Tales of the Mythical Period 121 



"Ala, my son, throw them at me so that we can see which is the braver 

 of us." "Ala, you are the first if you want to kill me." Not long after 

 Aponitolau threw all the bamboo at Kanag, but did not hit him. "Ala, 

 you are the next, my son," said Aponitolau. Kanag said, "No, I do 

 not want to throw any at you, for you are my father and I am ashamed." 

 Aponitolau said, "If you do not wish to throw at me we will go back 

 home." As soon as they arrived in Kadalayapan Kanag laid down in 

 their balaua. When they called him at meal time he did not wish to go. 



When Aponitolau and Aponlbolinayen finished eating they said, 

 "If you do notwish to eatwe will go to seeour little housein thefields." 

 "We wrl go and fix it so we will have some protection during the rainy 

 season," said Aponitolau. So they went truly. As soon as they arrived 

 at the little house in their farm, " Dig up the jar of bast 1 which I buried 

 when I was a boy." So Kanag dug up the bast which Aponitolau had 

 made when he was a little boy. As soon as he had dug it up they drank 

 it, and they put the basi in a big coconut shell. Aponitolau made his 

 son drink a shell full of basi, so Kanag truly drank all of it. "Ala, dip 

 again and I will drink next," said Llgl to him, and Llgl drank a shell cup 

 of basi. "Ala, dip again, we will drink three shell cups of this basi," 

 said Llgl. When Kanag had drunk the three shells of wine he was drunk 

 and he slept. As soon as he was asleep, "What shall I do now," said 

 Llgl to himself. " The best thing for me to do is to send him away with 

 the storm." So he used his magical power and soon the big storm came 

 and took Kanag to Kalasklgan while he was sleeping. 



Not long after Aponitolau went back home to Kadalayapan. Aponl- 

 bolinayen asked him where Kanag was. "I thought he came ahead of 

 me," Llgl said. "I think you have killed him," said Aponlbolinayen, 

 "for you think he loves your concubines." Aponitolau went to lie 

 down in their balaua and Aponlbolinayen laid down in the house and 

 their hair grew long along the floor, they laid so long. 



Not long after Kanag awoke and he saw that he was in the middle of 

 a field so wide that he could not see the edges of it. "How bad my 

 father is to me, for he sent me here," he said. The best thing for me to 

 do is to create people so that I will have neighbors. I will use magic so 

 that many betel-nut trees will grow in the middle of the field." Not 

 long after the betel-nut trees bore fruit which was covered with gold. 

 He took the betel-nuts and cut them in many pieces. In the middle of 

 the night he used his power and he said, "I will use magic and when I 

 scatter all the betel-nuts which I have cut, they will become women 

 and men, who will be my neighbors tomorrow." 



1 Sugar cane rum. 



