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kigan, for Kanag and Amau are making Sayang and they want you to 

 come." So Aponltolau got up quickly and told Aponlbolinayen who 

 was lying down in the house that Kanag and his wife were making 

 Sayang, and they were happy because Kanag was a boy again. They 

 told all the people to prepare to go to the Sayang of Kanag and his wife. 

 So they went, and when they arrived they saw that Kanag was hand- 

 somer than before, and Asimbayan went also, for they had invited her. 

 Asimbayan saw that Kanag was the boy who had taken her bracelet 

 and had gone to get the perfume for her, and while she was watching 

 him Kanag went to talk with her. He told her what had happened 

 when he went to get the perfume for her, and he told her how he had 

 become a snake and his mother-in-law had met him by the river and had 

 taken him to the old man who changed him again to a boy, and he had 

 married the daughter of Do-ansowan and Langa-ayan. Kanag said, 

 "Now, I cannot marry you, so I will give back your bracelet." So he 

 gave it back. 



Not long after Aponltolau and Aponlbolinayen asked how much they 

 must pay for the wife of Kanag, and Langa-ayan and Do-ansowan said, 

 "Fill our balaua nine times with valuable things." When they had 

 paid all, they said, "Now we are going to take them to Kadalayapan, 

 for we have paid all you asked." "No, do not take them. They are 

 going to stay here," said Do-ansowan and Langa-ayan. "They will 

 come there bye and bye." "Ala, if that is what you say they must come 

 and visit us, even if they stay here." Not long after Kanag and his 

 wife went to Kadalayapan to visit his father and they staid there three 

 months. Then Do-ansowan and his wife were anxious for them to return. 

 When Kanag and his wife returned to Kalaskigan they said, "Why did 

 you stay so long? We thought you were going to live in Kadalayapan 

 and we intended to follow you." "We staid a long time, for my father 

 and mother would not let us return when we wished," said Kanag. 



(Told by Angtan of Lagangilang.) 



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"Goto watch our langpadan, 1 Kanag, because the wild pigs spoil it." 

 Kanag went. When he arrived at the field he went around it and it was 

 not injured, so he went to the little watch house and he was sorrowful, 

 and he always hung his head. Not long after Aponltolau said to Aponl- 

 bolinayen, "Cook some rice and meat for I am going to our field and 

 carry the food to Kanag." So Aponlbolinayen went to cook. As soon 

 as she finished cooking they ate first. As soon as they finished eating 



1 Mountain rice. 



