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men to the bravest of them. "Yes," said the bravest, "get away so I 

 can see her, if she is very beautiful." When the young men got away 

 he cut her in two at her waist. They took her body and her head and 

 went home. "Why did you kill her," said the young men. "So that 

 you do not get a bad omen, young men," said the bravest of them. 



Not long after they had killed Linongan, "Why does my breast 

 flutter so, Awig?" said Aponlbolinayen. "I feel sad also," said Awig. 

 "Ala, Aponibolinayen you cook food for me to take when I go and see 

 our daughter," said Awig. Aponlbolinayen truly went to cook for him. 

 When Aponlbolinayen finished cooking, "Ala, give me my dark colored 

 clout and my belt which has pretty colors, so that I go at once to the 

 place where the tattooed alzados are. Perhaps they found our daughter. 

 Look often at the lawed which I shall plant by the stove. If it wilts 

 so that its leaves are drooped, you can say Awig is dead." 1 



When Aponlbolinayen thought he had arrived at the field she looked 

 at the lawed and it was green and flourishing. Not long after Awig saw 

 the blood below the watch house. "Perhaps this is the blood of my 

 daughter. I am going to see if they have killed her." He climbed up, 

 and when he got up, the body and head were not there, so he went down. 

 As soon as he got down he sat and he bent his head, "What can I do? 

 Where am I going to go to find my daughter?" he said. Not long after 

 he took a walk. When he reached the jungle he looked at the big high 

 tree. ["We can see all over the world from the high trees." This 

 was a side remark by the story-teller.] The best thing is for me to climb 

 so that I watch and see where the alzados live, where my daughter is," 

 he said, and so he climbed. As soon as he climbed up he saw all over 

 the world. He looked to the west, there were no people there who 

 celebrated. "There is no one there," he said. He looked toward the 

 north. There were none there who celebrated. "There is no one 

 there," he said. He turned his face to the east, there was no one there. 

 When he looked 'in the south he saw the alzados who were making a 

 celebration; and they danced with the head of his daughter. "Perhaps 

 that is my daughter," he said. "How terrible if it is my daughter," 

 and his tears dropped. Not long after he went down. As soon as he 

 got down, " If I follow the path I will spend much time. The best way 

 is for me to go through the woods, to make the way short. I will go 

 where they are," he said, and he went. 



When he had almost reached the place where the alzados were 

 dancing he said, "What can I do to get the head of my daughter?" and 

 he bent his head. Not long after he remembered to go and get the juice 



1 See p. 96, note 3. 



