Tales of the Mythical Period 39 



to approach, the old woman Alokotan 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 Alokotan 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 Aponlbolinayen 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 

 Pagatipanan, 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 Pagatipanan 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 be- 

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

 Ebang and Pagatipanan said, "Ala! Aponlbolinayen, 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 Aponlbolinayen 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 Pagatipanan said, 

 "Ala! now our balaua is finished, you go home to the town of the stone." 

 Aponlbolinayen 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, Aponlbolinayen, so that we can invite our relatives, and 



