if you gave her

betel-nut? you will find her bye and bye," said his mother.

On the second night he went again to Lisnáyan and he used his power

so that all the young girls, were hot again so that they went to

the spring. When he looked up where there were many betel-nuts he

saw Aponibolinayen taking a bath. "I did not see you when you left

me Aponibolinayen," said Aponitolau. "Now I am going to take you

home." "No, do not take me for my brother will hate me. I do not want

to go to your house." He took her to his town of Kadalayapan and he

sent his mother to Natpangan to tell Aponibalagen that Aponibolinayen

was in Kadalayapan. Not long after his mother Langa-an took her

skirt and her hat which was like a bird and when she arrived at the

gate of Kaodanan Sinogyaman was dipping water from the spring. "Niece

Sinogyaman, where is the ford?" "Look there at the shallow place, for

it is the ford." She took off her belt and she spread it on the water,

and she rode on it to the other side, and then she took a bath. When

she finished bathing she stood on a high stone and the drops of

water from her body were agate beads with no holes. "How strange,

the people of Kadalayapan are. They are very different from us,"

said the women who were dipping water from the spring. Not long after

Langa-an put on her skirt, and when she finished she said, "Are you

not finished dipping water, Sinogyaman? I want you to guide me to

the house of my nephew Aponibalagen, for I have forgotten the way,

for I have not been here for a long time." "No, I am not through, but

I will show you the way, Aunt," said Sinogyaman, and she guided her.

When they reached the yard of Aponibalagen, "Good morning,

Nephew." "Good morning, Aunt," he said to her. "Come up." Not

long after she went up the stairs. "What are you coming here for,

Aunt?" "What are you coming here for? you say. I come because I wish

to see you." Not long after he went to get _basi_, and he had made her

drink. When they had drunk, she said, "The other reason I came here,

Nephew Aponibalagen, is that Aponitolau sent me, for he wishes to

marry your sister." "I have no sister. I do not know what my mother

did with her," he replied. "We have no daughter. Aponibalagen is our

only child," said Ebang. While they were still talking they kept on

drinking the _basi_. When the old woman Langa-an became drunk she

told them that Aponibolinayen was in Kadalayapan, and Aponibalagen

was surprised and his heart jumped. "I went to hide Aponibolinayen

in Lisnáyan so that no one would see her, but now someone has found

her." So Langa-an gave them the engagement present [141] and she

asked how much they must pay as the marriage price. "You must fill the

_balaua_ nine times," they answered. So Langa-an filled the _balaua_

nine times with different kinds of valuable things. As soon as she

had paid the marriage price she went back home. When she arrived in

Kadalayapan and reached the top of the ladder of the house she laid

down and slept, for she was drunk. "How strange you act, mother. Why

don't you tell us the news before you sleep?" said Aponitolau, and

she said, "The engagement and marriage gifts were accepted."

In the afternoon they began to make _Sayang_. [142] Not long after the

old woman Alokotán, who conducted the _Sayang_ and made them dance

_Da-eng_, [143] arrived and she began to perform the ceremony. When

it became morning, "You people who live with us, come and pound

rice," said Aponibolinayen. So the people gathered and pounded rice

for them. As soon as they finished pounding rice she commanded her

_liblibayan_ [144] to go and get betel-nuts. When they arrived with

the betel-nuts, "You betel-nuts come and oil yourselves and go to

invite all our relatives, for we are making _Sayang_. Invite all the

people except the old enemies," she said and when it became evening

they made _Libon_ [145]

Asibowan was anxious to chew betel-nut and she went to search for

one in the corner of her house and she found an oiled nut which was

covered with gold. When she tried to cut it in two it said to her. "Do

not cut me, for I came to invite people to attend the _Sayang_ of

Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen." And Asibowan said, "I cannot go." "If

you do not come I will grow on your knee," said the betel-nut. "No,

go on my big pig." So the betel-nut jumped on the head of her pig and

it grew very high, and the pig squealed. "Get off from my pig and I

will come," said Asibowan. Late in the afternoon they saw her below

the _talagan_. [146] "Asibowan is here now, Aponibolinayen, come and

see her," said Aponitolau. So Aponibolinayen came and she took her to

their house, and Iwaginan took two skirts and he made them dance. He

danced first with Asibowan before he made the others dance and his

wife Gimbagonan was jealous. When they finished dancing he gave the

skirts to Aponibalagen and Sinagayan. As soon as Aponibalagen had

finished Iwaginan made Aponitolau dance with Gimbagonan. While they

were dancing Gimbagonan danced to the sound of the jars which she

had about her neck and in her hair, i.e., she had necklaces of big

jars and they stuck together so she could not hear the _gansas_. Not

long after Asibowan wished to go back home. "Now I am going home,

Aponibolinayen, for no one is watching my house," "No, do not go yet,

for someone wants to marry your daughter Binaklingan." "I must go

now, you take care of her." So she went back home and they did not

see her. As soon as the _Sayang_ was over Dina-ogan was engaged to

Binaklingan. Soon he paid the marriage price, and it was the _balaua_

filled nine times with valuable things.

Not long after all the people went back to their homes, and

Aponibalagen was left alone and he acted as if he was drunk, but he was

not drunk. He laid down in the _balaua_, and Aponibolinayen covered him

with blankets. Not long after Aponigawani went outdoors for she felt

hot, and Aponibalagen peeped at her. Not long after she went inside

of the house and went into the ninth room, and Aponibalagen watched

her. When it became night Aponibalagen went to the place where she

was and Aponitolau did not see him. So he looked for her in the ninth

room, and she was playing the pan pipe. While she was playing she saw

a firefly, and she tried to hit it with her pan pipe, and Aponibalagen

said "Do not strike me or you will hit my headaxe," and he became a

man again. "How did you get in here?" said Aponigawani. "I came,

because I saw you when I was lying in the _balaua_." He sat down

beside her and tried to cut a betel-nut for her to chew. "We will

chew betel-nut so we can tell our names," said Aponibalagen. She

took the betel-nut and they chewed. "You tell your name first, for

you live here." "No it is not good for me to tell my name first,

for I am a woman. You are the first." "My name is Aponibalagen who

is the brother of Aponibolinayen who is the son of Pagbokásan of

Kaodanan." "My name is Aponigawani who is the sister of Aponitolau

who is the daughter of Pagatipánan and Langa-an."

When they had been in the room nine nights Aponitolau went to see

Aponigawani, and when he got to the room Aponibalagen was there. "Why

are you here, brother-in-law?" said Aponitolau. "I am here, because

I wish to marry your sister," said Aponibalagen. "If you want

to marry her you must engage her and you come another day to make

_pakálon_." [147] Not long after Aponibalagen went home and told his

father and mother that they would go next day to make the _pakálon_

so he could marry Aponigawani. Aponitolau and his father and mother

went to Kaodanan and took the marriage price before Aponibalagen and

his people made the _pakálon_. Aponibalagen paid the same as Aponitolau

did for Aponibolinayen. Not long after they returned to Kadalayapan

and the next day Aponibalagen went and got Aponigawani. They danced

for one month and then they took Aponigawani to Kaodanan, and all

the people went home. This is all.

