Tales of the Mythical Period 37 



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 can- 

 not 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 Indiapan, 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 Indiapan. 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 



