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nan and Adolan. "Oh, my son, IgOwan and my daughter Ginalingan, 

 I thought that I did not have any more my daughter and son and that 

 the alan had taken. We did not feed you rice," said the old woman 

 Dinowagan. "Ala, my son, Agimlang, do not feel sorry, because you 

 heard what your father Dagilagatan said to you, because you met your 

 brothers and sister who are IgOwan and Ginalingan," said the old 

 woman Dinowagan. After that they danced for about nine months. 

 After that IgOwan and Adolan and Iwaginan went home and they did 

 not let Ginalingan go back home. 



As soon as IgOwan arrived in his town he built balaua and he invited 

 all his relatives who lived in different towns and all the alan in the world. 

 Not long after the people whom he invited arrived in the town of 

 IgOwan, and all the alan went to his Sayang, and the alan were surprised 

 that Dagilagatan and Dinowagan knew that IgOwan and Ginalingan 

 were their son and daughter, so they asked them. They said that 

 IbagO wa Agimlang met them when he came from war and he took them 

 to his party so they knew that they were their son and daughter for they 

 chewed betel-nut. As soon as IgOwan's Sayang was over the alan 

 gave all their valuable things to him, and also those who had taken 

 Ginalingan. As soon as they had given them all their things the alan 

 flew away and Dinowagan and her husband took their sons and daugh- 

 ters to Pindayan. 



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There was a man named Asbinan who was the son of Ayo, but the 

 old woman Alokotan took care of him. "Ala, my grandmother Alo- 

 kotan, go and engage me to Dawlnlsan who looks like the sunshine, for 

 I want to marry her," said the young boy Asbinan. The old woman 

 replied, "I do not think they will like you, for she is a young girl who 

 never goes outdoors." 2 "Ala, grandmother, you go anyway, and if 

 they do not like me I will see what I shall do," said Asbinan who was a 

 handsome young man. Not long after the old woman went. As soon 

 as she arrived at the stairs of the house of the mother and father of 

 Dawlnlsan, they said, "Good morning," and the mother of Dawlnlsan 

 said, "Good morning, what did you come here for, Ayo and Alokotan 

 of Kadalayapan?" "'What did you come here for?' you say. Our 

 son Asbinan wants to marry Dawlnlsan," said Ayo. She called them 

 up into the house and they talked. "We will ask our daughter and 

 hear what she says." When they asked Dawlnlsan if she wished to 



1 This story does not belong to the cycle. 



See p. 54, note 2. 