(Told by Lagmani, a woman of Patok.)

5

"Mother Dinawágan go and engage me to someone, for I want to

be married. I like the sister of Aponibalagen of Natpangan" said

Gawigawen of Adasin. "Yes," said his mother. So she took her hat which

looked like the moonbeam and she started to go and when she arrived in

Natpangan she said, "Good morning, nephew Aponibalagen." "What do you

want here, Aunt?" he replied. "What do you want, you say, and I want

to talk with you." "Come up, Aunt, and we will hear what you have to

say." So he asked his mother Ebang to prepare food. As soon as Ebang

had prepared the food and called them to eat, Aponibalagen went to get

the _basi_ and they drank before they ate. And Ebang broke up the fish

stick and put it in the pot and it became fish. [148] Not long after

they ate, and when they had finished Aponibalagen said to Dinawágan,

"Come and see this." "No, I better stay here." When Aponibalagen

urged her she came in and he opened the _basi_ jar which was nine

times inherited and as soon as they had drank Dinawágan said that she

could not tarry for it was afternoon, "I have something to tell you,

Aponibalagen." "What is it?" said Aponibalagen. "My son Gawigawen of

Adasin wants to marry your sister." Aponibalagen agreed, so she gave

a golden cup which looked like the moon as an engagement present,

and they agreed on a day for _pakálon_. [149] Aponibalagen said,

"Tomorrow will be the day for _pakálon_."

Dinawágan went home. "Did they accept our golden cup which looks

like the moon, mother?" asked Gawigawen. "Yes. Tomorrow will be the

_pakálon_," said the mother. Not long after she said, "All you people

who live in the same town with us, prepare to go to the _pakálon_ of

Gawigawen in Natpangan tomorrow afternoon." The people agreed and in

the morning they truly started and they went. "You, my jar _bilibili_

which always salutes the visitors, go first; and you my jar _ginlasan_

follow, and you _malayo_ and _tadogan_ and you _gumtan_." [150] So

they went first to Natpangan, and Gawigawen and the people followed

them, and also eighteen young girls who were Gawigawen's concubines

went also.

Not long after they arrived in Natpangan and Iwaginan and the other

people went to attend the _pakálon_, and also many people from the

other towns. When all whom they had invited arrived they agreed how

much Gawigawen should pay for his wife. Aponibalagen told them to fill

the _balaua_ [151] eighteen times with valuable things. So the _balaua_

was filled. Not long after they ate and when they had finished they

went to the yard and they played on _gansas_ and danced. Iwaginan

took the skirts and gave one to Nagten-ngaeyan of Kapanikiyan and

they danced. [152] When she danced she looked like the spindle. She

did not go around, but always moving and the water from the river

went up into the town and the striped fishes bit her heels. Not long

after they stopped dancing and Gimbagonan was jealous and she said

"Ala, give me the skirt and I will dance next." "Do not say that

Gimbagonan, for it is shameful for us," he answered her. Not long

after he gave the cloth to Dakandokan of Pakapsowan. She danced with

Algaba of Dagala. Not long after they finished dancing and Iwaginan

made Aponibolinayen and Balogaygayan dance. He often went to fight in

the enemies towns. Not long after Aponibolinayen went down from the

house and the sunshine vanished when she appeared. She danced with

Balogaygayan and when she moved her feet the water from the river

went up again into the town and the fish bit at her heels as they did

before. After they stopped Iwaginan made his wife Gimbagonan dance and

she was happy when she danced with Aponibalagen. When they danced the

big jars around Gimbagonan's neck made more noise than the _gansas_

and the jars said "Kitol, kitol, kanitol, inka, inka, inkantol."

As soon as they finished dancing the people said, "The best thing to

do is to go home, for we have been here three months now." "We will

take Aponibolinayen" said Dinawágan to the people who lived in the

same town with her and she spoke to Aponibalagen. So they prepared

rice and coconut soaked together and wrapped in leaves, and a cake

made of rice flour and coconut shaped like a tongue, a rice cake,

which was fried for Aponibolinayen's provision on the road. "You who

live in the other towns who were invited, do not go home yet for we

are going to take Aponibolinayen to Adasin," said Aponibalagen. Soon

it became morning and they all went to Adasin and Gimbagonan carried

two big baskets of cakes, and while they were walking she ate all

the time and she ate half of them. When they arrived at the spring of

Gawigawen of Adasin, they were surprised, for it was very beautiful

and its sands were of beads, and the grass they used to clean pots with

was also beads and the place where the jars sat was a big dish. [153]

"Go and tell Gawigawen that he must come here and bring an old man,

for I am going to take his head and make a spring for Aponibolinayen,"

said Aponibalagen. So someone went and told Gawigawen to bring the

old man Taodan with him to the spring. So Aponibalagen cut off his

head and he made a spring and the water from it bubbled up and the

body became a big tree called Alangigan [154] which used to shade

Aponibolinayen when she went to the spring to dip water, and the blood

of the old man was changed to valuable beads. Not long after they went

up to the town and the place where they walked--from the spring to

the ladder of the house--was all big plates. Gimbagonan sat below the

house ladder, because they were afraid the house could not hold her,

for she was a big woman, and she hated them and she said to Iwaginan,

"Why do you put me here?" "We put you there because we are afraid that

you will break the house and give a bad sign to the boy and girl who

are to be married." [155]

Aponibolinayen covered her face all of the time and she sat down

in the middle of the house, for Indiápan said that she must not

uncover her face for her husband Gawigawen had three noses, and

she was afraid to look at him. [156] But Gawigawen was a handsome

man. Aponibolinayen believed what Indiápan had told her. Not long

after Dinawágan spread the string of agate beads along the floor where

Aponibolinayen sat. [157] After a month they were still there and

the people from the other towns wished to go home, and Aponibalagen

said to Aponibolinayen, "Ala, be good to your husband and uncover

your face. We are going back home now." But Aponibolinayen would not

uncover her face. Not long after all the people went back to their

towns and Aponibolinayen's mother-in-law commanded her to go and

cook. She did not uncover her face, but always felt when she went

about, and when she had cooked, she refused to eat, but Gawigawen

and his father and mother ate. When Gawigawen went to Aponibolinayen

at night she changed to oil, and she did that every night, and they

put the carabao hides under her mat so the oil would not drop to the

ground. On the fifth night she used magic so that they could not see

her go out and she dropped her beads under the house and then she

became oil and dropped her body. So she went away and always walked

and Gawigawen looked for her, for a long time. He went to Natpangan

for he could not find her in any of the towns.

