When they arrived in the town Aponibolinayen was anxious for them to chew betel-nut. So she gave some to Kanag and his wife Dapilisan and to some others. So they chewed and Kanag said to them, “You are first to tell your names.” “My name is Aponitolau of Kadalayapan,” said the man who looked like he was crazy. “My name is Aponibolinayen.” As soon as they had told their names Kanag was the next and he said, “My name is Kanag Kabagbagowan who was carried by the big storm.” “My name is Dapilisan, who is the daughter of Bangan and Dalonagan, who is the wife of your son Kanag, for whom you did not make pakalon. It is bad if you do not like the marriage.” “Our daughter, Dapilisan, we like you, for Kanag wanted to marry you,” said Aponibolinayen. Not long after the balaua was nearly finished, but the people were still dancing. “Now my abalayan [252] Dalonagan, we are going to pay the marriage price according to the custom,” said Aponibolinayen. “Our custom is to fill the balaua nine times with the different kind of jars.” So Aponibolinayen said, “Ala, you alan [253] who live in the different springs and bananayo of Kaodanan and you liblibayan, go and get the jars, malayo and tadogan, sumadag and ginlasan and addeban and gumtan, which Kanag must pay as the marriage price for Dapilisan.” As soon as she had commanded they went, and they filled the balaua nine times, and Aponibolinayen said to Dalonagan, “I think now that we have paid the marriage price,” and Dolonagan said, “No, there is more still to pay.” “All right, if we still owe, tell us and we will pay.” So Dalonagan called her big pet spider and said, “You, my pet spider, go around the town of Kalaskigan and spin a thread as you go, on which Aponibolinayen must string golden beads.”
When the spider had put a thread around the town Dalonagan said to Aponibolinayen, “Now, you put golden beads on the spider’s thread which surrounds the town.” Aponibolinayen again commanded the liblibayan, alan, and the other spirits to go and get the golden beads. As soon as they secured the beads they put them on the thread which surrounded the town. Not long after they arrived and they strung the beads on the thread. As soon as they finished, Dalonagan hung on the thread to see if it would break. Dapilisan said, “Ala, you thread of the spider be strong and do not break, or I shall be ashamed.” Truly, the thread did not break when Dalonagan hung on it. “Ala, my abalayan, is there any other debt?” asked Aponibolinayen, and Dalonagan said, “No more.” When the balaua was over the people who went to attend the Sayang went home, and Aponibolinayen said to Kanag, “Now, we will take you back to Kadalayapan,” and he replied, “No, for I wish to live here.” When they could not take him to Kadalayapan, Aponibolinayen said to Aponitolau, “I am going to stay here with him,” but Aponitolau would not let her stay, but took her back.


