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A Subanon _ Folktale
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Rungen Muda' ~ ·
, · recorded and transcribed by:
. William Hall
, ' edited by:
Pepe Iyan
Eng .
lish rertderi.ng:
Lee Hall illustrations by: ,
Roberto Salacao .
SUMMER INSTITUTE OF LINOOISTH=s
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PAUNAf\G SALITA
Ang isang katangiangmasasabi tungkol sa Pilipinas ay ang
, pagkakaroon nito ng iba' t ibang pangkat etniko na nag-aangkin ng kani-kanilang wikang katutubo. Gayonman, ito'y hindi naging balakid sa pag-unlad ng bansa, bagkus nagpatibay pa nga , sa pagbubukl<?d at pagkakaisa ng mga mamamay:a.n
· turtgO sa pagkakaroon ng isang diwang panlahat. ·
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Ang aklat na ito ay isa sa serye ng ganitong uri : ng mg~ babasahing inihahanda para sa higit . na ikarilinang · ng mga · kaalaman, kakayahan, kasanayan, pagpapahalaga at p~gmamahal sa sariling wika ng , mga mag-aaral. '
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Sinikap na malakipan ang aklat ng mga paksang inaaakalang magdudulot ng malaki .
at makabuluhang kapakinabangan sa mga gagarnit nito. Sa paghahanda ng mga ito'y .
isirtaalang:..~lartg ang mga pa,ngkalahatang layunin ng oansa. Isinaalang-alang din ang mga pangkasl;llukuyang pangangailangan ng mga mag , .;..aaral · sa pagpapalawak at pagpapayaman ng kanilang talasalitaan, paglinang ng kakayahang gumarnit ng wikang garnitin ·' at wast6ng pagsulat nito. May ini.lakip ding mga pagsasanay nainaakalang makatutulong sa mabisang pag-aar.al ng wika .
. Matitiyak .. na ganap na nilang natutuhan at nauunawaan ang wika kung .
ito ':Y . buong katalinuhan na nilang natatalakay sa klase at naiuugnay o nagagamit sa tunay na buhay.
Buong pagmamalaking inihahandog ng Ministri ng Edukasyon,
Kultura at Palakasan ang aklat na ito taglay ang matapat ria hangarin at m , ithiing lalo pang mapataas ang . uri ng · edukasyon para sa di marunong bumasa at sumulat sa pamamagitan ng pag-aaral ng kinagisnang wika. At inaasahan din sa gayon ang
• madaling pagkatuto ng wikang pambansa.
ONOF , RE D. CORPUZ ·
Ministro ng Edu~asyon,
Kultura at Palakasan

PREFACE
This book contains a . Subanon folktale as told by Rungen Muda'i of Malayal, Zamboanga del
Norte, Philippines. It was recorded and transcribed by William Hall. Pepe Iyan and Lee
Hall edited the material for easier reading. The illustrations were done by Rober to Salacao.
This book is designed for use in · literacy endeavors among the Subanon people and for their enjoyment of their cultural heritage. The story is retold ' in idiomatic English by Lee • Hall at the end of the book for the benefit of those readers . intereste .
d in how the ideas of the story would be expressed in that language.
· The letters of · the Subanon · alphabet are: a, b, e , g _ , h, i , ' , m, n , o , p, r , s, t, u, w, and y. Glottal catch is always symbolized with the single quote ( '). All other letters correspond to the National .
Language equiv:alents.
This material has been prepared under · the
· auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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Si Libagday
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Ati, ngon dow ini og datu'. Og datu' ke1>ni da'idun
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1 pa glibun non su'usa.
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· oadi sog kobon non koyon mog~nongonong dion sog bonua · non . ko .
yon, molami rnololinoy da og oonua non ·. koyon.
Tibua ion '' kulang nog kolami
1 non .
po' da' idun pa