When Aponibolinayen was in the middle of the jungle she met a wild

rooster which was crowing. "Where are you going Aponibolinayen?" it

said to her. "Why are you walking in the middle of the jungle?" and

Aponibolinayen said, "I came here for I am running away from my husband

for I do not want to be married to him for he has three noses." "No,

Gawigawen is a handsome man. I often see him, for this is where he

comes often to snare chickens. Do not believe what Indiápan said to

you, for she is crazy," said the rooster. Not long after she walked

on and she reached the place of many big trees and the big monkey met

her and said, "Where are you going, Aponibolinayen?" And she answered,

"Where are you going, you say. I am running away because I do not want

to marry Gawigawen." "Why don't you wish to marry Gawigawen?" "Because

Indiápan told me he has three noses." The monkey laughed and said,

"Do not believe that. Indiápan wants to marry Gawigawen herself. He

is a handsome man." Aponibolinayen walked on and soon she reached

a wide field and she did not know where she was. She stopped in the

middle of the field and she thought she would go on to the other side.

Not long after she reached the ocean and she sat down on a log and a

carabao came along. It passed often where she sat. Aponibolinayen

thought she would ride on the carabao, and she got on its back and

it took her to the other side of the ocean. When they reached the

other side Aponibolinayen saw a big orange tree with much fruit on

it. The carabao said, "Wait here while I eat grass and I will return

soon." Aponibolinayen said, "Yes," but the carabao went to the place

of the man who owned him and said, "Come over here, for there is a good

toy for you." And Kadayadawan of Pintagayan said, "What is it?" "Come,

hurry," said the carabao. So he combed his hair and oiled it and put

on his striped coat and his clout and belt, and he took his spear

and he rode on the carabao's back. Not long after Kadayadawan saw the

pretty girl in the orange tree and he said, "How pretty she is!" And

the carabao said, "That is the toy I told you about."

When they reached the orange tree Aponibolinayen heard him when

he stuck his spear in the ground and she looked down and saw

a handsome man. "Good morning, lady," he said. "Good morning,"

answered Aponibolinayen. Not long after they chewed betel-nut and

they told their names. "My name is Kadayadawan of Pintagayan who is

the son of an _alan_." [158] "My name is Aponibolinayen of Natpangan,

who is the daughter of Pagbokásan and Ebang, who is the sister of

Aponibalagen." Their betel-nut quids became agate beads and Kadayadawan

said to her, "Ala, it is good for us to marry. I am going to take

you home." So he took her to his home and he was good to his carabao,

because it had found him a pretty woman. When they reached the house

he put her in a room, and the _Ati_ [159] commanded the soldiers to

call Kadayadawan. When they reached the yard of Kadayadawan's house

they called "Good morning." And he looked out of the window and said,

"What do you want?" "We came, because the king wants you and we came

to get you." So they started and went. When they arrived where the

king was, "Why Kadayadawan have you a pretty girl in your house? Every

night I notice that your house appears as if it were burning." "No,

I have not," answered Kadayadawan. "I think you have, for I notice

the flames every night." "No, I have not. Where would I find a pretty

woman?" [160]

Not long after he went back home. When he reached home Aponibolinayen

said to him, "It is best for us to make _Sayang_." [161] And

Kadayadawan asked, "How do we make _Sayang_ by ourselves? Our

neighbors are all soldiers." "Do not worry about that, I will see,"

said Aponibolinayen. Not long after Kadayadawan took the betel-nuts and

they oiled them and they sent them to the towns of their relatives to

invite them to their _balaua_. The betel-nuts went. Aponibolinayen

told Kadayadawan to go and get _molave_ sticks. When he arrived

with them Aponibolinayen used magic and she said, "I use magic so

that when I thrust the _molave_ stick in the ground it will become

a _balaua_." Not long after the stick became a _balaua_.

The betel-nuts arrived in Natpangan and said to Aponibalagen,

"We came to call you, for Kadayadawan of Pintagayan is making

_balaua_." Aponibalagen said, "How can we attend the _balaua_ when

we are searching for my sister?" "If you do not wish to come I will

grow on your knee." "Go on my pig." So the betel-nut grew on the pig,

and it was so high the pig could not carry it and it squealed very

much. "Ala, get off from the pig and we will come." So the betel-nut

got off and they started. "All you people who live in the same town

come with me to attend the _balaua_ of Kadayadawan of Pintagayan." So

they went. They arrived at the same time as Gawigawen of Adasin and

they met near to the river. Not long after Kadayadawan saw them by

the river and he sent the betel-nuts to carry the people across the

river. When they were in the middle of the river Kadayadawan used

his power so that their old clothes, which they wore in mourning for

Aponibolinayen were taken off from them, and they were surprised,

for they did not know when their old clothes had been taken off.

When they reached the other side Aponibalagen said to the people who

lived with Kadayadawan. "We are ashamed to come up into the town,

for we have no clothes." Then the betel-nuts told Kadayadawan and he

said, "Ala, go and tell them that I will come and bring some clothes

for them." Not long after he arrived where they were and he gave

them some clothes to use. "Ala, take these clothes and use them,

and come up to the town." But Aponibalagen and his companions were

ashamed. Kadayadawan urged them until they accepted the clothes.

Soon they reached the town and they danced and Iwaginan and

Nagten-ngeyan danced again and the water from the river went up into

the town and the fish bit her feet. Not long after that they stopped

dancing and Iwaginan made Gawigawen and Aponibolinayen dance. While

they were dancing Gawigawen watched Aponibolinayen, and when they

had danced around nine times Gawigawen seized her and put her in his

belt. [162] "Why do you do that Gawigawen?" said Kadayadawan to him,

and he threw his spear and Gawigawen fell down and Aponibolinayen

escaped and Kadayadawan put her in a room. As soon as he put her in the

room he went to bring Gawigawen back to life. Not long after he revived

him, "Why did you do that, Gawigawen? I did not steal Aponibolinayen

from you." And Gawigawen said, "Even if you did steal Aponibolinayen

from me, she was my wife and I could not find her until now. That

is why I put her in my belt, and Aponibalagen knows that she is my

wife." And Kadayadawan said, "She is my wife now."

Not long after the _alan_ who took care of Kadayadawan told Langa-an

"Kadayadawan is your son. I picked him up when he was only blood which

fell from you." [163] "Why do you say that you are not my mother?" said

Kadayadawan to the _alan_. Langa-an said to the _alan_, "It is good

if he is my son." They were very happy and they said to Aponibalagen,

"Now we will pay the marriage price and also the price which Gawigawen

paid before, we will repay to him." Aponibalagen agreed, "You fill

my _balaua_ nine times with valuable things." Not long after they

filled the _balaua_ nine times with valuable things and they repaid

Gawigawen what he had paid when he married Aponibolinayen. When they

had paid they danced again. "Ala, now we must go home, for we have

staid here a month," said the people from the other towns. So they

went home and they took Aponibolinayen's marriage price.

"Ala, now my cousin _alan_, we are going to take Aponitolau [164]

home for you have said he is our son," and the _alan_ said, "Yes,

take all of my things. I took him for I had no children to inherit

my possessions." So they took them to Kadalayapan. The _alan_ went

to the other part of the world, and Langa-an used magic so that the

golden house which the _alan_ gave to Aponitolau went to their town

of Kadalayapan. Not long after the golden house arrived and the people

were surprised when they woke up in the morning and saw the big golden

house. Not long after Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen and their father

arrived there.

