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yan. Not long after they went. As soon as they arrived where there 

 were no houses, Kanag used his power so that it rained very hard and 

 they had nothing to cook. Not long after it rained and Llgl and 

 Dagolayan did not cook anything, for everything was damp. The 

 spirit helpers of Aponlbolinayen always fed Kanag, and Llgl and 

 Dagolayan ate with him. "What is the matter of this boy who is the 

 son of alan? He has something to eat. I do not believe that his mother 

 alan knows how to prepare good food," said Llgl, angrily. 



After they had finished eating they went, and after a while they 

 wished to fight. "The best for us to do is to stand in different places 

 and ambush the people," said Llgl. "The best for you, son of alan, is 

 to stay at the place where the carabao pass by." And Llgl went to hide 

 where the people passed by on the way to the spring, and Dagolayan 

 staid on the other side. A young pretty girl passed by the place where 

 Kanag was hiding, so he cut off her head and he shouted, for he was 

 very happy. "Why did the son of alan kill someone before us?" said 

 Llgl. Not long after an old woman and an old man passed by where 

 Ligi and Dagolayan were hiding, and they killed them. Not long after 

 they saw the head which Kanag had taken, and Kanag saw the heads 

 which Llgl and Dagolayan had taken were those of an old man and old 

 woman. Dagolayan said to him, "What did you say when you killed 

 that pretty girl? I think I heard you say, 'Your father does not like 

 you.' I did not hear very well so I ask for sure." " 'The son of alan of 

 Matawltawen kills the pretty girl is what I said.'" "No, that is not 

 what you said. You said you were the son of a man who lives in 

 Kadalayapan." Not long after, when Dagolayan could not make 

 Kanag repeat what he had said, they all went back to Kadalayapan 

 where Llgl lived. 



When they arrived in Kadalayapan they played the gansa and 

 danced, and Aponlbolinayen heard the sound of the gansa, and she was 

 anxious to go, but her spirit companion would not let her go. They 

 saw that the lawed vine was green. Not long after they made Kanag 

 dance, and when his body trembled, while he danced, the whole town of 

 Kadalayapan trembled also; and when he moved his feet the fish were 

 around his feet and they went to lap his feet, because the water came up 

 into the town. When he stamped his feet the coconuts fell from the 

 trees, and Llgl was very angry, and he went to sharpen his headaxe. 

 As soon as he had sharpened his headaxe he went to where Kanag was 

 dancing and he cut off his head. When Aponlbolinayen looked at the 

 lawed vine each leaf was wilted. "Grandmother, the lawed vine which 

 Kanag planted is wilted," said Aponlbolinayen. "I am going to get 

 him." So she went and as she approached the place where Llgl used to 



