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Not long after Aponltolau went to take Tabyayen from above and 

 Gaygayoma was very glad to see him. When they were talking he 

 said, " Now I am going to take Tabyayen down, for I want him to attend 

 our Sayang." "Yes, you may take him, but you must bring him back 

 when the Sayang is finished." So Aponltolau took the boy to attend 

 the balaua in Kadalayapan. As soon as they arrived there he began to 

 play with Kanag and they were the same size and looked alike, because 

 they were half brothers. While they were playing, during the Sayang, 

 Kanag said, "Mother, it is showering," and Aponltolau heard what the 

 boy said to Aponibolinayen. He said, "It is the tears of Tabyayen's 

 mother, for I think she is thinking of him. I told them not to go over 

 there, but they went anyway. I think Gaygay6ma saw them playing 

 and she cried." Then Aponibolinayen went to take them away from the 

 yard where they were playing. She took them upstairs. It was at the 

 time when they were building the balaua. Not long after that they 

 made Libon, x and they invited Gaygay6ma and all their relatives from 

 the other towns and they danced for one month. Then the people from 

 the other towns went home. As soon as all the people had gone home 

 Aponltolau went to take back the boy to his mother Gaygay6ma. 



When they arrived where Gaygay6ma lived he gave the boy to her 

 and he staid there three days. After three days he went back home, and 

 he said, "I am going now, but I will come back in a few days, for I can- 

 not live here all the time, for we, Ipogau, are accustomed to live below, 

 and I also have another wife there. I cannot leave Aponibolinayen 

 alone most of the time." So Gaygayoma let him go down and she 

 said, "Yes, you may go, but you come back sometimes." "It is good 

 that Tabyayen came down and made Sayang with us." Then he went 

 down again. When he arrived down Aponibolinayen was glad to see 

 him, for she feared he would not return to Kadalayapan. Not long 

 after they arranged for Kanag to be married, and as soon as Kanag 

 was married they arranged for Tabyayen also and he lived down below 

 and Gaygay6ma always staid above. 



(Told by Lagmani, a man of Domayko.) 



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"I am going to wash my hair," said Aponltolau. Not long after 

 he went to the river and washed his hair. As soon as he finished he 

 took a bath and went back home. When he arrived in his house he 

 said, "Aponibolinayen, please comb my hair." "Take the comb and 



1 See p. 13, note 2. 



