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every night. I left your father because he broke the promise 

 he made to me. But you are my own son, and I have been 

 wishing to see you, ever since I left your house. It was I who 

 sent the Spider to help you and show you your way here. My 

 love for you is as great as it ever was. We will go out now into 

 the verandah, and I will introduce you to your uncles and aunts 

 and to your grandfather. They may not welcome you, because 

 they were opposed to my marriage to your father. But do not 

 be afraid of them. We will be more than a match for them all." 



Then she spoke to her husband Siu, whom she was glad to 

 meet again. All three then went out into the verandah, which 

 was now full of people. Serag anting called the sons-in-law of 

 Singalang Burong his uncles, but they refused to acknowledge 

 that he was their nephew. 



They proposed several ordeals to prove the truth of his 

 words, that he was indeed the grandson of Singalang Burong. 

 In all of these Seragun ting came off victorious. 



As the men and boys were spinning their tops, they 

 asked Seragunting to join them. He had no top of his own, so 

 he asked his mother for one. She took an egg and uttered 

 some mysterious words over it, and immediately it became a 

 top. This she gave to her son, who went and joined the others 

 in the game. Whenever Seragunting aimed at a top, he always 

 hit it and smashed it in pieces. None of the others were a 

 match for him. In a short time, all the tops except that of 

 Seragunting were broken in pieces. 



Then they suggested a wrestling match. Seragunting was 

 quite ready to try a fall with any of them, old or young. Some 

 of their best wrestlers came forward. The first two were over- 

 thrown so easily by him, that the others saw it was no use their 

 attempting to wrestle with Seragunting. 



Asa last trial they proposed that all should go out hunting. 

 Here they hoped to be more fortunate. All the sons-in-law of 

 Singalang Burong took their good hunting dogs with them, 

 confident of success. Seragunting was told that he could have 

 any of the other dogs left in the house. There he saw a few 

 old dogs, weak and useless for hunting. With these he was 

 expected to compete against the others, and if he was not 

 successful, both he and his father were to be killed! Seragunting 



R A. Soc, No. 41, 1903. 



