When the day came on which Aponitolau and Gaygayoma had agreed for his return up, Aponitolau failed to go, because Aponibolinayen would not let him go.  In the evening many stars came to the yard of their house and some of them went to the windows and some of them went beside the wall of the house, and they were very bright and the house looked as though it was burning.  The stars said, “We smell the odor of the Ipogau and we are anxious to eat.”  Aponitolau said, “Hide me, Aponibolinayen, for those stars have come to eat me, because you would not let me go back to Gaygayoma.  I told you that if I did not go back to her she would send the stars to eat me, and now truly they have come.  I told you I would come back, but you would not let me go.”  Not long after the stars went inside of the house where they were, and they said to Aponitolau, “Do not hide from us, Aponitolau.  We know where you are.  You are in the corner of the house.”  “Come out of there or we will eat you,” said Bagbagak.  Soon he appeared to them and they said to him, “Do you not wish to come back up with us?” “I will go with you,” he answered, for he was afraid.  So they did not eat him, for Gaygayoma had told them not to eat him if he was willing to follow them.  Not long after they flew away with him and Aponibolinayen cried.  When they arrived up Gaygayoma said, “Why, Aponitolau, did you lie to me and not return?  You were fortunate when you followed the stars, for if you had not they would have eaten you.”  “I did not return because Aponibolinayen would not let me.  You and she are my wives.  Do not blame me,” said Aponitolau.

After he had lived with her eight months he said, “Now, I am going to leave you, for our son Tabyayen is large.  If you will not let me take our son Tabyayen down, he can stay up here with you.”  “You may go now, but you cannot take our son.  You will return here,” said Gaygayoma.  “Yes,” said Aponitolau.  So they went down again in the galong-galong. Aponitolau wanted to take them to Kadalayapan, but they would not go with him.  “No, do not take us, for it is not our custom to stay down here; we are always above,” they said.  So they went up and Aponitolau went to Kadalayapan.  Not long after he said, “Wes” at the yard of the house, and Aponibolinayen went to see who it was.  She saw that it was Aponitolau, and she was very glad.

After one year with Aponibolinayen he said, “Command someone to pound rice, for we are going to make balaua, and I am going to call our son Tabyayen from above.”  Aponibolinayen had also given birth five days after Gaygayoma had given birth, and they called the boy Kanag.