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y the tree." Ligi was angry and he seized her by the arm and dragged her to the tree. As soon as they arrived at the _bolnay_ tree, he dug a hole about neck deep and he put her in it. As soon as he put her in the hole he went back home. Soon Aponibolinayen was ready to give birth. "What can I do?" she said to the spirit Ayo. Ayo said, "The best thing for us to do is to prick your little finger." Not long after the little baby popped out of her finger. [211] "What shall we call him?" they said. "We will call him Kanag, for it is the name of the people who live in Kadalayapan." Every time they gave him a bath the baby always grew, for they used magic. [212] Not long after the baby became a boy, and he wanted them to get out of the hole. "No, we do not get out, for I am afraid your father is watching us." The little boy got out even though his mother was afraid. As soon as the boy got out of the hole he listened to hear where many children were playing. So he walked to where the sounds came from. As soon as he arrived at the place where the boys were swimming Dagolayan saw him. "Who is that boy?" he said to his companions, and the little boy went near to them. "Why, this boy looks like my uncle in Kadalayapan," said Dagolayan to his companions, and he asked him who his father was, and the boy said he was the son of an _alan_ of Matawitawen. Not long after they agreed that they would go to fight. So Kanag agreed with them and they decided on a day and Dagolayan told him that he would go to his home. "If that is what you say, it is all right," said Kanag, and they all went home. As soon as he arrived at the hole by the _bolnay_ tree: "Why, we are cousins," said the other boy to me. And Aponibolinayen said, "Perhaps it is the boy from Kaodanan." "We agreed to go to fight, day after tomorrow. Make cakes for me to take with me." "No, do not go, for I fear that your father will meet you." "No, I am going. I will plant the _lawed_ vine by the stove, and if it wilts I am dead," [213] he said. Not long after Aponibolinayen went to make cakes for his provisions, and Dagolayan started early in the morning to go to see Kanag, and it seemed as if a thousand men struck their shields. Kanag heard the sound of the shield. "Who are the boys with Dagolayan who go with us to fight?" As soon as Kanag met Dagolayan they went, and they both struck their shields, and Ligi heard them and he was surprised for it sounded like two thousand p
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