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there. As soon as Aponlbalagen arrived in Kabwa-an he asked the old 

 woman if anyone had been there, and she replied, "No." He called 

 Alama-an and the other girls to the place where Aponlbolinayen was, so 

 all of them might louse him. While Aponlbolinayen was lousing her 

 brother the milk from her breasts dropped on his legs, and Aponlbalagen 

 was surprised, and he said, "What have you done, Aponlbolinayen." 

 She tried to rub it off from his leg. " No, do not rub it off; what is that?" 

 " I do not know, brother. I guess I am sweating, for I am hot." "No, 

 I do not believe you, I think someone has been here." He called the 

 old woman and asked her. "You, grandmother, did you see a man who 

 came here? Do not tell a lie." "Why?" asked the old woman. But she 

 knew that Aponlbolinayen had a little baby, for she had pricked her little 

 finger and the baby had come out. 1 "When the girls were lousing me the 

 milk from Aponlbolinayen's breast dropped on my legs. I think you 

 know the man who has been here." "I do not believe anyone came 

 here, for we are on this side of the ocean, and the crocodiles protect us." 



Aponlbalagen called all the crocodiles to the side of the house, and 

 he whipped all the crocodiles, and he asked them why they did not eat 

 the man who went to Kabwa-an. As soon as he whipped them one of 

 them said, "We did not see any man come here, but we were all very 

 sleepy one day a long time ago. We would have eaten the man if we had 

 seen him." Aponlbalagen whipped all of them again. I put you here 

 to prevent anyone from coming here, and you did not watch. Go away." 

 The crocodiles were afraid and they said, " If that is what you say we will 

 go." So they went. Aponlbalagen went back to the house and whipped 

 the girls. " We will go back now to Kaodanan. I thought it was good 

 for you to be here, but you have done wrong." So he took them back 

 to Kaodanan and they made balaua in order to find out who was the 

 father of the boy. The boy grew one span every time they bathed him, 2 

 for they used their power. In a few days they built their balaua and the 

 liblibayan 3 got betel-nuts which were covered with gold, and they oiled 

 them and sent them to invite the people in all parts of the world. So the 

 betel-nuts went. 



As soon as the betel-nuts arrived in Kabilabilan, they said, "Good 

 morning, Kagkagakag, " 4 to the man who was lying in his balaua covered 

 with mud. "We came to invite you to the balaua of Aponlbalagen." " I 

 do not wish to go, for I have no clothes and am ashamed. I do not know 



1 See p. 18, note 2. 



2 See p. 30, note 3. 

 8 See p. 14, note 2. 



* Another name for Ingiwan, who is really Aponltolau. 



