ith it." When he
arrived in the yard he said, "Good morning." "Good morning also,"
said the old woman Alokotan. "How are you, my Aunt?" She said, "We
are well." And he asked her if she had seen the little raft pass
by and she said, "Yes, it passed by here and I took it." So they
made him go upstairs and when he got up there he saw Dolimaman and
Kanag, and Kanag did not know his father. "You call me father, for
you are my son," said Wadagan to him. "No, you are not my father,"
said Kanag, "If you do not wish to call me so, then I will go home,
and we will leave you here. Let us go Dolimaman. If Kanag does not
like me it is all right," said Wadagan. "I don't like you, for you
sent me away," said Kanag. "Go back home, we are going to stay here,"
said Dolimaman. So Wadagan went back home and he went everywhere and
Dolimaman, Kanag and Dagolayan staid in Nagbotobotan.

(Told by Madomar of Riang.)

25

There was a man Awig and Aponibolinayen, and there was a girl named
Linongan. "Ala, you make Linongan start for she goes to watch the
mountain rice. You cook for her so that she goes to watch and I go to
guide her," said Awig. "Why do you dislike our daughter Linongan? Do
not make her go to watch for she is a girl. If she were a boy it would
be all right. You know that a girl is in danger. That is why you must
not put her to watch the field." "No you give her cooked rice and
cooked meat and make her start, for I am ready to go now," said Awig.

Not long after they went to the place where the mountain rice grew,
and he went to station her in the high watch house. He commanded her
to climb, and when she was in the middle of the ladder she was afraid,
for she nearly fell down, it was so high. Not long after she reached
the watch house. When she looked down it seemed as if her eyes fell
down it was so high. "Ala, you my daughter Linongan live here and
watch our rice, I will come to see you. Do not show yourself if anyone
comes," said Awig to her and he went home to Natpangan. "Ala, you
are so happy now, Awig, for you cannot see our daughter Linongan,"
said his wife Aponibolinayen, and Awig laid down in the _balaua_
and Aponibolinayen laid down in the room.

As soon as Awig left Linongan in the field, the tattooed _alzados_
went to the watch house, and Linongan laid down for she was afraid of
them. When the tattooed _alzados_ looked up toward the watch house
it seemed as if the moon shone, "Ala, we will go up and see what