2 glibun nor;t ( r · su' usa. Dadi di' mulog sog pikilan non · nog . moleg ion bosia mogduoy. Tibua onda 'idun og misu 'at dianon · nog koiibunanan · dion sog bonua
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nori koyon .
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Dadi sintak non
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. origon gobi mikodongo~ ilan nog mokpokotawa gum '
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. uns unoy sog bukid nog
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. bonua riilan koyon. Og mo~pokotawa koyon .
og gonek nog glibun, ' dua' kotow. Mi:sobu' ilan dun bog olo og po _ kpokotowaon nil an koyon po' di' nil · ah modongog bog olo og sompotan non.
' Dad( bog sintak n'ilan koyon · mokinongog d ' 1,m,
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.. rrliktalu• og datu' koni dia sog kisonggulananan non . koni nog "Angoy ni u pa pogoma' dinakon tumontong og mokpokotawa koyon bog olo gidoy og
' • ' p<;>kpo kotowaon nil an
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koyo~
' dion."
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DaQi inangoy lo ' , dod a • · pog!)ma 'oy nog kisonggulananan non koni mokinongog og mokpOko ' taw'a koni bog olo doda' dun. Saka bog
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. minatong ilan diem og _ kolibunanan mododq', dtia' kotow. Poginangon ni lan rnododa' moktil'a' til a' mokotawa po' ion pokpokotowaon koni og mogdaman rn ' a. Og pagdornanon ni!'an koni rnok~inaksakoy ilan rna nog bila moglaki ilan olo gidoy gornba' is nog
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( poglokion nil an.
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Dadi midongog nog kisonggu~ananan koni rnoktalu' og gulang bata' nog rna' long non dun,
"Og dinakon, og kolegan ku og pornili'on ku og

datu .
' . " · Bu mangka non sakoy kong.ud
_ sop. Ma' long non dun .
, "Ika olo kolegan mu sop nog poglc;>kio n mu?"
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Dadi sokali' tinumabal sop ~ongudan non kun, "Og dinakon, da' bigya .. bila · molor:lgas nog
I go tow, go tow kotu' nog moto sumungod nog duma non." ·
Dadi sintak nog kisonggulananan kon1 mokinongog nog poktolu 'on nil an kun, linumota' ilan na · moktalu'. Po' minuli' ilan na. Dadi.og kisonggulananan koni .
si 'oy sop migdali 1 ilan · na muli' bu tolu'oy dia sog datu' kun og pokpokotowaon nog kolibunanan kot · u '.
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Dadi tidu dion matong pitu pitu gobi og kolibun~nan k9tu 1 mokpokotawa di tu 1
• ginangon nil an da kobon non
Dadi og _· dat , u 1 koni sop kobon non sogdaon non og kisonggulananan non kun · mangoy moki _ k<)bon non di a.
Dadi bog sin~ak nilan koyon mokinongog nog pokppkotowaon nilan koyon dion miktalu' og korig · udan kun nosop nog bila moglaki ion og pqmili'on non sumboy og gotow · kotu' nog piaqtow, nog molongas botad non, nog mokot a bang sog duma non. Bu . sop og kole .
gan non og tagna 1 bat: a 1 non og gla~i nog , to~o bi tun sog gangas, l:>U · togo bulan · sog gigdob. Dadi _ t .
idu dion l~nurnota' ilan na mogangoy mogagi (dion) nog kopogl ' aki ni Um.

Bu koni sop kisonggulananan koni migdali' ilan muli', bu poguksugoy sop dia sog · datu' kun og piktalu' nilan kotu' nog bila dow moglaki og kongudan kotu' kolegan non og tagna' bata' non og glaki nog togp bi tun sog g~ngas, bu togo bulan sog gigdob.
Dadi sinak nog datu' koni dianilan bog molongas ta' nog glibun, og kongudan kot .
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Dadi rna' long sop nil an dun, "Og kongudan non kotu' bog dini da sog bonua ta koni da'idun pa og mikobatuk dun nog kolongas."
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Dadi miktalu' og datu' koni nog "Ugatu pa kosu'atoy buan, . hila ' ma' antu' nog glibun." Ion non nion migdali' ion mogogulikos dun, mangka

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ion panow, .
posungu' sog bonua nog kolibunanan kotu', po' kotu' og ~olegan non nog duoyon non.
Dadi bog minatong ion doda' di t ' u' sog baloy nog kolibunanan kotu', miksak monek ion mogdangan dia. Dadi kolibunanan koni sop · bog liniuan nilan tumontong kisobu'an ilan dun.
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Tibua rna' si'oy nikun piponek nilan dolo' ikun da og datu' koni, mangkQ nilan ion uokiloy nog gingkudan. Dadi da' ion kobon mokingkud glaki koni, bu domikian dosop kolibunanan koni mangka nilah ion odapoy mog~bi mogabi tabi t koyon maya 'maya' rna mosuoy og bi tan

