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"I am going to hunt deer with the dogs, mother," said Kanag. 

 "No, do not go, you will be lost," said Aponlbolinayen. "No, I will 

 not be lost. Give me provisions to take," he said, and he fretted so his 

 mother let him go, and she gave provisions, for she could not prevent 

 him from going. So he went. 



"Ey-Ey-kOta, my puppy, Ey-Ey, my fat dog, do not catch anything 

 until we reach the middle of the wood, which is the place where the 

 anteng tree grows." Not long after while he was walking the puppy 

 went into the jungle and it barked in the wood. He went to reach it. 

 When he arrived he saw that what the puppy barked at was a very 

 small house by the resin tree. He went up to the house. Wanwanyen- 

 Aponlbolinayen went to hide under the hearth and Kanag did not go 

 out of the house until the girl appeared. One night had passed, then 

 the girl who owned the house appeared. He saw that she was a beauti- 

 ful girl and they talked. "It is not good for us to talk until we know 

 our names," said Dumanau, 1 and he gave her betel-nut, and she did not 

 receive it, so he made it very good so that she wanted it after two days. 

 After that she received the betel-nut which was covered with gold. As 

 soon as they chewed, "You first tell your name, for you live here; it is 

 not goodforme to tell first, for I come from another place," said Dumanau. 

 "No, it is not good for a girl to tell her name first. You are a boy and 

 even though you came from another place you tell your name first," 

 said Wanwanyen-Aponlbolinayen. "My name is Dumanau, who is the 

 son of Aponlbolinayen and Aponltolau of Kadalayapan." "My name 

 is Wanwanyen-Aponlbolinayen, who is the daughter of an alan in 

 Matawatawen. When they put down their quids, they laid in good 

 order as agates with no holes in them. "We are close relatives, and it 

 is good for us to be married." So they married. 



Three years passed. "The best thing is for us to take our house to 

 Kadalayapan, and go there; perhaps my father and mother are search- 

 ing for me." " No, we must not go, because I am ashamed, for they did 

 not engage me to you," said Wanwanyen-Aponlbolinayen. "No, we 

 go; we must not stay always in the jungle," he said. So in the middle of 

 the night Dumanau used his power. " I use my magic so that this house 

 we are in goes to Kadalayapan. You stand there by our house," he 

 said; so the little house went there while they were asleep. The next 

 morning Wanwanyen was surprised because many chickens were crowing 

 and many people were talking, and when she went to look out of the 

 window there were many houses. "Why, Dumanau, it is not the jungle 



1 Another name for Kanag. 



