said to Aponitolau, “We are going to Natpangan to visit my father and mother,” so they went.  As soon as they arrived there Aponibolinayen told her father and mother that Aponitolau had a pasture filled with many different kinds of jars, in the place of Kabinalan.  When they had been in Natpangan ten days they returned home and Aponibolinayen’s father and mother went with them and saw the jars.  When they reached the field where the jars were they were afraid that the jars would eat them, but Aponitolau fed them.  The father and mother of Aponibolinayen were surprised for there were many valuable jars which filled the wide field of Kabinalan.  Not long after they went back home to Natpangan.

(Told by Angtan, a woman of Lagangilang.)

4

“Sinogyaman, come and oil my hair so that I can go to war,” said Aponitolau.  “And you, Sinagayan, put some rice in the pot and cook it, and also some fish for us to eat.”  Not long after she cooked, and Sinogyaman oiled his hair.  When Sinagayan finished cooking they ate and started to go to Gegenawan where Asibowan lived.  Sinogyaman and Sinagayan did not want him to go, but Aponitolau went anyway.

When he arrived at the edge of the town he stood still a long time, for he did not know the way to Gegenawan.  A bird went to him and said, “Why do you stand here for a long time, Aponitolau?” “Why do you stand a long time, you say, and I am going to the town of Asibowan, whom every one says is a pretty girl,” said Aponitolau to the bird.  “Ala, Aponitolau, it is best for you to follow me and I will show you the way to the place where Asibowan lives.”  Not long after they went and they soon arrived at the town of Gegenawan.  “Ala, Aponitolau, I leave you now for I have showed you the way,” said the bird.  So Aponitolau went alone to the house of Asibowan.  When he reached the ladder of her house Asibowan was looking out of the window and she said, “Oh, there is a rich gentleman.  How are you?  Where are you going?” Aponitolau said, “I am going to Nagsingkawan, but I have lost my way and I thought that this was Nagsingkawan.  I saw this house so I came to get a drink.”  “This is not Nagsingkawan.  Come up and I will cook and we will eat.”  Aponitolau went up into the house and the girl gave him water to drink.  She cooked and then she called him.  “I do not want to eat yet.  I will rest for awhile and eat when your husband comes,” said Aponitolau.

Not long after, while they were talking he saw Asibowan break the fish stick and put it in the pot and he watched to see what would become of the stick.  He saw that it became a fish. [135] She called often for Aponitolau to come and eat and he went and he said, “I want to wait until your husband comes, for it is not good for us to eat first, and it is not good for us to be eating when he arrives.”  “Come, it will be all right.  We will eat now, and he can eat when he comes” said Asibowan.  So he went to eat with her, for he was very hungry.