7 nog glaki koni og rnongoleg rna ion dia sog kongudan kun.
Dadi bog sintak nilan koyon mokinongog nog bitan nog datu' koni da'idun rna tobalan nog kongudan non k · un dun po' kona' rnododa' su' usa gonsu 1 an nog datu' koni nog ion rnoleg d,urnuoy d ianon. Dadi
1 gli bun koni sintak non rnokpikilpikil dun, rnilolat dun. Ion non nion dinumulus nog bisala og datu' koni.
Dadi mal long nog datu' koni dun, ?Bila rna' n~tu' pitangon ku lo' ini ika asta na gilug nika koyon • . la mogusoy da dini u poguli kos
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Dad.i rna' long nog glibun kun dun sop, "Bog rna' nitu' o', buan, miksolabuk rna bisala ta, mogunut · ami na . si'oy dinika buan."
Dadi ion non nion mikponolQd lo' doda' og kolibunanan koni rnangoy rnogulikos, mangka nilan

8 pomongolapoy og balanbalananan nilan, mangka ilan na pogunut muli' dia sog glaki koni.
Dadi da' ilari ion kobon matong pinugun non
· og kobogolalanan dion poI ilan kun mokipasad ilan dia sog bogolal. Dadi ion non nion bo g milumpuk na og kobogolalanan dia muka' gotowanan si 'oy mangka lo' ion ion poguakil dia nilan.
Po' sodudu 'on kun og kolegan nog datu' koni · mokipasad ion dia sog kobogolalanan, dunut moglokaing nodoma. Ion non nion sodudu 'on koyon doda ' . pinasad ilan nog kobogolalanan mangka ilan nolo' ion poglokaing. Dadi tidu ilan kun koingon, dion nilan dolo' da migonongonong.
Dadi' bog si.ntak nilan koyon mogonongonong dion bog minatong doda' og botad nog glibun pokpunan. Sintak non maya 'maya' na motampal dianon og bodos non. Ion non nion koni sop og ,
,. datu .
' koni nog g1aki non kun, mipikil non og pi. ktal u' nog gli bun non kotu' nog somaya ' . non nog bila mogbata' ion kolegan non og glaki nog togo bitun sog gangas, bu togo bulan , sog gigdob.
Somo' motuman pobosia nog rna' · antu' moksopulu' solamat ion dun, rna' long nog pikilan non dun.
Dadi koni sop og gli bun non _ koni bog midopot migbatik nog tia-n non doda', dinumondag ion mangoy nog pandoy. Dadi bog minatong og pandoy koni dion, bog tinontong non doda' og tian nog glibun nog datu' koni, "Aba!" long

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"Mogbata' mododa' ! " Dadi ion non nion sodudu 'on koyon pikpondayan nog pandoy koyon ilan nog gilug nog glibun koni. Saka ini, sonuk nilan koyon .
mokpobata' dun, minangoy dumagit rnalap og pandoy koni nog tubig, s J ka so ' g go bon non ' .
koyon
' malap nog tubig linumuas na og bata', og glaki mododa' togo bitun sog gangas, bu togo bulan sog gigdob.
~adi bog mitongow no9 glibun kun nog miturnan mododa' og somaya' nog gilug non kun, ion non nion mipikil non sinaon non og bata' koni, dunut mangka non doda' pogdoli'oy tumagu'
' ' I sog kaban nog putow, mangka non.pogdoli'oy mangoy manud sog tubig, bu mangka non sop pogdoli'oy sumukli nog bata' V nog gayam. Dadi da' sop ion kobon tidu non suklian nog bata' nog

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' gayam og bata' nog gilug non koni og pandoy ki'tu' minatong. Saka ini kisobu 'an rna dun dunut mangka poktalu' ion nog rna' long nog pandoy koni dun dia sog · gi l ug nog glibun konia, "Olo nion, migbata' noma? Olo migandun nog bata' non koyon? " .
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Dadi koni glibun koni sop migdali'dali 1 mogbalu ' .
balu 1 tumal;>a 1 nog "Da' a sunoy akon bog olo migandun nog bata 1 non kun .
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Ion non nion rna' long sop nog pandoy koni dun · dianon, "Surnboy ion pogdoli 1 0Y ni .
ka mokposabut · sog datu' kotu 1
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Dadi koni glibun koni pigdoli 1 an non lo 1 doda 1 mangoy mokposabut dia sog datu 1 kotu 1
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Bo"g

