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

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

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

 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 Lisnayan 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 Aponltolau. "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 Aponlbalagen that Aponibolina- 

 yen 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 Sinogaman, 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 

 bcause I wish to see you." Not long after he went to get bast, 

 and he had made her drink. When they had drunk, she said, "The 

 other reason I came here, Nephew Aponibalagen, is that Aponltolau 

 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 



