The next day Aponitolau said to Aponibolinayen, “I am going to see our sugar cane, to see if any carabao have gone there to spoil it, for it is the best to chew.”  So he went.  As soon as he arrived he saw that the sugar cane was spoiled, and he looked.  He saw that there were many places near the fence where someone had chewed, for each one of the stars had gone by the fence to chew the cane which they wished.  When he reached the middle of the field he saw the cane there which had been chewed, and there was some gold on the refuse and he was surprised and he said, “How strange this is!  I think some beautiful girl must have chewed this cane.  I will try to watch and see who it is.  Perhaps they will return tonight.”  Then he went back home.  As soon as he reached home he said, “Ala, Aponibolinayen cook our food early, for I want to go and watch our sugar cane; someone has gone and spoiled it.  They have also spoiled our beans which we planted.”  So Aponibolinayen cooked even though it was not time.  As soon as she finished cooking she called Aponitolau and they ate.  When they had eaten he went and he hid a little distance from the sugar cane.

In the middle of the night there were many stars falling down into the sugar cane field and Aponitolau heard the cane being broken.  Soon he saw the biggest of them which looked like a big flame of fire fall into the field.  Not long after he saw one of the other stars at the edge of the fence take off her dress, which was like a star, and he saw that she looked like the half of the rainbow, and the stars which followed her got the sugar cane which they wished.  They chewed it by the fence and they watched to see if anyone was coming.  Aponitolau said, “What shall I do, because of those companions of the beautiful woman?  If I do not frighten them they will eat me.  The best thing for me to do is to frighten them.  I will go and sit on the star’s dress.” [235] He frightened them.  The stars flew up and Aponitolau went and sat on the star dress.

Not long after the pretty girl came from the middle of the field to get her star dress; she saw Aponitolau sitting on it.  “You, Ipogau, [236] you must pardon us, for we came to steal your sugar cane, for we were anxious to chew it.”  “If you came to get some of my sugar cane it is all right.  The best thing for you to do is to sit down, for I wish to know your name, for we Ipogau have the custom to tell our names.  It is bad for us if we do not know each others’ names when we talk.”  Not long after he gave her betel-nut and the woman chewed it.  As soon as they chewed, “Now that we have chewed according to our custom we will tell our names.”  “Yes, if that is what you say, but you must tell your name first,” said the woman.  “My name is Aponitolau who am the husband of Aponibolinayen of Kadalayapan.”  “My name is Gaygayoma who am the daughter of Bagbagak and Sinag, [237] up in the air,” said the woman.  “Ala, now you, Aponitolau, even though you have a wife I am going to take you up,