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11 minatong ion sog datu' kun rna' long non dun dianon
1
"Wan
1 migbata' na og ginongg1angan mu kotu'. SumbOy ion .
ongoyon nika ki1akflaoy."
Dadi datu .
' kun inangoy non lo' doda' tontongoy. Saka bog minatong · ion dion sinak non dianilan bog olo doda' otowoy nog bata' nilan kun. Saka koni og pimikitan non koni migunauna
I na mogustal dianon nog "Migbata' na glibun nika kun bosia tibua da'a sunoy akon bog o1o gi:doy rna' nikun kun. Dadi omba' is da nog dini ka po' bagun ni ka mimutim .
ut bog o1o doda' og ba ta' niu kun. Po' intoman ku dun og somaya' non kotu' da' bayU
I kOtUman on

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Oadi sop rna' long nog datu 1 koni dun, "Olo buan gidoy rnigandun dun nog rna' nikun rnosop og bat a' narni kun? Onda 1 rna ko · tuman og pongoni non
Tibua potiangon na po 1 kotu 1
• rnoturnan, ongon dosop koyon di 1 ongon koyon motuman," rna 1 long nog glaki koni dun. Bu dialom pikilan non kolegan non bosia dun rnoturnan lo 1 og pongoni non kotu 1
, bu rnangka ion pogdali 1 rnawa 1 tanan dion.
Bu di 1 tana · n · ion ombayu 1 bayu' po' .
ki lotonan tokodoy ion dun, bu lolingitan sog glibun non kun nog tubus non to 1 u 1 oy nog · saka di 1 rnotuman og sinornaya 1 non kotu'.
Dadi tidu dion asta piksala sirnana og poginangon nog datu' koyon moktulug notibua.
Sobion si 1 oy so · g kuman onda 1 idun tanan kobalan non dun~ Dadi sintak non og mipikil non, migakal rna dianon og glibun non kun dadi kudalon non dia
, sog silung nog · baloy nil an kun. Ounut doma doda 1 inangoy non kudaloy .
po' · da 1 idun na og golaga' non dianon, bu mangka non pa pod ' unutoy turnalu 1 nog "I lingon ku ika rna 1 nion po' kona 1 liagan pigokalan mu akon," rna' long non dun dia sog glibun non kun. Bu tidu dion glibun non kun su'usa miglologinis na og kobianbianan non dia sog .
dialom nog kudal kun. Sumolingka su' usa dia na sog pokan non nog gotip bu ' sop sumolingka di' notanan pokan non su'usa.

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Dad i lobi t_on ta sop og ba ta' ni 1 an .. ko tu' nog mi ganudanud · asta sog dagat su' usa • . Bog sintak non ion moganudanud midoksa' sog pompangan. Dadi di.on sog kidoksa'an non koyon, ongon mogulang dion soli an non mokoti. Mi tongow non og kaban koyon. ·
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Dadi rna' long nog mogulang · koni · dun .
, "Olo nini gidoy?" dunut miglamag og mata non dun bu
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. mangka non · polonioy og kaban koni po' misobu '
. ion Pog olo gidoy tagu' nop~ Dadi piglondanan non gumawon bu botangoy sog goks · id mangka ion poktalu' nog "Ombogat ma og kaban koni! Olo gidoy tagu' nini?"

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· Dadi bog mikulali tibua og mogulang koni mangka non sop iniudoy puli 1 og kaban koni mangka
. non ion pi ta · ngoy muli'.
Dadi bog minatong ion sog baloy non mangka non polo' ion ukaboy og kaban koni. Saka bog kiuaban non tibua, og bata 1 ma og tagu 1 non ! Og koni gontapan nog mogulang koni dun polopon na tnogioligobok, po 1 diana tinumulin sog di alom nog kaban kun su 1 usa.
Dadi .
ma 1 long nog mogulang koni dun,
"Kiuntunganu sop nog bata 1 koni, kololigot tokodoy." Bu koni sop bata 1 koni kobon non mongoling tumontong dia sog mogulang koni. ' Dadi pidoli 1 an malap nog mogulang koni bu mangka non

