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and she gave it to him. When he received it he played, and the bun- 

 kaka said the same as the flute. "What is the matter with this bunkaka 

 that it talks bad? I am going to break you." He put it down again 

 and said to Alokotan, " Mother, I am going to play with the other boys." 

 "No, do not go," said the old woman, but he went nevertheless to play 

 with the boys. 



Not long after he reached the balaua, and he met a little boy playing 

 with lipi nuts, and they played together. "Will you come with me to 

 the place where my mother is while I ask for my tobacco?" said Dago- 

 layan. " If that is what you say we will go," said Kanag. So they went 

 to the place where Dolimaman was and the milk from her breasts went 

 to Kanag's mouth. "Here is my son now," said Dolimaman who was 

 lying down and she sat up. "What is the matter of this woman, she 

 called me her son and she is not my mother," said Kanag. "Where is 

 your mother then?" said Dolimaman. " My mother is in Nagbotobotan 

 and her name is Alokotan," said the boy. "Ala, let us go. Where is 

 Nagbotobotan? Guide me," said Dolimaman. As soon as they 

 arrived, she said, "Good morning, my Aunt." "Good morning also," 

 said Alokotan. "My son is with you," said Dolimaman. "Yes, your 

 son is with me, because I met him by the river near the well." " How 

 much must I pay you, my Aunt, because you found him and he has 

 staid with you," said Dolimaman to the old woman. "I do not wish 

 anything, for my reason for taking him was so that I might have some- 

 one to inherit my possessions, because I have no child." "That is not 

 my mother," said Kanag to Alokotan, and she replied, "Yes, that is 

 your mother, but your father put you on the river when you were a 

 little boy, and I found you there and I took you, so I might have some- 

 one to inherit my things." Not long after, "Ala, my Aunt, now we are 

 not going home we will stay here, because my husband Wadagan does 

 not like us." So they used magic so that their house in Kadalayapan 

 went to Nagbotobotan, and the people were surprised at the noise made 

 by the house when it went to Nagbotobotan. They saw that it was a 

 big house all made of gold, and they placed it near to the house of 

 Alokotan. Not long after Wadagan made balaua, because he could not 

 find his family in their golden house. 



Wadagan got out of the balaua and said, " I am going to take a walk 

 and see if I can meet Dolimaman and our house which is made of gold." 

 Not long after he went to walk, and he did not meet any of them. " I 

 am going to go to Nagbotobotan and see if the new raft went there." 

 So Wadagan went and not long after, while he was walking, he reached 

 the edge of the town of Nagbotobotan, and he saw the golden house, and 

 he went to it directly, and he said, "Perhaps that was our house, for 



