THE ORIGIN OF MAN

Id nabaon ginmosad si kabunian sinan lota, mo'n iwud di ifugau. Sia

kinwanida, "Maptung mo waday ifugau. Takosamopoa si lalaki iga

babayi." Eda inoma si lota ut sinmapo si dua ay sinan ifugau

ut pimatakdugna. Dinkingpas manok asina panglagtoan kinwanida,

"Pansiakak eda ta matagoda." Ut isa sinan ifugau naysiak. Sia nanbalin

si lalaki. Dinusa dinnguna dinganangona ut naysiak abu, ut nanbalin

si babayi.

Long ago the gods came to the earth, but there were no people. They

said, "It is good if there are people. We will make a man and a

woman." They took some earth and made two people and stood them

up. They plucked the feathers from a chicken and made it jump, saying,

"We shall make them laugh so that they will be alive." Then one of

the people laughed. He became a man. The other heard the first and

laughed also, and became a woman.

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