ause Kaboniyan could not beat Sayen,
and Sayen could not beat Kaboniyan. Sayen said, "I take my headaxe,
because I am very tired." Kaboniyan said, "Do not take your headaxe;
you are a brave man; I will be your friend and we will go to fight
anywhere." Sayen said, "Yes." Then they were friends and went to fight
in many towns. If the people in the town caught them in the way when
they went home from fighting, or when they were in the river, Sayen
could be a fish and hide. They fought in one town. Sayen became a
chicken after fighting. He went under the house where the chickens
roost. He did that many times and the people in the town noticed that
Sayen could be a chicken or a fish. When he came with Kaboniyan to
the town to fight the people, he went under the house to the chickens'
place. The people said to themselves, "We will put a fish trap there,
because Sayen after fighting goes in the chicken coop." They put a
trap under the house by the coop. Sayen came in the town again to
fight. After fighting he went under the house and he went into the
trap, and the people caught and killed him.

This all happened not very long ago.

60

In the old times Malilipeng was walking along the trail in the woods
when he heard the _alan_ [370] in the trees. He laid down on his face
as if dead and the _alan_ who saw him began to wail, for they thought
he was dead. When they brought gold and beads to place on him, he
sprang up and drove them away. "Give us the one bead which is _nagaba_,
or we will burn your house," said the _alan_. The man refused. When
he reached home his house was burned, but he still had the bead.

61

Two men went to hunt wild pig. They killed one, but had no fire to
singe it, so one man climbed a tree to see if he could see where was
a fire. He saw a little fire at a distance and went to get it. When he
got where the fire was, he saw it was in the house of an _alan_. He was
very much afraid, but he went up and saw the _alan_, who had a baby,
was asleep. He walked very quietly, but the _alan_ woke up and said,
"What do you want?" "I want fire, for we have killed a little wild
pig." "Do not say little pig, but larger," said the _alan_. "Larger,"
said the man, for he was afraid. "Do not say larger, but big," said
_alan._ "Big." "Do not say big, but very big," said the _alan_. "Very
big," said the man. Then the _alan_ gave him the fire, and she took her
big basket and went with him to where the pig was. Th