15 i.t sip~ toy po' m_isulaw nag gondow og bata' koni .
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Po' tidu sog kika 'an non da' s.lbon
· ion pokotongow nog mod.olag. Saka bog inal ,.
ap nog mogulang koni og bata' koni mongawol Jn9tanan r dianon. Dadi miktalu' og mogulang koni dianon
., nog, "Na' a mondok dinakon po • kana' u ~okoka' id bu numun kotu 1 dini ka da sog molongas nog
_ gongkoman." Bu mangka non sakoy og bata' koni
, ; nog "Ondi 1 a data 1
\ mogutom?"
Dadi tinumabal og bata 1 koni dianon nog
"Ondi' u da mogutom po' da' u da koloyam~y kuman ~ "
Dadi rna' long nog mogulang koni dun "E,
Onda ' a sibon poglokan l okan? Saka moktalu' a nog · ondi' t a kuman ! Na 1
. . a moginang dun nog di'a kuman po 1
• bila o.g go tow da dini sog glupa' an da 'idun · d i ' kuman dun. Sumboy da kum · an sa' an kan ka po' m i n san olo og kol e gan mu kuman bogoyon ku · d i nik a n u m un ko t u' . Po' bog dp' a bota 'o y · nog gina' rnu , a k on rn i nata' dianika .
," rna' l,ang nog mogulang k ' oni ' dun ' .
Dadi rna' ni kun si 'oy rnogulang kun onda' ion poktornba' nog poktolu'on nog bat?' kun · nog di' da mogutom. Minangoy notibua ion rnogapuy bu
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' rnangka pokpobuang nog bulinga, mangka · nc;>n lo' ion pongnolamoy · nog . kurnan og bata' koni. Dadi ion non lo' ion koni og bata' , koni , ugat polo'
' ini moganad nog kuma!' nog saka mosolagon na nog t;>ata'. Bu koni sop og ~ mogulang koni su' usa

16 onda 1 idun na og mi to tun non nog gtnang non l .
ual
. da sog mogusiba 1 ~og
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Bu koni sop bata bata
1
1 koni su
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1 usa. koni tidu sog kalap nog mogulang kun dun · da' idun mi to~gow non nog gotow lual da sog mogulang kun. Dadi sog dialort) pi .
kilan ·nog bata' koni da' idun na lumual mo .
gul ang non ual da 'sog mogul ang kun.
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Dadi tidu dion asta misolagsolag na og oata' kun pigusiba 1
• nog mogul?tng koni · dun asta
· midopot moglol~
Sintak non ongon gondow miktalU 1 og mogulang koni dianon nog "Moligonligon ka noma rna 1 nion mokosun k~
-~ r;i)
~~ na nog di
.
1 pia," rna' long nog mogulang koni dun dianon . Bu long non dun,
"Bogakon .
ku polo' iTti ika dini po' koni ompanowu pa po' · tidu pa sog kika'an nika da'u sibon
Pokopanow. Saka landu' na tokodoy siglokan ku.
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Dadi koni ika lo' ini og pogipat sog . baloy ta

17 koni. Bu na'a tokodoy mogdundaan po' dion sog
' dipag dipag koyon . kondok kondo · k dion. Na' a to kodoy man goy di tu' po' modakol gungl u' anan · dion. Og kounutan nil an 0g mokoyaga. O~di sa ' .
an
. na 'a mangoy di tu' tokodoy po' og pigotowan nog
, koyon lunsan mon .
gongan nog go tow. Bu miglologinis og mokoka'id dion. Bu asta glimong si 'oy modakol dion," rna' long nog rnogulang koni dianon~ "Po' bila gumun sunoy mangoya ditu' . kanon ka nilan," dunut doma mangka non ponokotoy pintu' nog baloy non kun po' bagun ondi' moko bian og glaki · koni dun bu m~ngka iOI)
1 liu sog bolobalan mangka . ion ' poktalu' nog "Koni ompanowu lo' ini na," dun ut mangka layug mi talop sog tinontongan nog glaki koni . Di' non kosunan bog a in minangoy ion , nog bonua.
Dadi koni sop glaki koni sog dialom pikilan non, "Iduma gidoy ?Ogondi'anu rna tokodoy mangoy sog dipag koyon? Olo gidoy bayu'bayu' nog
' pogolongon non koyon nog kondokondok dion?
Mol .
eg _ koni dun sog dialom pikilan non, dunut rnangka non pongubadoy og gikot nog pintu' kun mangka ion panow doda' ditu'.

