When Aponibolinayen saw all these come into her house, she ran to look at the vine by the stove, and it was green and looked like a jungle.  Then she knew that her son was alive, and she was happy.  And when the father and son returned, all the relatives came to their house for a great feast, and all were so happy that the whole world smiled.

The Story of Gaygayoma who Lives up Above

Tinguian

One day, while Aponitolau sat weaving a basket under his house, he began to feel very hungry and longed for something sweet to chew.  Then he remembered that his field was still unplanted.  He called to his wife who was in the room above, and said:  “Come, Aponibolinayen, let us go to the field and plant some sugar-cane.”

So Aponibolinayen came down out of the house with a bamboo tube, [42] and while she went to the spring to fill it with water, Aponitolau made some cuttings, and they went together to the field, which was some distance from the house.

Aponitolau loosened the earth with his long stick [43] and set out the cuttings he had brought, while his wife sprinkled them with water from the bamboo tube.  And when they had filled the field, they returned home, happy to think of the splendid cane they should have.

After seven days Aponitolau went back to the field to see if the plants had lived, and he found that the leaves were already long and pointed.  This delighted him, and while he stood looking at it he grew impatient and determined to use his magical power so that the cane would grow very fast.  In five days he again visited the field and found that the stalks were tall and ready to chew.  He hurried home to tell Aponibolinayen how fast their plants had grown, and she was proud of her powerful husband.

Now about this time Gaygayoma, who was the daughter of Bagbagak, a big star, and Sinag, the moon, looked down from her home in the sky, and when she saw the tall sugar-cane growing below, she was seized with a desire to chew it.  She called to her father, Bagbagak, and said: 

“Oh, Father, please send the stars down to the earth to get some of the sugar-cane that I see, for I must have it to chew.”

So Bagbagak sent the stars down, and when they reached the bamboo fence that was around the field they sprang over it, and each broke a stalk of the cane and pulled some beans which Aponibolinayen had planted, and the stems of these beans were of gold.  Gaygayoma was delighted with the things that the stars brought her.  She cooked the beans with the golden stems and spent long hours chewing the sweet cane.  When all that the stars brought was gone, however, she grew restless and called to her father, the big star: 

“Come, Father, and go with me to the place where the sugar-cane grows, for I want to see it now.”

Bagbagak called many stars to accompany him, and they all followed Gaygayoma down to the place where the sugar-cane grew.  Some sat on the bamboo fence, while others went to the middle of the field, and all ate as much as they wished.