(Told by Magwati of Lagangilang.)

6

There was a woman whose name was Ginambo of Gonigonan, who went to

fight Aponibolinayen of Kaodanan. When she reached the place where

the spring was she said, "You people who are dipping water from the

spring, whose place is this where the spring is?" "It belongs to

Aponibolinayen of Kaodanan," they said and when they went up to the

town they raised a clamor. "What are you so noisy about, you women who

are like me?" said Aponibolinayen. "You ask why we are noisy? Because

there are many women, who have come to fight against you, at the place

where the spring is," they said, and Aponibolinayen hurried to take her

spear. "What are you so noisy for, women like Aponibolinayen?" asked

her father Pagatipánan. "What are we noisy about, you ask? Because

there are many of my enemies at the spring." "Do not go Aponibolinayen,

for I will go." "No for you are weak. What can you do now? Once you did

kill people in the place where the spring is, and now perhaps it is my

fortune," she said, and she went to the spring. She looked down and

truly the enemies looked like many locusts about the spring. "Ala,"

said Ginambo of Gonigonan, "You people who live with me, you are

anxious to carry away this woman whom we do not like." "Yes," they

answered, "but only our names will go back to the towns we came from,"

i.e. they expected to be killed. Ginambo answered, "No, we are anxious

to capture her without fail."

Aponibolinayen said, "You old enemy take this betel-nut," and she cut

it in two and gave it to them. "How are we sure Ginambo of Gonigonan

that only our names will not go back, we are afraid." Ginambo said,

"Do not be afraid, but hurry to be brave." "Ala, now do what you can,"

shouted Aponibolinayen who stood on a high rock. When they started

toward Aponibolinayen their spears looked like rain they were so

many. She glanced off the spears with both elbows. "Now I am the

next to throw my spears," said Aponibolinayen. "Yes, because all our

weapons are gone," they said.

Aponibolinayen was next, she said, "I will use my magic, and you,

my spear, shall kill six and seven at one time, and you, my headaxe,

cut off their heads from the left side and from the right side, and in

back and in front." "Ala, you spare me so that I may tell the people

in Gonigonan where I live," said Ginambo. "Yes, but next month I will

come to your town Gonigonan to fight," said Aponibolinayen.

Ginambo went home alone to her town. "Why are you alone?" asked the

people who lived in the same town when she arrived. "What can we do,

all my companions who went to fight are lost, because they did not

throw their spears at Aponibolinayen." "That is what we told you

Ginambo of Gonigonan when you started, but you did not heed, you know

that the people of Kaodanan are powerful like Kaboniyan." [165]

Soon after that Gináwan of Nagtinawan said, "You people who live

in the same town in which I live, let us go to fight Aponigawani of

Kadalayapan." "No, we do not wish to go, because the people who live

in Kadalayapan are powerful like Kaboniyan. We do not know whether

she has a brother or not though someone has said that Aponigawani

has no brother." "No we go," said Gináwan. "If that is what you

say, we will go," said the people. So they went and they walked and

walked until they reached the spring at Kadalayapan. Gináwan said,

"You women who are dipping water from the spring, to whom does it

belong?" "To Aponigawani," they said. Ginawan said, "Ala, you go and

tell your bravest that we fight with steel weapons." The women who

dipped water from the well said, "We do not know who is the bravest,

whom we should tell, for Aponigawani has no brother." They went up to

the town, and said, "Uncle Pagbokásan the place about the spring is

filled with enemies." Then Aponigawani was in a hurry to go. "Do not

go you will kill somebody," said her father. "No, father, the spring

will be lost and then what can we do? Father, I am a woman and since I

have no brother, perhaps it is my fortune to fight, for you are weak."

She took her skirt, headaxe, and spear and she went to the edge of

the hill above the spring. She looked and looked at the place where

the spring was for truly the enemies were thick like locusts about

the well. "What did you come for?" she asked. "We come to fight the

people who live in Kadalayapan, because we have heard that the woman

who is always in the house [166] has no brother, so we have come to

carry her away," they said. "Ala, if you wish to prove her bravery

you take this betel-nut." She cut it in two pieces and gave it to

them. "We asked you to excuse us from going Gináwan," they said. "Ala,

you begin and see what you can do," said Aponigawani who stood on

a high stone and she stood with her hands on her hips while they

threw their weapons. "Now, I am next," she said. "You, my spear,

when I throw you, kill at once seven and six; and you, my headaxe,

cut off their heads from the left and right sides, from in back and in

front." When Aponigawani had killed all of them except Gináwan and she

had all their weapons, Gináwan said, "Please, my friend, let me live

so that someone may go back to the town we came from." "Ala, yes, if

that is what you ask, my friend, but I will come next to your town,"

she said, and Gináwan went home alone. Not long after that the month

which they had agreed on came.

"Now, mother, go and make cakes and after that I will go to fight,"

said Aponibolinayen. "Do not go," said her mother Ebang of Kaodanan,

but she could not detain her, so she made the cake, and when she

finished, Aponibolinayen went.

"Mother, make preparations for me to go to war, for this is the month

we agreed upon with Gináwan of Nagtinawan," said Aponigawani to her

mother Langa-an of Kadalayapan.

Bye and bye Aponibolinayen who was walking in the middle of the road,

stopped because she was tired. Aponigawani was also walking and

when she looked up she saw a woman to whom none compared, and she

was startled, and she said, "Here is a woman who looks like me. I

do not like to approach her who looks like me, yet I am ashamed

not to do so, for she has seen me," she said. "Good morning,"

said Aponigawani to Aponibolinayen who sat on a high stone by the

road. They leaned their spears together between them and then they

talked. "Now, my friend, where are you going," said Aponibolinayen. "I

am going to war," said Aponigawani. "And where are you going?" said

Aponigawani to Aponibolinayen. "I am going to Gonigonan, because the

month which I agreed upon with Ginambo of Gonigonan has come," said

Aponibolinayen. "Ala, let us chew betel-nut." "Yes, if that is what

you say, we will chew betel-nut," said Aponigawani. After that they

exchanged quids. And the quid which had been chewed by Aponigawani was

covered with agate beads which are called _pinogalan_, and the quid

of Aponibolinayen was covered with gold. Aponigawani said, "You are

more beautiful and have more power than I, because your betel-nut is

covered with gold." After that they spat in front of them. The place

looked like the place where a child had been born. "Now, my friend,

we are going to tell our names." "Yes," said each one, and they told

their names. "I am Aponibolinayen of Kaodanan who has no brother,

and Ginambo of Gonigonan came to fight against me and the month in

which we agreed to fight has come, so I go meet her." "I go also

to the town of Gináwan of Nagtinawan, because the month which we

agreed on has arrived, my name is Aponigawani of Kadalayapan who

also has no brother." "If that is what you are going to do, we will

go first to Gonigonan, then we will go to the town of Nagtinawan,"

said Aponibolinayen to her. "If that is what you say we will both

go." So they went.

