tattooed fish came to breathe at
her feet for the water covered the town when they danced. When they
were still dancing the water flowed, only a little while, and it was
only knee deep, "Ala, you Iwaginan and Linongan, stop dancing because
we are deluged," said Awig and the old woman Alokotan. They stopped
dancing and the water went down again from the town. "How terrible are
the people who are like Kaboniyan for they are so different from us,"
said the other people who went to attend _balaua_ with them.

Not long after, when all the people had finished dancing and the
_balaua_ was over, the people went home and Iwaginan was engaged to
Linongan. Aponibolinayen said, "We do not wish that our daughter
be married yet," but Awig agreed. "Why do you agree, Awig, do you
not like our only daughter?" said Aponibolinayen. "I like her, but
it is better for her to be married. He seems to have power. Don't
you know that a girl has many dangers? It is better for her to be
married, because she is the only daughter we have," said Awig. Not
long after they made _pakalon_. "Ala, now, sister-in-law, how much
will we pay?" said Dinowagan to Aponibolinayen. "The _balaua_ three
times full of jewels," said Aponibolinayen. "Ala, yes, sister-in-law,"
she replied. So she used her magic and the _balaua_ was three times
full of jewels, and Aponibolinayen raised her eyebrows and half of
the things in the _balaua_ disappeared, and Dinowagan used her power
again and filled the _balaua_. "Ala, stop that is enough to pay for
our daughter," said Aponibolinayen. "I pay now." "Yes," they said. "Now
that we have made the payment we will go home," said Dinowagan. "If you
do not let us take Linongan to Pindayan, Iwaginan will live here and I
will come to visit them," said Dinowagan to Awig and Aponibolinayen. As
soon as Dinowagan and her companions went home. "Ala, my wife we
go to Pindayan to see our mother Dinowagan," said Iwaginan. "Yes,
if that is what you say we will go," said Linongan. Not long after
they asked Awig and Aponibolinayen, "You go, but do not stay long,"
they said. "Yes," they answered.

When they arrived in Pindayan, Iwaginan and Linongan went to bathe
in the river, and Iwaginan saw the place where the _alzados_ had cut
Linongan in her side, and he went to make a magical well in which
a person can bathe and lose all scars and wounds; and it looked as
if she had no cut and she was prettier, and they went home. When
they arrived in the