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had finished eating, he went to his yard to take a fresh breath and he 

 was troubled in his mind when he thought of what had happened. He 

 said, " Perhaps the woman, which I saw, came to cook and has left the 

 house. Sometime I shall try to hide and watch, so that I may catch 

 her." He went to sleep, and when it became early morning he went to 

 cook his food. When he had finished eating, he went again to make the 

 sun, and Aponlbolinayen went again to his house. 



When the sun had nearly sunk, he sent the big star who was next 

 to follow him in the sky, and he went home to spy on the woman. When 

 he had nearly reached his home, he saw the house appeared as if it was 

 burning. 1 He walked softly when he went up the ladder. He slammed 

 shut the door. He reached truly the woman who was cooking in the 

 house. He went quickly and the woman said to him, "You cut me 

 only once, so that I only cure one time, if you are the old enemy." " If 

 I were the old enemy, I should have cut before," said Ini-init, and he sat 

 near her who cooked. He took out the betel-nut, and he arranged it so 

 that they began to chew the betel-nut, and he said, "Ala! young lady, 

 we are going to chew, because it is bad for us to talk who do not know 

 each other's names. Aponlbolinayen answered, "No, for if the rich 

 man who practices magic is able to give to the rich woman who has 

 magical power, soon there will be a sign." Ini-init said, "No, hurry up 

 even though we are related, for you come here if we are not related." 2 



He begged her and he cut the betel-nut, which was to be chewed, 

 which was covered with gold, and he gave it to the woman who had mag- 

 ical power, and they chewed. When she laid down the quid, it looked 

 like the agate bead, which has no hole for the thread. And the quid of 

 Ini-init looked like a square bead. 



"My name is Ini-init, who often goes to travel over the world. I 

 always stop in the afternoon. What can I do, it is my business," he said. 

 Aponlbolinayen was next to tell her name. ' ' My name is Aponlbolinayen, 

 who lives in Kaodanan, who am the sister of Awig," she said, and when 

 they had finished telling their names, both their quids looked like the 

 agate bead which is pinoglan, which has no hole. Ini-init said, "We are 

 relatives, and it is good for us to be married. Do not be afraid even 

 though you did not come here of your own accord. I go to Kaodanan," 

 he said. Then they married, and the sun went to shine on the world, 

 because it was his business, and the big star also had business when it 

 became night. Aponlbolinayen staid alone in the house, and in the 



1 The illuminating power of beauty receives frequent mention. Similiar refer- 

 ences are met with in Malay legends and Indian tales. See Tawney, Katha Sarit 

 Sagara, p. 121 ff. (Calcutta, 1880.) 



* The meaning of this passage is not clear. 