Not long after they arrived at Gonigonan. "Now, Ginambo of Gonigonan I

am here because the month which we agreed has come." "You people who

live in the same town with me prepare, because the woman who always

stays in the house in Kaodanan has come to fight against us," said

Ginambo. "Yes, Ginambo, we will fight against her. We told you not to

go against her before, because the people of her town are related to

Kaboniyan. We do not know what magic they may use," they said. "Now,

what can we do, we are lost." After that they began to fight. "Ala,

you my spears and headaxes kill the people from the left and the right

sides, from in back and in front," said Aponibolinayen and Aponigawani.

As soon as they commanded their spears and headaxes their invisible

helpers flew and they went to Dangdangáyan of Naglitnan. "Oh, sir,

you are so happy, who are in bed in the house. The people who live in

Gonigonan have nearly killed your sister, because she went to fight

against them," said the helpers. After that he went to bathe and wash

his hair. "Ala, you three girls take the rice straw and wash my hair,"

he said, and the three girls washed his hair. After that he finished

to wash and he went up to the town. As soon as they arrived in the

town the three girls combed his hair. When they finished to comb

his hair, "Now, you put little golden beads on each of my hairs,"

he said. As soon as they put all the gold in his hair he took his

spear and headaxe and he went.

Lingiwan of Nagtangpan was in bed in his house. "Sir, you are so happy

in your bed in your house, your sister went to fight and the enemies

have nearly killed her," said the invisible spirit helpers. "Mother

_alan_ I ask you if I have a sister? I never have seen her." "What

can you do? I picked you up where you had fallen when your father

was jealous of your mother," [167] she said. After that he hurried

to start and he went.

When Dangdangáyan of Naglitnan was in the road, he sat down on a

high stone where the two women had set before. How terrible it is

that those women who never go out of the house have gone to war, for

here is where they exchanged their weapons. While he was sitting,

"Good morning, my friend," said Lingiwan of Nagtangpan. "Where are you

going?" said the man who sat on the high stone. "I am going anywhere,"

he answered, and they talked. "We are going to tell our names, because

it is bad for us when we do not know each others names." They cut

and chewed the betel-nut. As soon as they chewed they found that

they were relatives. "My name is Lingiwan of Nagtangpan." "My name

is Dangdangáyan of Naglitnan. Let us go together when we go to

fight." After that they went. When they truly arrived they looked

into the town, they saw the two women who looked like flames of fire,

because of their beauty. "How terrible that those ladies who always

stay in the house have gone to war," they said. After that they went to

them, and the people whom they killed were so many that the pig troughs

floated in their blood. So they went to them. When the women saw them

they said, "How terrible are those two rich men who have power." After

that, "Oh, ladies how were you born," they said. "Why are you here

you ask? Ginambo came to fight against us, that is why we are here

in the town of Gonigonan." So Dangdangáyan went in front of them,

and he scooped them up with his headaxe and put them inside of his

belt. [168] After that the two men fought against the enemies. "Please

leave someone to bear children," said Ginambo of Gonigonan. "If that

is what you ask we will kill you last," they said and she begged mercy.

"Now we will go to Nagtinawan which is the town of Gináwan, with whom

Aponigawani agreed to fight this month." After that, "You plunder

and heads go before us to Kadalayapan, when you arrive at the gate

you divide equally and part of you go to Kaodanan." So they went to

Nagtinawan. When they arrived in Nagtinawan, "You Gináwan of this town

now the agreed month is here." "How are you Gináwan? We told you not

to go before and you went; now we will all be killed," said the people

who lived in the same town. "Now we seek vengeance." They looked as if

they cut down banana trees when they cut down their enemies. "Please

spare me, and if you wish marry me," said Gináwan. "If that is what

you say we will kill you last," but they did not kill her.

After that they went home and sent all the heads before them and also

the plunder. After that they arrived in Kaodanan. "Good afternoon,

Uncle," said Dangdangáyan to old man Pagbokásan. "Come up the ladder,"

he said. "You go and cook so that these boys may eat," he said. After

that, "You go and get one jar of _basi_ which you used to like when

you were young," said his wife Ebang. As soon as she said this they

went and they drank, and Pagbokásan said to them. "This is reserved

for Aponibolinayen to drink when she returns from fighting."

When the old woman had finished cooking, she took the rice from

the jar and put it on the woven basket, and she took the meat

from the jar and put it in the coconut shells, and so they ate. As

soon as they finished to eat, "Now we are not going to stay long,

because we must go home," they said. So Dangdangáyan dropped down the

women who never go out of the house. "Why Aponibolinayen is here and

Lingiwan also," they said. Dingowan of Nagtangpan took Aponibolinayen

and put her inside of a big jar; then they went to Kadalayapan,

because they went to take Aponigawani. When they arrived they said,

"Good afternoon Uncle," to the old man Pagatipánan. "Good morning,"

he answered, and he was glad. "Come up," he said. When they went up

the stairs they were given _basi_. While they were drinking they let

Aponigawani fall in front of them, and they were all glad, because

Aponigawani was there. "How fine that Aponigawani is here; we feared

that she was lost," said the old man and woman. "Ala, boys if you go

home now, return soon for we are going to chew betel nut."

As soon as they went _Lakay_ [169] Pagatipánan and his wife built

_balaua_, and they called one woman medium [170] to begin their

_balaua_. As soon as they built their _balaua_ they sent someone

to go and secure betel-nuts which were covered with gold. Not

long after the betel-nuts which were covered with gold arrived and

the old woman Langa-an oiled them, and she used magic so that the

betel-nuts went to invite all their relatives, who lived in other

towns, to attend _balaua_ with them. She told the betel-nuts that

if any did not wish to attend _balaua_ with them, to grow on their

knees. As soon as she commanded them they went, and the betel-nut

which went to Kaodanan arrived, "Good morning," it said to the old

man, Pagbokásan who was lying in the _balaua_. He looked up and said,

"Who was that," and he saw it was a betel-nut, covered with gold and

oiled, and the betel-nut said, "I come to bid you attend the _balaua_

of Pagatipánan of Kadalayapan, because Aponigawani has returned from

fighting. So they celebrate." Pagbokásan sat up. After that he went

down out of the _balaua_ and the told people to wash their hair and

clothes and to bathe so as to attend the _balaua_ of Pagatipánan of

Kadalayapan. So the people who lived with them all went to the river

and washed their clothes and hair, and took a bath. As soon as they

finished they went home, and they started to go to Kadalayapan. Old

man Pagbokásan took Aponibolinayen from the jar, and put her inside

of his belt, so they went.

