(Told by a medium named Magwati of Lagangilang.)

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“Ala, Aponibolinayen prepare our things, for we are going to plant sugar cane,” said Aponitolau.  Not long after they went to see the cuttings and they were big.  They took them and planted them when they arrived at the place where they wished to plant them.  Aponitolau planted them and Aponibolinayen watered them.  Not long after Aponibolinayen used magic and she said, “I use my power so that all the cuttings will be planted.”  Soon they truly were all planted, so they went back home.  After seven days Aponitolau went to look at them and their leaves were long and pointed so he used magic and said, “I used my power so that after five days all the sugar cane which we planted will be ready to chew.”  Then he went back home.  In five days he went again to see them and as soon as he arrived at the planting he saw they were all tall and about ready to chew.

Not long after Gaygayoma looked down on the sugar cane and she was anxious to chew it.  “Ala, my father Bagbagak, [232] send the stars to go and get some of the sugar cane which I saw, for I am anxious to chew it,” she said, for she was pregnant and desired to chew the sugar cane.  Not long after, “Ala, you Salibobo [233] and Bitbitowen [234] let us go and get the sugar cane, for Gaygayoma is anxious to chew it,” said Bagbagak.  Not long after they went.  As soon as they arrived where the sugar cane was, they went inside of the bamboo fence and some of them secured the beans which Aponibolinayen had planted.  The stems of the bean pods were gold, and they got five of them.  Most of them got one stalk of sugar cane.  As soon as they secured them they went back up.  When they arrived Gaygayoma chewed one of the sugar cane stalks and she felt happy and well, and she saw the beans with the golden stems and she cooked and ate them.

When she had chewed all the sugar cane which the stars had secured, she said, “Ala, my father Bagbagak, come and follow me to the place where the sugar cane grows, for I am anxious to see it.”  Not long after, “Ala, Salibobo and Bitbitowen we are going to follow Gaygayoma, for she wishes to go and see the place of the sugar cane.  Some of you stay outside of the fence to watch and see if anyone comes, and some of you get sugar cane,” said Bagbagak to them, and the moon shone on them.  Soon they all arrived at the place of the sugar cane and they made a noise while they were getting the sugar cane, which they used to chew.  Gaygayoma went to the middle of the field and chewed sugar cane.  As soon as they had chewed all they wished they flew up again.