Ini-init stood for some time wondering what he should do, and then he decided to cook some food and invite this lovely creature to eat with him.  He put rice over the fire to boil and cut into pieces the fish he had caught.  The noise of this awakened Aponibolinayen, and she slipped out of the house and back to the top of the betel-nut tree.  The Sun did not see her leave, and when the food was prepared he called her, but the bed was empty and he had to eat alone.  That night Ini-init could not sleep well, for all the time he wondered who the beautiful woman could be.  The next morning, however, he rose as usual and set forth to shine in the sky, for that was his work.

That day Aponibolinayen stole again to the house of the Sun and cooked food, and when she returned to the betel-nut tree she left rice and fish ready for the Sun when he came home.  Late in the afternoon Ini-init went into his home, and when he found pots of hot rice and fish over the fire he was greatly troubled.  After he had eaten he walked a long time in the fresh air.  “Perhaps it is done by the lovely woman who looks like a flame of fire,” he said.  “If she comes again I will try to catch her.”

The next day the Sun shone in the sky as before, and when the afternoon grew late he called to the Big Star to hurry to take his place, for he was impatient to reach home.  As he drew near the house he saw that it again looked as if it was on fire.  He crept quietly up the ladder, and when he had reached the top he sprang in and shut the door behind him.

Aponibolinayen, who was cooking rice over the fire, was surprised and angry that she had been caught; but the Sun gave her betel-nut [5] which was covered with gold, and they chewed together and told each other their names.  Then Aponibolinayen took up the rice and fish, and as they ate they talked together and became acquainted.

After some time Aponibolinayen and the Sun were married, and every morning the Sun went to shine in the sky, and upon his return at night he found his supper ready for him.  He began to be troubled, however, to know where the food came from, for though he brought home a fine fish every night, Aponibolinayen always refused to cook it.

One night he watched her prepare their meal, and he saw that, instead of using the nice fish he had brought, she only dropped a stick into the pot of boiling water.

“Why do you try to cook a stick?” asked Ini-init in surprise.

“So that we can have fish to eat,” answered his wife.

“If you cook that stick for a month, it will not be soft,” said Ini-init.  “Take this fish that I caught in the net, for it will be good.”

But Aponibolinayen only laughed at him, and when they were ready to eat she took the cover off the pot and there was plenty of nice soft fish.  The next night and the next, Aponibolinayen cooked the stick, and Ini-init became greatly troubled for he saw that though the stick always supplied them with fish, it never grew smaller.