Not long after Aponibalagen went to wash his hair, and he went to the place where Aponibolinayen and the other girls were living.  The three girls and the old woman agreed not to tell that a man had been there.  As soon as Aponibalagen arrived in Kabwa-an he asked the old woman if anyone had been there, and she replied, “No.”  He called Alama-an and the other girls to the place where Aponibolinayen was, so all of them might louse him.  While Aponibolinayen was lousing her brother the milk from her breasts dropped on his legs, and Aponibalagen was surprised, and he said, “What have you done, Aponibolinayen.”  She tried to rub it off from his leg.  “No, do not rub it off; what is that?” “I do not know, brother.  I guess I am sweating, for I am hot.”  “No, I do not believe you, I think someone has been here.”  He called the old woman and asked her.  “You, grandmother, did you see a man who came here?  Do not tell a lie.”  “Why?” asked the old woman.  But she knew that Aponibolinayen had a little baby, for she had pricked her little finger and the baby had come out. [195] “When the girls were lousing me the milk from Aponibolinayen’s breast dropped on my legs.  I think you know the man who has been here.”  “I do not believe anyone came here, for we are on this side of the ocean, and the crocodiles protect us.”

Aponibalagen called all the crocodiles to the side of the house, and he whipped all the crocodiles, and he asked them why they did not eat the man who went to Kabwa-an.  As soon as he whipped them one of them said, “We did not see any man come here, but we were all very sleepy one day a long time ago.  We would have eaten the man if we had seen him.”  Aponibalagen whipped all of them again.  “I put you here to prevent anyone from coming here, and you did not watch.  Go away.”  The crocodiles were afraid and they said, “If that is what you say we will go.”  So they went.  Aponibalagen went back to the house and whipped the girls.  “We will go back now to Kaodanan.  I thought it was good for you to be here, but you have done wrong.”  So he took them back to Kaodanan and they made balaua in order to find out who was the father of the boy.  The boy grew one span every time they bathed him, [196] for they used their power.  In a few days they built their balaua and the liblibayan [197] got betel-nuts which were covered with gold, and they oiled them and sent them to invite the people in all parts of the world.  So the betel-nuts went.

As soon as the betel-nuts arrived in Kabilabilan, they said, “Good morning, Kagkagakag,” [198] to the man who was lying in his balaua covered with mud.  “We came to invite you to the balaua of Aponibalagen.”  “I do not wish to go, for I have no clothes and am ashamed.  I do not know the man who is going to make balaua.”  “If you do not go I will grow on your knee,” said one of the betel-nuts.  “Do as you wish.”  So the betel-nut grew on his knee.  When it grew