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Dadi bog midopot ion di tu ' ~ · og tagna' non molmnpak og glimong. Saka m'iktalu' og glimong

19 koni dianon nog "Aba koni ka rna! Ami koni rnokogutorn ami lo' ini. Dadi ugat ami pa pokotongow nog marna' ni ka koyon. Kanon narni · lo' ion ika," rna' long nog glirnong koni gun dianon, dunut piloni an dorna doda' ion nog glirnonganan kun mangka nilan ion po ~ si.dila'oy.
Saka rnongawol rnotanan og dila' nilan dun ' po' kabal nog ompet ni .
lan ~okodoy og glaki koni. Ion non nion rna·· long nog glirnonganan koni dun, "O~di 'a rna pia . kanon! n
/, Dadi koni sop, glaki koni, da'idun tanan og binil · angan non nog dila'an si'oy ion nog glirnonganan koni dia.
Ornpanow ompanow · notibua ion asta rni koltnnpak nosop ' ion nog rnodakol nog rnonornadonanan
· bu piksid-ila .
' an nil an d(;:>sop ion . sa·k .
a rnokpongawol dosop og d~la' nilan dun. Dadi rna' long nil an dun, "Ondi
I a omba
I is kanon po' kona'a gotow kotu' nog gornba~is kanon."
· Bu asta gunglu' anan kun si'oy rna' nikun 9osop.
Bu glaki koni rnidopot asta di tu' sog rno~oyaga. Dadi bog rnidopot ion ditu' rna' long
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nog rnokoyaga kun dun dianon, "Aba koni ka rna.
Miubon ku na . ika pogdodornaan rnangoy d'ini po' ti ~u sog kodatong rnu sog rnogulang koyon kisunan ku da ika. Dadi sa'an omba'isu da nog rnikotua'a dini bagun ka da kosuksugan dun, po' bagun ni ka kosunan mogulang koyon nog pigonongan rnu og kounutan lo' ion nog mongongan. Dadi sa' an ika koyon pisolagsol ag non lo' ion ti bua i ka po' pikilan non koyon bila sumolaga na kanon non lo' ion na ika," rna' long non dun dia sog glaki koni.
, "Dadi na' rnu tokodoy kulogon · dia sog dialom pikilan mu og talu'u koni dinika, po' ika koyon sagya lo' ion tibua · piglombu'. Po' kotu' ion, matong pitu gobi rnuli' lo' itu' ion. Dadi
'
. gumtm sunoy i ka kanon non," rna' long . nog mokoyaga · kurt dia sog glaki kun.
,. Dadi koni sop glaki koni di' non tanan bilangon og piktalu' ' nog rnokoyaga kun dianon.
Miglomon tibua ion mogonongonong dia sog rnokoyaga kun asta sog goktob nog r da' pa uli' og
' mogulang kotu'. o · adi dangan dali 'dal · i ' na og poguli' nog mogulang kotu' sinugu' na ion rnuli' nog mokoyaga kun. Ion non nion rninuli' na su'uaa ion.
Dadi tog · minatong og glaki koni sog baloy nog mogulang kotu' pigdoli'doli'an non sop rnornintu' puli' og pintu' nog baloy kun bu rnangka

-. non tokotoy sop _ pul .
i 1 mogbalu 1 balu 1 bu mangka ion pogdali mogbobolilid.
1
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Dadi da' ion kobon doda' midongog non og gosos nog mogulang kotu' dunut rni ktawag doma og mogulang kun dianon nog "Lumpakq n u pa . pq' milirnbitu.
"
Dadi linurnpak ion .
nog ' glaki kun . Saka ini bog linurnpak non doda' og rnogulan _
J rna doda' po' migmoluksang rnolintok rnotanan og pinitang non kun. Bu rniglologinis koitan nqn kun, og babuy, rnanuk, soda' bu len pa og gotow.
/
. _. .
.
Dadi rni ktal u' og gl a .
ki koni di anon nog "Aba
I . rnodakol mododa' Apu' og pinitang rnu koni nog ponganon."
-
'
Ic;>n nori nion sop rna' , long nog rnogulang koni
.
dun, "Sa 1 an lo' ini rnikilumpaku dinika po'

' modakol mododa 1
Bu koni Sop 9laki koni numun kun kona p0
I no9 pon9anon 09 pinitan9u koni." · na bata 1 po],.opun rla ion mOk9080lUal. ·
1
Dadi dan9an ion mikulali tibua og mogulang kohi. Ion non nion man9ka ion pogbabal nog
\ pon9anon non. Saka bog migapuy ion
1 ins an non da · ·
'I po9op~yoy sog kawa 1 09 koi tan non kotu 1 ! Ion non nion bog milutu ion kan.
I
1 na og pigopuyan non koni mangka -
'
Dadi miginggad:i:nggad nog bosugan og
\ , m09Ulang koni pol sal a non da kinuman nog glarn nog , pigupoyan non kotu'.
.
'
-
Dadi bog mikulali tibua og mogulang koni tid~
.
' kuman mangka ' non ' sakoy ?g glaki koni · nog rna
I long ' non podun
I
"Onda '.a dota ' · panow sog dipag? 11
.. o · adi rna
I long sop nog glaki koni dun, "Olo buan gongoyon ku ditu' Apu' nog long nika podun di' pia ongoyan po 1 modakol og inokoka' id ' di tu' sog bonua koyon. 11

