e from the other towns had arrived
and Aponibalagen carried the baby, to see whom the baby would want to
go to, but the baby did not want any of them. When the betel-nut and
Kagkagakag appeared the baby was happy and wanted to go to him. So
Aponibalagen gave the boy to him and all the people were surprised
that Aponibolinayen had wanted him. Not long after they danced,
and when they had finished Aponibalagen said to Aponibolinayen,
"Take off all your things and go to Kagkagakag." Aponibolinayen did
not wish to go, for he was not the same man she was with before,
but her brother made her go, and he said, "Kagkagakag, take her to
your town." So he took her to his town, and when they reached the gate
Aponibolinayen was crying, but he said to her, "Do not feel bad, I am
the man who came to Kabwa-an. That is why the boy wants me, for I am
his father." Aponibolinayen did not believe him, but when they arrived
at the spring of Kabilabilan she was surprised to see that the stones
were of gold, and the fruits of the trees were of gold and were beads,
and she said to Kagkagakag, "Why do we come here? It is shameful
for us to be seen by the man who owns this." Kagkagakag laughed at
her. "If you do not believe that I am your husband, you watch." And
he went to take a bath, and the mud all washed off, and she saw that
he was the man who was with her before in Kabwa-an. So they went up
to the town, and the _alan_ who cared for Ingiwan was glad to see them.
Not long after they made _balaua_, for they wished to call Aponibalagen
so that he would not always feel badly about them. Not long after they
sent the betel-nuts to summon their relatives. As soon as the betel-nut
arrived in Kaodanan, "Good afternoon, Aponibolinayen and Kagkagakag
want you to attend their _Sayang_." Aponibalagen laughed and said,
"Yes," and he called all the people and told them to prepare to go
to the _balaua_.
When they arrived at the spring everyone was astonished, for all the
fruit of the trees was of gold, and all the places they walked were
covered with plates. And Aponibalagen said, "I do not think this is
the spring of Kagkagakag. I think someone else owns it. We will go
up to the house where he lives." When they reached the gate of the
town they asked the young girl who was going to the spring where
Aponibolinayen and Kagkagakag slept, and the woman said, "You follow
these plates, for they go to the ladder of Kagkagakag's house." So
they went and they
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