each hair of his head with
golden beads, and they gave clothes to him. After that when he went
back home, they went to guide him. As soon as they arrived by the
river they saw Aponibolinayen. "How cunning you are, Iwaginan! You
told us she was not here, and she is here," said the _alan_. "If we
had known that Aponibolinayen was by the river we would have eaten
you, for we wanted to take her," they said. "No," said Iwaginan,
and they went home. A day later he took Aponibolinayen to Pindayan
and Gimbagonan prepared the _baladon_ poison, because she wanted to
kill Iwaginan. As soon as he and Aponibolinayen arrived in Pindayan,
Gimbagonan went to their house, and she took betel-nuts. As soon as
she reached the house she gave the nut to Aponibolinayen, and it had
_baladon_ poison on it. She gave also to Iwaginan, but it had no
poison on it. As soon as they chewed the betel-nut Aponibolinayen
died. Not long after Iwaginan sharpened his headaxe and spear, for
he intended to cut off Gimbagonan's head. They went to get a medium
[278] to make the ceremony for Aponibolinayen, and when the medium
was making the ceremony she said, "Aponibolinayen cannot be cured
unless Gimbagonan comes to cure her, for she used the poison which is
_baladon_." Not long after they went to get Gimbagonan and Iwaginan
was anxious to get her head, but she asked his pardon and she went
to cure Aponibolinayen. As soon as she made Aponibolinayen drink of
her medicine, she was at once alive again. Not long after Gimbagonan
went back to her house, and when she went back Iwaginan said to her,
"Do not do that." "You are not good, Iwaginan. I do not know why you
divorced me," she said.

23

"Tikgi, tikgi, Ligi, if you want us to cut rice for you, we will
come to work with you," said the _tikgi_ birds, "Because we like to
cut your rice _amasi_, which is mixed with _alomaski_ in the place
of Domayasi." Ligi said to them, "What are you going to do? I do not
think you can cut rice, for you are birds and only know how to fly, you
_tikgi_." But they still asked until he let them cut his rice. "Ala,
Ligi, even if we are _tikgi_ we know how to cut rice." "If you want
to come and cut, you must come again, because the rice is not yet
ripe. When you think it is ripe, you come," he said. "If that is what
you say Ligi that we shall come when the rice is ripe, we will go
home and come again," said the _tikgi_. Not long after they went home.

As soon as the birds went