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D .
adi · rna' long s0p nog mogulang koni dun dianon, "Ma' nion lo' molongas nog gotow mokokunut nog pornali dianon po .
' sa'an ~i'u ika · lmrnboy rnangoy di tu' po' kondokondok modq .
da' dg bonua koyon." Ma' long nog rnogulang koni dun dianon, "Po' · koni ornpanowu lo' .
ini nosop puli' rnatong pi tu gobi tidu nurnun kotu'." ·
. nion rnimilin nosop og rnogulang koni dianon nog io~ kun tql u kopi tu gobi og go bon non. Dadi sa' an rna' tong non dun di a sog glaki koni nog
• '
"N a' a tokodoy rnogdunda."
Na glaki koni sop rna' long non dun, · "Koyon di' sumala' dinika bog nanu og poguli' rnu dini po' · akon rninsan andun go bon rnu di tu' dini u da;" rna' long nog glaki koni dun. Bu sop dialom pikilan non bila rna' nion rnobonobon ka uli', akon si 'oy koni rnokpuli 'u pobuan di tu' sog mokoyaga kotu'.
Dadi bo~ mipanow mogulang koni doda'.
Milikudlikud tibua ion og glaki si'oy koni mipanow dosop. Bu da' non · notanan pomintu 'oy og
. bintana' nog baloy kun bu asta bongawan non
I si'oy. Mipanow doda' og glaki koni ditu' sog mokoyaga kotu'.
Saka ini bog minatong ion di tu' . s ' inalam ion nog mokoyaga konf. Po' kun mitikul na • nog mokoyaga koni nog rna' nikun og bianbian nog

: 24 glaki koni su'usa. Dadi sa'an milolat ion dun bu inimring non notanan ion nog bata' ftOn bu
' mangka non suksugoy dianon nog "Ki tu' og panow
1 nog mogulang kotu' mobonobon lo' itu'. Bu bila di' ion itu' mokalap ika lo' · ion og dodoritaan non nog kanon non. Sa · ' an ini pino~un ku dini ka numun kotu' bagun · ka mokopokpikilpikil bog olo pondayan ni ka bog maw a' , a otawa di'." Ma' long nog mokoyaga koni dun di anon, "Tibua somo'
'
. mokokunuta nog talu' u koni og kolegan · ku dun
I bosia mawa' a lo' dion."
Dadi tinabal nog glaki koni og mokoyaga _
· ., koni nog "Bila rna' nion kisunan ku na . mawa'u si'oy buan doda' !"

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Na rna' long sop nog rnokoyaga koni dun -· dianon , , " .
Ma' nini buan bila rna' antu' rnokokunuta
I
I
~orna · nog talt.f' u koni og bogoyon ku dinika og g logdoy konia. Og glogdoy koni sumollngk a mosolaga tontongon dun bu sumolingka modu'a dun," bu mangka non tolu'oy dianon riog "KoiH
' bila mawa ' .
a sumboy solug nika wg u na · glogdoy
, koni." Bu mangka non sop bogoyoy no _ g gapug as ta . di alum bU kuda
I • n0g Sombo .
lani
1
09 kuda
I n0g . lumayug bu pongomow mangka non · tolu'oy 'dianon .
/ \ nog "Koni dialum koni og pogbunu' mu di~ sog mogulang .
.
' ika pinipini molani ion d'inika mangka mu · ion
, . sumboy numun kotu' pa panowa na."
\ ·

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'
Dadi glaki koni sinolug non poguna g~ogdoy koni mangka non sokoyoy kuda 1 koni nog lumayug bu mangka ion pomuhun dia sog gunglu 1 kun dunut mangka non pogobokoy kuda 1 non kun bu polintukoy sog _ glangit . Ion non nion linumayug og kuda 1 non koyon asta mitalop ion sog tinontongan.
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Dadi lobi ton ta sop og mogul ang kotu 1 bog midopqt doda 1 mina~ong doda 1 og sosa 1 non nog tolu kopitu gobi ion. Saka ini dia pa ion sog tugda 1 ugdan piksabi non na og glaki kotu 1
, rna 1 long non po dun, "D ion ka dota 1
,
Wan?" Saka ini da
I idun rna tinumaba 1 di anon. Ion non nion

