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for Kabkabaga-an, who lives in the air, loves him." "We must try and 

 see if Kabkabaga-an will stop," said Indiapan, and Ginalingan went 

 with them. 



As soon as they arrived in Kadalayapan Aponlbolinayen said to 

 Ginalingan, "What is best for us to do for Aponltolau's finger?" Gina- 

 lingan said, "We cannot do anything. I told Indiapan that Kabkabaga- 

 an loves Aponitolau and even if I make dawak we can do nothing, for 

 Kabkabaga-an is one of the greatest spirits." Not long after Aponi- 

 tolau had become a very little man and Ginalingan stopped making 

 dawak, and she went home to Pindayan. Aponitolau became like a 

 hair. Not long after he disappeared. "You are good, Indiapan, for 

 Aponitolau disappeared in your house." So they cried together. 



Not long after Aponlbolinayen went back home and Aponitolau 

 was up in the air. He sat below a tree in a wide field, and he looked 

 around the field. Not long after he saw some smoke, so he went. As 

 soon as he came near to the smoke he saw that there was a house there. 

 "I am going to get a drink," he said. As soon as he arrived in the 

 yard he said, "Wes," for he was tired, and Kabkabaga-an saw, from 

 the window of her house, that it was Aponitolau. " Come up," she said. 

 "No, I am ashamed to go up. Will you give me water to drink, for I 

 am thirsty." Kabkabaga-an gave him a drink of water. As soon as 

 he had drunk he sat down in the yard, for Kabkabaga-an could not 

 make him go up. Not long after she went to cook. As soon as she 

 cooked she called Aponitolau and he said to her, "You eat first. I 

 will eat with your husband when he arrives." "No, come up. I think 

 he will arrive very late." Not long after he went up, for he was hungry, 

 and they ate. While they were eating Kabkabaga-an said to him, "I 

 have no husband and I live alone; that is why I brought you up here, 

 for I love you." Not long after she became pregnant and she gave 

 birth. "What shall we call the baby?" said Llgl. 1 "Tabyayen." 

 Not long after the baby began to grow, for Kabkabaga-an used magic, 

 so that he grew all the time, and every time she bathed him he grew. 



When the baby had become a young boy Kabkabaga-an said, "You 

 can go home now, Aponitolau, for our son Tabyayen is a companion for 

 me." "If you say that I must go home, I will take Tabyayen with 

 me," said Aponitolau. She said, "We will tell my brother Daldalipato, 2 

 who lives above, if you wish to take him." So they went truly. As 

 soon as they arrived where Daldalipato lived, he said, "How are you, 

 Kabkabaga-an? What do you want?" "What do you want, you say. 



1 Aponitolau. 



2 The name means "sparks of fire." 