As soon as they arrived there the families who made the _balaua_

went to meet them at the gate of the town and made _alawig_ [171]

for them. After that they stopped dancing, and they talked to each

other, and the two young men who met Aponibolinayen and Aponigawani

were with them, because they arrived at the same time. So the old man

Pagatipánan said, "Ala, cousin Pagbokásan now we are going to chew

betel-nut to see if those two young men who took home Aponigawani

are our relatives," and old man Pagbokásan agreed. So they cut the

betel-nut which was covered with gold for them to chew and as soon

as they cut the nut they all chewed, and they all spat. The spittle

of Lingiwan went to the spittle of Pagatipánan, and the spittle of

Aponigawani, went there also. The spittle of Dangdangáyan went to

the spittle of Pagbokásan and that of Aponibolinayen also, and thus

they found out that they were relatives. Pagbokásan was surprised,

for he did not know that he had a son, and Ebang took her son, and she

carried him as if he was a baby. And Lingiwan was glad, because he had

met his sister during the fight and Langa-an carried him as if a baby.

When they had learned that the boys who had carried the girls home were

their sons they all went back to town, and their people who had been

invited were there. As soon as they sat down Iwaginan commanded someone

to play the _gansas_ and he took the two skirts and made everyone

dance. His wife Gintoban who was a big woman, who used the big jars

like agate beads on her head and about her neck, said to Iwaginan,

"Why don't you, my husband, bid me dance? I have been waiting for a

very long time." Iwaginan said, "Gintoban do not say that or I shall

be ashamed before the people. Wait until I am ready for you." As soon

as Aponibolinayen and Lingiwan finished dancing Iwaginan took the

skirts from them and he gave one to Gintoban and the other to Ilwisan,

and so they danced. And the big jars which she had hung around her

neck made a noise and the earth shook when she moved her body. As

soon as they finished dancing the people who went to attend _Balaua_

with them said, "Now we going to put the heads around the town and

then go for it is nearly one month now and our families are lonesome

for us." So they went to put the heads on the sticks around the town.

At that time the two _alan_ who had picked up Lingiwan and Dangdangáyan

arrived. They did not wish to attend _Balaua_, but the betel-nut

had grown on their heads and they had arrived very late. As soon as

Lingiwan and Dangdangáyan saw them they took them back to the town. As

soon as Pagatipánan knew that they were the _alan_ who took care of

the boys he summoned the people around the town. They danced for one

month. After that Langa-an and Ebang went to talk with the two _alan_,

and said to them, "We are surprised for we did not feel our sons come

out." The _alan_ said, "Lingiwan I picked up by the side of the road

while you were walking, that is why you did not feel him; he was a

little bloody when I picked him up, and I made him a man because I

have no child to inherit all my things. Now that you found out that he

is your son you come and take all my things in Kabinbinlan, as soon

as the _Balaua_ is finished. As soon as you will get all of them I

will fly somewhere." So when the people went home, after the _Balaua_

was finished, Lingiwan and Dangdangáyan went to follow their _alan_

mothers. As soon as they arrived in the different places where the

_alan_ lived they gave them all the things which they had and they

used their power so that all the things went to their town. When

all the things arrived in Kadalayapan the people in the town were

frightened, for there was a golden house. When the things arrived

in Kaodanan the people were frightened for there were the valuable

things which Dangdangáyan took with him.

After one month passed Lingiwan said to his father Pagatipánan,

"You go and make _pakálon_ for Aponibolinayen for I want to marry

her." So his father sent his wife Langa-an to Kaodanan to tell to

the father and mother of Aponibolinayen that Lingiwan wished to marry

her. So Langa-an took her hat which looked like the Salaksák [172] and

her new skirt. As soon as she dressed she started and went. When she

arrived in Kaodanan Pagbokásan was lying down in his _balaua_. "Good

morning," she said to him. Pagbokásan was a in hurry to sit up and

he said to her, "I am glad to see you, what are you coming here

for in the middle of the day." "What am I coming for you say? I am

coming to see if you want Lingiwan for a son for he wishes to marry

Aponibolinayen." Pagbokásan took her to his house and said to his wife,

"Here is cousin Langa-an who came to see us." So Ebang told him that

he should get some old _basi_ for them to drink.

As soon as they drank Ebang went to cook. As soon as she finished

cooking they ate. After they finished eating they took the big coconut

shell and filled it with _basi_ and each of them drank, and they

were all drunk, and Langa-an said, "I like to hear from you if you

wish Lingiwan to be a son." Soon Pagbokásan and Ebang agreed. They

decided on the day for _pakálon_. So Langa-an went home and when she

arrived she laid down on the porch of the house for she was drunk,

and Lingiwan saw her and waked her. "What is the matter with you?" he

said. "I am drunk for Pagbokásan and Ebang urged me to drink much

_basi_, so I was scarcely able to get home, that is why I slept

on the porch." "Mother, you go into the house, do not sleep on the

porch." So she went in and Lingiwan asked her the result of her visit

to Kaodanan. "They accepted you and we agreed to make _pakálon_ the

day after tomorrow." So Lingiwan was glad, and went to tell the people

about his marriage, and all the people prepared so that they might go.

As soon as the agreed day came they went to Kaodanan and they took many

pigs and _basi_ jars. When they arrived there Pagbokásan, who was the

father of Aponibolinayen, and the other people were already there and

had cooked many caldrons of rice and meat. Pagbokásan took the _gansa_

[173] and he commanded someone to play and they danced. After that

they ate. As soon as they finished to eat they played the _gansa_

again and they danced. Iwaginan of Pindayan said, "Stop playing

the _gansas_ we are going to settle on how much they must pay for

Aponibolinayen. As soon as we agree we will dance." And the people

were quiet and they agreed how much Lingiwan was to pay. The father

and mother of Lingiwan offered the _balaua_ three times full of jars

which are _malayo_ and _tadogan_ and _ginlasan._ [174] The people

did not agree and they said, "Five times full, if you do not have

that many Lingiwan may not marry Aponibolinayen." He was so anxious

to marry her that he told his parents to agree to what the people

said. As soon as they agreed Langa-an used magic so that all the jars

which the people wanted were already in the _balaua_--five times

full. As soon as they gave all the jars which they paid, Iwaginan

ordered them to play the gansas and they danced. After they danced,

all their relatives who went to attend _pakálon_ were anxious to go

home for they had been there one month. "Do not detain us, for we are

one month here." So Pagbokásan let them go. Everyone carried home some

jars and they all went home. [175] So Pagatipánan said to Pagbokásan,

"Now that the _pakálon_ is over we will take Aponibolinayen, because

Lingiwan wants her now." Pagbokásan said, "Do not take her now. You

come and bring Lingiwan day after tomorrow." "If that is what you

say we will bring him, if you will not let us take Aponibolinayen now."

When they started to go home Pagbokásan said to them, "Dangdangáyan

wants to marry Aponigawani who is your daughter." "You will wait

until next month," said Langa-an. "After Aponibolinayen and Lingiwan

are married, we will think first." Not long after the day on which

they agreed to take Lingiwan to Aponibolinayen came, and he carried

one jar. [176] As soon as they arrived there they made the rice

ceremony. [177] When the ceremony was over Pagatipánan and Langa-an

and the others went home and left Lingiwan.

