cut a betel-nut
and gave to them, and their spittle was like agate beads. So he took
them up into his golden house and told his mother _alan_ to give them
some clothes. Not long after they drank _basi_, after they had finished
eating. All the _alan_ were drunk and the mother of Balbalaoga of Dona
said to them, "Aponibolinayen, Balbalaoga is your brother, for he was
the after-birth of Awig, which they put in the _tabalang_ which they
sent down the stream. [187] So I picked him up, for I had no child
to inherit all my things." Not long after they knew that they were
brother and sister Balbalaoga asked his sister why they came to Dona
without clothes. She said, "Aponitolau is jealous of Don Carlos and
he cut off his head, and the head jumped to my breasts, so we were
frightened and ran away. That is why we came here. I did not know I
had a brother who lived here." The head still hung to the breasts of
Aponibolinayen, but they had not seen it before, for she had covered
it. As soon as she showed it to Balbalaoga he took the head from her
breasts and they sent some betel-nuts to go and summon their mother.

As soon as the betel-nut arrived in Kaodanan it said to Pagbokasan
and Ebang, "Good morning. I came here for Balbalaoga, and his sister
sent me to come and get you." So Ebang and Pagbokasan were surprised,
because Aponibolinayen had another brother. So they called Awig and
said to him, "Here is a betel-nut from Dona which Aponibolinayen
and Balbalaoga sent, for they want to see us." Awig said to them, "I
don't believe that Aponibolinayen is still alive, for we have searched
for her a very long time, and I never heard of a place called Dona,
and I have been all over the world."

They started and the betel-nut led them. "Where is Dona?" they said
to the betel-nut. "Dona is somewhere. Follow me. You must step on the
big dishes where I step." Not long after they arrived in the place
where Balbalaoga lived and were surprised at the big golden house,
and Balbalaoga and Aponibolinayen were watching them from the window,
and they went to the yard of the house. Ebang and Pagbokasan did not
believe that Balbalaoga was their son, so they chewed betel-nut. As
soon as they chewed they found out that he was the after-birth of
Awig. So Balbalaoga took them into his house.

Not long after Balbalaoga said to them, "Wait for me for awhile,
for I am going to hunt deer." So he called his dogs who talked with
the thunder, they were so big