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truly took home Aponltolau, and GintEban, who lived in Baygan. In 

 a short time they arrived in Kadalayapan and Kanag's mother was 

 there, because Aponlgawanl had taken her home. "Now we are mar- 

 ried forever, Aponltolau," said GintEban who lived in Baygan. "No, 

 for Aponibolinayen is his wife," replied Aponlgawanl. "Ala! you 

 chance it and the one who loses is not the one who is married. Put 

 clay dishes in line, which you are to step on. The one who breaks them 

 loses." Aponibolinayen stepped first and there was nothing broken. 

 GintEban followed and all those clay dishes which she stepped on were 

 broken. Then she went home to Baygan and after that Aponltolau 

 and Aponibolinayen were married. 



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"I am anxious to eat the fruit of the bolnay tree 1 of Matawitawen," 

 said Aponibolinayen. "What is that?" said Llgl. "I am anxious to 

 eat fish roe, I said." "Bring me a fish net and I will go and get some," 

 said Llgl. So she went to get the fish net and gave it to him. Not 

 long after he went to the river and he used magic so that all the fish 

 in the river were caught, so truly all the fish were in the net. He 

 caught one of them and cut it open and took out the roe. As soon as 

 he secured the roe he let the fish all go out of the net and he went back 

 home. Not long after he reached the yard of their house. "Aponi- 

 bolinayen, come and get the fish roe which you desire," he said. She 

 went to get it from him. She did not cook it, but put it on the bamboo 

 hanger above the fire. Llgl went to the balaua and when Aponlbolina- • 

 yen thought he was in the balaua she threw away the roe and the 

 dogs went to eat it, and they snarled and barked beneath the 

 kitchen. "What are the dogs fighting about, Aponibolinayen? I 

 think you threw away the fish roe," he said to her. "I dropped one ■', 

 of them." 



Aponibolinayen went again to the room and she said again that 

 she wished to eat the fruit of Matawitawen, and Llgl asked what she 

 said. "I am anxious for the liver of a deer, I said." So Llgl went to 

 the woods to hunt deer. As soon as he reached the woods he sent his 



dogs and he said to them, "You, my black dog, do not catch deer except 



in the low grass, and you, my striped dog, do not touch any deer unless — — 

 they have large horns." Not long after his dogs caught some deer, and \ 

 he took their livers and he let them go again. Not long after he arrived i 

 at his house and he called Aponibolinayen, "Come and get the liver, ] 



1 A fruit tree. 