As soon as they arrived in Kadalayapan Langa-an asked Aponigawani if

she wanted Dangdangáyan to be her husband. Aponigawani said, "If you

think it is good for me to be married now, and you think he is a good

man for my husband it is all right, for he has magical power like

us." As soon as the agreed month passed the parents of Dangdangáyan

came to ask if they wished the marriage. They prepared a number of

_basi_ jars for them to drink from when they should arrive. When

they arrived there Pagatipánan was prepared and he met them with the

_basi_ and they all drank. After that they told all the people who

lived in their town that they were going to celebrate the arrival

of Pagbokásan and his companions. "Ala, we do not stay long now,

_Abaláyan_, [178] we want to know if you wish Dangdangáyan to be

married to Aponigawani. We will have a good time during _pakálon_,"

they said. After that Langa-an and Pagatipánan said, "Now the meal is

ready. We are going to eat first and after that you will hear what

we say." And Pagbokásan and Ebang did not wish to eat for they were

in a hurry and only went to hear if they wished Dangdangáyan to be

the husband of Aponigawani. "If you do not wish to come and eat with

us, we do not want Dangdangáyan to be married to Aponigawani," they

said. Then they all went to eat. After they ate, "Ala now that we

have finished eating you excuse us, for we want to know if you wish

Dangdangáyan to be married to Aponigawani." Langa-an and Pagatipánan

said, "You will come next month, we will make _pakálon_." So they went

home and Dangdangáyan went to meet them at the gate of the town, and

he asked at once, "Father and mother did they accept me?" He said,

"Yes, if we can agree on what they want us to pay, and we have to

go there next month." So Dangdangáyan was glad and told the people

about it, and he invited them to go the next month to make _pakálon_.

As soon as the agreed month to go to Kadalayanpan came, they went. As

soon as they arrived there they danced for one month. Lingiwan and

Aponibolinayen had their golden house, which the _alan_ had given

them. The people agreed on how much they should pay for the _pakálon_,

and Pagatipánan and Langa-an said, "Pay just the same as we paid for

Aponibolinayen when Lingiwan married her." "If that is what you say, it

is all right," they said. And Ebang used magic so that the _balaua_ was

five times full of jars which are _malayo, tadogan_, and _ginlasan._

So the _balaua_ was filled five times, and each of the relatives who

went to attend the _pakálon_ took some jars. As soon as the _pakálon_

was finished the people all went home, and Pagbokásan and Ebang said,

"Ala, now that the _pakálon_ is over let us take Aponigawani," Langa-an

answered, "If you make extra payment you can take Aponigawani now,"

and Dangdangáyan said to his mother, "If they want the extra payment,

ask them how much." Langa-an replied, "Another five times the _balaua_

full," and Ebang said to her son, "We have to pay again the _balaua_

five times full." "That is all right mother I have many jars which

my _alan_ mother gave me," so they gave the extra jars which they

asked. As soon as they gave all the jars they took Aponigawani of

Kaodanan with them. As soon as they arrived they made a big party, and

they invited the _alan_. As soon as the _alan_ arrived at the party

they danced and gave more presents to them. After that the _alan_

and the other people went home and Aponigawani and Dangdangáyan had

their own house which the _alan_ gave them. This is all.

(Told by Lagmani of Patok.)

7

Aponitolau told Aponibolinayen that they would go to the river to wash

their hair. Not long after Aponibolinayen went with him. When they

arrived at the spring they washed their hair. As soon as they washed

their hair they went to get the _lawed_ [179] vine and they went back

home. As soon as they reached home Aponitolau said to Aponibolinayen,

"Will you comb my hair? I am anxious to go to fight." So Aponibolinayen

combed his hair. As soon as she combed it he said, "Ala, you go and

get my clout, my belt which is sewed with gold, and my striped coat,

and also get my _ambosau_." [180] Aponibolinayen got them and Aponitolau

dressed up. As soon as he was dressed he took his shield, his headaxe,

and spear, and went. He struck the side of his shield, and it sounded

like one hundred people. While he was walking and striking his shield

in the middle of the way, Gimbagonan, the wife of Iwaginan, heard him,

when he was near to Pindayan. When he passed by the town he continued

toward the town of Giambólan. In a short time he arrived at the well

of Giambólan. He met the young girls who were dipping water from

the well. He killed all of them with his headaxe and spear. Not

long after he cut off their heads and he went up to the town and

directly to the house of Giambólan. When he arrived at the house, he

said, "Good morning, Giambólan. Go and get your shield, headaxe and

spear, and boar's tusk armlet for we are going to fight here in your

yard." Giambólan got his headaxe and spears for he wanted to fight. As

soon as he arrived where Aponitolau was he threw his spears at him and

Aponitolau soon got all the spears which he threw. Then he tried to cut

off Aponitolau's head, but Aponitolau got his headaxe and said to him,

"Now I am next, for you did not injure me at all," and Giambólan said,

"Yes." Aponitolau commanded his headaxe and spear to go to Giambólan's

side as soon as he threw them; so Giambólan laid down and the headaxe

went and cut off Giambólan's ten heads.

As soon as Aponitolau had killed Giambólan he again commanded his

spear and headaxe to cut off the heads of all the people in the houses

and the headaxe and spear went and Aponitolau sat by the town waiting

for them. As soon as the spear and headaxe had killed all the people

who lived in the town they went back to him and Aponitolau said, "You

heads of the people gather in one place, but you heads of Giambólan

and you heads of the women be separate from the others. You gather

by the house of Giambólan." Not long after all the heads gathered

and he said again, "You heads of Giambólango first, and you heads

of the men precede the women. As soon as you arrive in Kadalayapan

stop by the gate of the town. You house of Giambólango go directly

to my house in Kadalayapan. Go with the big storm." So the house

went. "You oranges of Giambólan come and follow us." So the oranges

followed them. He told them to go in front of his house. They went

and Aponitolau followed them, and the oranges followed him.

Not long after Aponitolau looked back and he saw the _alzados_

following him, for they wished to kill him. As soon as he saw them he

commanded his strike-a-light to become a high bank so the _alzados_

could not follow him. [181] So the strike-a-light became a high bank,

and the _alzados_ were on the other side and could not follow him. Not

long after he was near to Kadalayapan. As soon as he arrived there

he found all the heads near the gate of the town and he said to them,

"You heads of Giambólan stay by the well, and you heads of the people

who lived with him gather here by the gate." He went to the town and

told the people to gather by the gate and play the _gansas_ and dance,

and he commanded someone to invite their friends in other towns. Not

long after the people from the other towns arrived in Kadalayapan,

and the people who lived there were still dancing. Aponitolau danced

with Danay of Kabisilan. The next was his son Kanag Kabagbagowan who

danced with five young girls who never go outdoors. As soon as they

had all danced they went to their towns. Then they put the heads

around the town of Kadalayapan.

(Told by Magwati of Lagangilang.)

