e and he put a love charm on it, and he gave
it to her. [184] Not long after Don Carlos wanted to go back home,
but Aponibolinayen would not let him go, and she said, "Come up in
the house." So he went up into the house.
Not long after Aponitolau shouted near to the town and he did not hear
Aponibolinayen answer. As soon as he reached the gate of the town
he shouted again, and she did not answer, for Don Carlos was with
her. Not long after Don Carlos went home and Aponibolinayen saw his
belt which he had left, for he was in a hurry. So she ran and got the
ladder to the rice granary, and she hid the belt. Aponitolau met Don
Carlos at the gate of the town and he asked him why he had gone into
the town, and he answered, "I want to sell something." Not long after
Aponitolau went to their house and asked Aponibolinayen why she did
not reply to him when he shouted two times. "I did not answer, for I
have a headache." "Why is the fastening on the door different from
before?" "I don't know. No one came in." Not long after Aponitolau
went up into the house. "Now, Aponibolinayen, I have taken the head
of the old man To-odan of Kalaskigan. You command the people to begin
to pound rice, for we will make _Sayang_"
Not long after Aponitolau saw a flame of fire in the rice granary
and he said, "Why is there a fire in the rice granary?" So he ran to
see. Not long after he went inside of the granary and he saw what it
was. As soon as he saw that it was a golden belt he said, "I think
this is the belt of the man who came here while I was gone." So he
took it and hid it and did not let Aponibolinayen see it. Not long
after they commanded the people to go and get betel-nuts. When they
arrived with the fruit they oiled them and Aponitolau said, "Tell me
whom we shall invite beside our relatives in the other towns." And
Aponibolinayen told him to invite Don Carlos of Kabaiganan, for she
wished always to see him. So they sent a betel-nut to go and get Don
Carlos, and they sent one to the old woman Alokotan of Nagbotobotan
and Awig of Natpangan and other towns.
Not long after the betel-nut reached the place where Don Carlos lived
and it met his spirit helpers. As soon as the betel-nut reached Don
Carlos, "Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen are making _Sayang_, and I came
to invite you." "All right, you go first. I will dress and go after
you," he said. Not long after he dressed up and went to follow the
betel-nuts. Not long after all the othe
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