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and they went. They agreed on the place they should go, and Ogogi- 

 beng said to them, "We will go where the young girls spin." Kanag 

 and Dumalawl agreed, so they went. Not long after they arrived where 

 the young girls were spinning. "Good evening, girls," they said. 

 "Good evening," they replied. "This is the first time you have been 

 here, rich young men. Why do you come here?" "We came to join 

 you and get acquainted," they said, and they talked. They waited for 

 the girls to go home, but they did not go. Not long after it became 

 morning, and they did not wait any longer for the girls to go home, so 

 they went away. As soon as the three boys went home the young girls 

 went to their homes also. Not long after they arrived where Alokotan 

 was and they ate breakfast. As soon as they finished eating they went 

 to take a walk again. Not long after they arrived in Kaodanan, in the 

 middle of the day. "Good morning, Aunt," they said to Aponlgawani. 

 "Good morning, my sons," she replied. "What do you come here for, 

 boys?" "What do you come here for, you say, Aunt; we come to take a 

 walk, for we are anxious to see you," they said. " That is good. Where 

 did you come from?" said Aponlgawani. "We came from Nagboto- 

 botan where our mother Alokotan lives." Not long after Aponlgawani 

 went to cook for them to eat. As soon as she cooked she fed them. So 

 they ate. Not long after they finished eating and they talked. After 

 that it became night. When they had finished eating in the night they 

 said, " We are going back home, Aunt, but first we are going to the place 

 where those young girls spin." "No, I will not let you go back to 

 Nagbotobotan now, for it is dark. If you are going to the place where 

 the girls are spinning it is all right, but if you are going home I will not 

 let you go down from the house, for I fear you will be lost." So the three 

 young boys said to her, "If you will not let us go back home tonight 

 we will go tomorrow, but we will go where the young girls spin." So 

 Aponlgawani and Aponibalagen let them go to where the girls were 

 spinning. 



Not long after they arrived at the place where the young girls were 

 and they said, "Good evening, young girls." "Good evening," an- 

 swered the girls who were spinning. "Why do you come here, rich 

 young men?" Why do you come here,' you say, we come to see you 

 spin and to talk with you." Not long after they talked together, and 

 the young men did not wait until the girls went home, for it became 

 morning, so they went back home. As soon as they went away, the 

 young girls went home. When the boys reached the house of Aponl- 

 gawani and Aponibalagen they told them they were going home to 

 Nagbotobotan. Aponigawani and Aponibalagen did not want to let 

 them go until they had eaten breakfast. The three boys went even 