8

Aponibolinayen and Aponitolau were anxious to make _Sayang_, [182]

so Aponitolau asked Aponibolinayen about his clout and his striped

belt. "Well, you go and get them, for I am going to get the head

of the old man To-odan of Kalaskigan before we make _Sayang_." So

Aponibolinayen went to get his clout and belt. After that he oiled

his hair and Aponibolinayen put a golden bead on each hair. Not long

after he went to get his headaxe and spear. As soon as Aponibolinayen

gave him his provisions for the journey, he started.

When he was in the middle of the way he became very tired, for it was

far. So he used magic and he said, "I use my power so that I will

arrive at once at the town of To-odan of Kalaskigan." Soon after

he arrived in Kalaskigan. When he arrived at the yard beside the

_balaua_ the old man was lying down. The old man saw him and said,

"Eb, I have a man to eat." And Aponitolau said, "You will never eat

me. Go and get your headaxe and spear, for you must fight with me. I

will take your head before I make _Sayang_." The old man was angry

and he stood up and went to get his headaxe and spear. "You are the

only person who ever came in my town. Go on, and throw your spear,

if you are brave," said To-odan. "If I am the first to throw my spear

you will never have a chance to throw yours, for I will kill you at

once. You better throw yours first," said Aponitolau. The old man was

angry, and he threw his spear. But his spear glanced off from the body

of Aponitolau, for he used his power so that everything glanced away

from his body. The old man To-odan ran toward him and tried to cut

off his head, but the headaxe could not cut Aponitolau, and the old

man To-odan said to him, "You, truly, are a brave man, that was why

you came to my town. Try and throw your spear at me, for if you can

hit me it is all right, for I have killed many people." Aponitolau

threw his spear at his side, and it went clear through his body and

To-odan laid down. Aponitolau cut off his head.

Not long after Aponitolau went back home and Don Carlos of Kabaiganan

(Vigan) [183] was anxious to go and see Aponibolinayen. So he commanded

his spirit companions to be ready to go with him to Kadalayapan. As

soon as they were ready he said to them, "You go first, my companions,

we are going to the town of Aponibolinayen, for I have heard that she

is a pretty woman, and I wish to see her." Not long after they arrived

at the river, and they got on to the raft. Soon they arrived at the

well of Kadalayapan and Indiápan was dipping water from the well, and

Don Carlos spoke to her. "Is this the well of Aponibolinayen?" Indiápan

said, "Yes." "Will you go and tell her to come here and see what I

have to sell?" Indiápan went up to the town and said "Aponibolinayen,

Don Carlos wants you to see what he has to sell." "I don't wish to

go and see what he has to sell." So Indiápan went back to the well

and said to Don Carlos "Aponibolinayen does not wish to come, and

she does not wish to buy what you have to sell." So he pondered what

he should do. "The best thing for me to do is to go to their house

to get a drink." So he went up to the town and said, "Good morning,

Aponibolinayen, will you give me some water to drink? For a long time I

have wished to drink your water." Aponibolinayen answered, "Why did you

come from the well? Why did you not drink while you were there?" "I did

not drink there, for I wished to drink of your water." Aponibolinayen

did not give him any for she was afraid; then Don Carlos used magic so

that she dropped her needle. The needle dropped and she said to him,

"Will you hand the needle which I dropped to me, Don Carlos." So Don

Carlos picked up the needle and he put a love charm on it, and he gave

it to her. [184] Not long after Don Carlos wanted to go back home,

but Aponibolinayen would not let him go, and she said, "Come up in

the house." So he went up into the house.

Not long after Aponitolau shouted near to the town and he did not hear

Aponibolinayen answer. As soon as he reached the gate of the town

he shouted again, and she did not answer, for Don Carlos was with

her. Not long after Don Carlos went home and Aponibolinayen saw his

belt which he had left, for he was in a hurry. So she ran and got the

ladder to the rice granary, and she hid the belt. Aponitolau met Don

Carlos at the gate of the town and he asked him why he had gone into

the town, and he answered, "I want to sell something." Not long after

Aponitolau went to their house and asked Aponibolinayen why she did

not reply to him when he shouted two times. "I did not answer, for I

have a headache." "Why is the fastening on the door different from

before?" "I don't know. No one came in." Not long after Aponitolau

went up into the house. "Now, Aponibolinayen, I have taken the head

of the old man To-odan of Kalaskigan. You command the people to begin

to pound rice, for we will make _Sayang_"

Not long after Aponitolau saw a flame of fire in the rice granary

and he said, "Why is there a fire in the rice granary?" So he ran to

see. Not long after he went inside of the granary and he saw what it

was. As soon as he saw that it was a golden belt he said, "I think

this is the belt of the man who came here while I was gone." So he

took it and hid it and did not let Aponibolinayen see it. Not long

after they commanded the people to go and get betel-nuts. When they

arrived with the fruit they oiled them and Aponitolau said, "Tell me

whom we shall invite beside our relatives in the other towns." And

Aponibolinayen told him to invite Don Carlos of Kabaiganan, for she

wished always to see him. So they sent a betel-nut to go and get Don

Carlos, and they sent one to the old woman Alokotán of Nagbotobotán

and Awig of Natpangan and other towns.

Not long after the betel-nut reached the place where Don Carlos lived

and it met his spirit helpers. As soon as the betel-nut reached Don

Carlos, "Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen are making _Sayang_, and I came

to invite you." "All right, you go first. I will dress and go after

you," he said. Not long after he dressed up and went to follow the

betel-nuts. Not long after all the other people from the other towns

arrived where they were making _Sayang_ and Aponitolau tried to put

the belt on each person to see if it fitted and no one was the right

size. As soon as Don Carlos arrived Aponitolau tried the belt on him

and it was all right. So Aponitolau gave him the belt and he got a

golden chair and he put it in the middle of the party and made Don

Carlos sit on it. All of the people were dancing and Aponitolau went

and sharpened his headaxe. Not long after, "Ala, you Aponibolinayen

take Kanag and Alama-an with you and dance with Don Carlos." Not

long after they danced. While they were dancing Aponitolau cut off

the head of Don Carlos. The head sprang up and went to the breast of

Aponibolinayen, and Aponibolinayen and Kanag and Alama-an ran away,

and their clothes were torn, for they ran through many thorns.

Not long after the people who went to attend the _Sayang_ went

home, and Aponibolinayen and Kanag and Alama-an arrived in a level

plain. They went to the shade of an _alosip_ [185] tree and they sat

there many days, for they were very tired. "I am anxious to drink

water," said Aponibolinayen, and not long after they heard a rooster

crowing. "I think we are near a town, for I hear a rooster crowing." So

they went where they had heard the rooster. "We go and drink," said

Aponibolinayen. Not long after they reached the place where _Silit_

(one kind of lightning) and the dog _Kimat_ [186] guarded. _Silit_ and

the dog were sleeping and did not see them go inside of the town. Soon

they arrived in the yard of the golden house of Balbalaoga of Dona and

they were ashamed to ask for water to drink, for they were naked. So

they went to the _balaua_ and slept, for they were tired.