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go to Indiapan, for I have no time," answered Aponlbolinayen. "If 

 you have no time, give it to me then," said Aponitolau. Aponlbolinayen 

 was angry and went to get it for him. "What is the matter that you 

 cannot go and get it yourself?" As soon as he got it Aponitolau went 

 to Indiapan. 



Kabkabaga-an, who lived up in the air, was looking down, and 

 said, "Indiapan, you have good fortune, for Aponitolau will come and 

 ask you to comb his hair." Not long after Aponitolau arrived. "Will 

 you comb my hair, Indiapan, because Aponlbolinayen is impatient and 

 does not want to comb my hair?" "I am sleepy," said Indiapan. 

 She sat down. "Ala, you come and comb my hair," said Aponitolau. 

 Not long after Indiapan went to comb his hair and Aponitolau sat by 

 the door. Kabkabaga-an looked down on them and said, "Indiapan 

 has a good fortune, for she is combing the hair of Aponitolau." When 

 she had combed his hair she went to lie down again and Aponitolau 

 said to her, "Will you please cut this betel-nut into pieces, Indiapan." 

 "You cut it. I am sleepy," answered Indiapan. " Hand me the head- 

 axe then." So Indiapan handed the headaxe to him. As soon as she 

 gave the headaxe to him she went to lie down again. When Aponitolau 

 had cut the betel-nut he cut his first finger of his left hand. The blood 

 went up in the air. "Ala, Indiapan, take your belt, for I cannot stop my 

 finger from bleeding. Come and wrap it," said Aponitolau to her. So 

 Indiapan got up and she went to get her belt and she wrapped his finger, 

 but the blood did not stop, so she called Aponlbolinayen, for she was 

 frightened when she saw the blood go up. Aponlbolinayen said, 

 "What is the matter with you?" She took her hat which looked like a 

 woodpecker and she went, and the sunshine stopped when she went down 

 out of her house, and Kabkabaga-an saw Aponlbolinayen going to 

 Aponitolau. "What good fortune Aponlbolinayen has, for she is going 

 to see Aponitolau." As soon as she arrived where Indiapan lived she 

 wrapped her belt around the finger of Aponitolau, but the blood did not 

 stop and they were frightened. Aponlbolinayen commanded their 

 spirit helpers to get Ginalingan of Pindayan, who was a sister of Iwa- 

 ginan, to make dawak l and stop the blood of Aponitolau. Not long 

 after Indiapan and the spirit helpers arrived where Ginalingan lived 

 they said, "Good afternoon, you must excuse us, for we cannot stay here 

 long, for Aponlbolinayen is in a hurry to have you come to Kaldalayapan 

 to see Aponitolau. He cut his finger and his blood will not stop running, 

 and we do not know what to do. You come and make dawak." Gina- 

 lingan said, ' ' Even though I should go to make dawak we could do nothing, 



1 See p. 13. 



