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soon as she ate she vomited and so she threw them away. "What is 

 the matter, Aponlbolinayen; I think you threw away the fruit." "One 

 of them I dropped." She went into the room and she said again, "I 

 am anxious to eat the oranges of Gawigawen of Adasen." "What is 

 that?" said Aponitolau. "I am anxious to eat fish roe," said Aponl- 

 bolinayen. So Aponitolau went to get his fish net and he fished in the 

 river. As soon as he arrived at the river he threw his net and secured 

 a fish with fish roe. He cut open the fish and took out the roe. When 

 he had taken out the roe he spat on the place where he had cut the fish 

 and it became alive again and swam in the river. After that he went 

 back home. As soon as he arrived at their house he gave the fish to 

 Aponlbolinayen, and he laid down in the balaua again, and Aponlbolina- 

 yen went to the kitchen and she toasted the roe. When she finished she 

 tasted it, and she vomited, so she threw it away also. "What is the 

 matter, Aponlbolinayen? Why are the dogs barking?" "I dropped 

 some of the roe." She went again to the room of the house. "I am 

 anxious to eat the oranges which belong to Gawigawen of Adasen." 

 "What is that, Aponlbolinayen," said Aponitolau. "I am anxious to 

 eat a deer's liver, I said." So Aponitolau called his dogs and he went 

 to hunt deer. As soon as he arrived on the mountain, "Ala, my black 

 dog, do not catch a deer unless it is in the low grass. Ala, my dog BokO, 

 do not catch deer unless it is in a level field." Not long after his dogs 

 caught deer, and he took out their livers. As soon as he took out the 

 liver he spat on the places he had cut, and the deer ran away again. 

 Not long after he went back home. As soon as he arrived, "Here is 

 the liver which you wanted. Come and take it." "Put it in the 

 kitchen. I will go and fix it when my head does not hurt." Aponitolau 

 put it in the kitchen and he went to the balaua again. When Aponi- 

 tolau was in the balaua, Aponlbolinayen went to the kitchen and cooked 

 the liver and she tried to eat, but she vomited again, so she threw it 

 away, and the dogs all barked. "What is the matter? Why do the 

 dogs bark? I think you threw away the livers." Aponlbolinayen said, 

 "I threw away what I did not eat, for I did not eat all of it." " Do not 

 throw them away, for bye and bye I will eat, for it is hard to go and get 

 them." 



Not long after she went again to the room, and Aponitolau thought 

 that Aponlbolinayen did not tell the truth, so he used his power. "I 

 use my power so that I will become a centipede." So he became a 

 centipede and he went in the crack of the floor where Aponlbolinayen 

 was lying. Not long after Aponlbolinayen said again, "I am anxious to 

 eat the oranges which belong to Gawigawen of Adasen." "I know 

 now what you want; why did you not tell the truth at first? That is 



