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rice for me. Now that you are not tikgl I would like to marry you." 

 "It is true that I am the tikgl who came to cut rice, because you would 

 not have found me if I had not done it." He married the woman who 

 had power so that she became several birds, 1 and he took her home. 



When they arrived in Kadalayapan the people whom Llgi had invited 

 were still there and were dancing. The father and mother of Llgi were 

 surprised and so they chewed bete-nut so as to find out who the lady 

 was. The quid of Ebang and Pagatipanan and the quid of Aponl- 

 bolinayen (the tikgl) went together. The quid of Langa-an and Pag- 

 bokasan went to the quid of Llgi and thus they knew who Aponlbolin- 

 ayen was. Ebang and Pagatipanan were surprised that she was their 

 daughter, and they called her Aponibolinayen, and they called Llgi 

 Aponitolau. As soon as they found out who she was, Llgi gave the 

 payment to the relatives of Aponibolinayen. As soon as he made the 

 payment, they played the gansas and danced for three months. As 

 soon as the balaua was over all the people went home and Aponlbo- 

 linayen's father asked her where she had been. She said she had been 

 in the bana-dsl tree where Kaboniyan 2 had put her, and they were 

 surprised for they did not know when Kaboniyan had taken her from 

 them. After that they used magic and the house where Aponibolinayen 

 had lived went to Kadalayapan. This is all. 



(Told by Madomar of Riang barrio of Patok.) 



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There was a man named Wadagan, and his wife was Dollmaman. 

 They were sitting together in the middle of the day, and Dollmaman 

 commanded Wadagan to stick with a thorn the place between her fourth 

 and little finger. So Wadagan stuck her finger with the thorn and as 

 soon as he did so a little baby popped out. "What name shall we give 

 to this boy?" said Wadagan. "You ask what name we shall give him, 

 we are going to call him Kanag Kabagbagowan," she replied. "Give 

 him a bath every day." " I use my power so that every time I give him 

 a bath he will grow." 3 She always said this when she bathed him and 

 every time the baby grew. Not long after she said, " I use my power so 

 that when I bathe him again he will be so big he will ask for his clout, 

 belt, and top." As soon as she said this and bathed him the boy became 

 big and asked for his clout, belt and top. Not long after he dressed 

 up and took his top and went to play with the other boys. 



Not long after Dolimaman said to Wadagan, "Take care of the boy 



1 See p. 17. 



1 A powerful spirit. 



* See p. 30, note 3. 



