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o much." They walked on and in a short time they reached the place below the perfume. When they were there Dagolayan said to Kanag, "Take some from the lower branches." "No, it is better for me to climb and get some from the top, for I think they are better above than below." So Kanag climbed and as soon as he broke off the stem which held the perfume his legs became like part of a snake. Dagolayan looked up and he saw that the legs of his companion had changed to part of a snake. He said, "Now, my Cousin Kanag, I am going to leave you, for you are no longer a man, but you are a serpent." "Do not leave me even if I do become a serpent. I will not injure you. Do not be afraid." In a short time all his body had become a real serpent, and Dagolayan ran and went home, and the big serpent followed him. Not long after Dagolayan arrived in Kadalayapan, and Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen asked where Kanag was. "Kanag has become a big serpent. As soon as he broke off the perfume of Baliwan which the young girl desired he became a serpent." Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen went around the town and told the people that they must accompany them, for they were going to see if Kanag had really become a serpent. When Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen had killed many animals and given much food to the searchers and they did not find him, they stopped searching. Not long after Kanag thought he would go to the river where the people took their baths. So he went. Not long after Langa-ayan was anxious to wash her hair, so she went to the river and washed it, and Do-ansowan washed his hair first and Langa-ayan helped him, for he was her husband. As soon as she had washed his hair, he said to her, "I am going to the town." So he went and left Langa-ayan alone by the river washing her hair. When she had washed her hair she washed her arm beads. While she was washing her upper arm beads she heard a great commotion in the river, and soon after a big serpent appeared on the other bank. Langa-ayan saw that it was a big serpent and she was so frightened that she started to run, but the serpent said to her, "Do not run, my aunt, I am not a real serpent, for I was a young boy before." So Langa-ayan stopped and asked him why he had become a great serpent. "Because I went to Ilang to see the pretty girl, and she told me that if I could get the perfume of Baliwan she would do whatever I asked, so I went. I did not want to go, for I was not sure that she t
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