86 Traditions of the Tinguian 



place to go except the ocean, so I came across the ocean. As soon as I 

 reached the field I saw your house and I was surprised to see the golden 

 house in the middle of the field. I spoke to the young girl who was cook- 

 ing and she asked me to come up, and the old woman hated her. They 

 asked me to eat, but I would not unless a pretty girl ate with me. ' So 

 the old woman called two other pretty girls, but I did not want them, for 

 they are not so pretty as you. I thought there were others prettier than 

 the last one she showed me, so I became a firefly. It is my fortune to 

 marry you." So he cut the betel-nut, but Aponibolinayen did not want 

 to chew. When he talked to her so she could not sleep she took the 

 betel-nut, and when they chewed they saw that they both had magical 

 power and that it was good for them to marry. Ingiwan said, "You 

 are the woman who lives here and you must tell your name first." " No, 

 it is not good for a woman to tell her name first. You tell your name." 

 Not long after, "My name is Ingiwan, the son of alan, of Kabilabilan, 

 who did not find a way to go home, but who found you." "My name is 

 Aponibolinayen, who is the sister of Aponibalagen of Natpangan, who 

 put me here so no one might see me. It is bad that you have come." 



When the daylight came Alama-an went to cook and when she fin- 

 ished the old woman said to her, "Go and call the man and see if he 

 wishes to eat with the girls. You call them, but do not call Aponiboli- 

 nayen, for that is why we are here, so no one can see her. I do not know 

 why the alligators did not see him. ' ' Aponibolinayen and Ingiwan heard 

 what she said and they laughed. So Alama-an went to call him, but he 

 was not in the room. She went to tell the old woman that he was not 

 there, and they were surprised, for they thought he had gone home, for 

 all the other rooms were locked. "If he is not there you go and call 

 Aponibolinayen and we will eat." The three girls went to the room of 

 Aponibolinayen, but Ingiwan disappeared and they only saw Aponi- 

 bolinayen. So they all went to eat and Ingiwan was not hungry, for 

 Aponibolinayen used magic, so that rice and meat went to where he was 

 hiding. 



When they had lived together a long time Aponibolinayen said to 

 him, "You better go home now, for it is time for my brother to visit us. 

 If you wish to marry me you must arrange with him and my father." 

 So Ingiwan went back home and the crocodiles only watched him, but 

 did not try to eat him. He rode on his headaxe, and when he reached the 

 other side of the ocean he saw that the high bank had disappeared and 

 he found the way home. 



Not long after Aponibalagen went to wash his hair, and he went to 

 the place where Aponibolinayen and the other girls were living. The 

 three girls and the old woman agreed not to tell that a man had been 