27 migdali' ion gumobok .
mogdanga n . Sa~a bog minatong ~on sog solod bog tinontong non · doda 1 onda' rna dia og glaki kotu ' .
· Bu . binuka' motanan og glam nog bi ntana' bu a sta oongawan si'o y. Ion non nion rna' long nog mogulang · koni dun nog
"Da
I a medoda
I dia. .
Minawa
I a mododa
I I I , dunut mangka ion ponog sog glonu 1 an bu mangka n on
I tongaloy sog gl~git. Misampot non pa tontongoy og glaki kotu' mangka ion poJ<talu' nog "Dion ka doma doda 1
•
Poti cimgon na buan. Minawa •·a si 'oy pogbagada po 1 kumanu pa poguna."
. Dadi migdangan mogulang koni · bu kan. Ion
• non ni.on bog midoksu 1 t;ibua ion kuman mangka polo' ion ponog puli' mangka layug. Dadi bog sintak non io11 llDilayug maya · •maya' non mosa' ut og glaki kotu'.

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Dadi og glaki sop koni pinipini nog mogulang koni · molani dia sog tondong non
, piglondanan non dumogdag nog dialtim non kun
· sokali' misugat dun sog mata non mangka no · n sop dogdaqoy nog gapug. Ion non n ion mi b uta og mogul ang koni dun. Dadi s i ntak non da' . ion kobon midogdag mogulang koni dun .
Dadi og glaki koni sop maya'maya' non populi'oy og .
kuga' non koni sog glupa' _ an. · saka ini sokali' ion mi kotua ' sog baloy nog .
sulutan.
Saka glolabung na ogbonua. Ion non . nion ini kotan .· non _ og kuda' non dia sog molayu'layu' mangka ion pokpolani sog .
baloy koyon. Saka bog minatong ion

dion sog mol ani nog baloy koyon ong~n
Itli tongow
_ rion nog glibun dion .
sanan non pomunyag nog bulakbulak.
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Dadi miktalu 1 f og glaki koni dianon Ma 1 long non d~n, "Olo nion, Wan, mokodyadi u ta 1 moksak dia nikc;t bog . sima og pogaid sog bonua koni?"
Dadi sokali 1 sop tinabal nog glibun koni,
"Og pogaid nog l:pnua koni og gama 1 u rna da."
· .
\ Na rna 1 long sop nog glaki korii dun, "Akon sukul
1 koni mikotua 1 u dini po .. pa mokokanu. Bila mogusoy da talu 1 nika pa sog . gama 1 nika nog akon molegu mogbubutnog ginang dianon."

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Dadi rna' long sop nog glibun koni dun,
"Pogbagada polo' buan po' sakon . ku pa ' di a ni
Ama'." Mangka lo' ion ion pogdali' gumobok mogdangan · sog gama · ' non. Bog minatong ion di tu'
. sog gam a 1 non rna 1 long non · dun di anon nog "Ama ongon og go tow dion • ' Ondi 1 u kilolaan ion bog '
1
, • sima otowoy. Saka · poksakon non bog sima og
· . pogaid so .
g bonua koni .
, Dadi. tinalu 1 u diarion nog pogaid · sog bonua koni og gama'u rna. Dad~ sa'an ini · mi gdanganu din'i ni.ka po' mogbubut dow ion nog ginang dinlka.~
· ' oadi rna' long nog gam a ' non kun dun
' "Podangan mu lo' · ion ·
~ini."
-
Saka ini bog pidangan non dg gla~i koni dia pa ion sog gulu ugdan misonggab na nog sulutan ·
~oni modu 1
•
Dadi rna' long nog sulutan koni dun

31 dia sog bata' non kun, "Olo modu • koni
.
lo' ma, loko nu'?" Saka su' usa koni ma glaki koni modu' koni. Ion non nion ma' long nog sulutan
' koni d~n dia sog bata 1 non kun, "Na' . nika na po~ondanon dinL og go tow koyon 1 Soga' id non kobogoyan · da ion nog ginang, tibua dion nika na ion pobatuk sog silung ta koyon. Bu og ginang non moktopuk nog polapa' nog ni ugan ta koyon bu boloma 1
I moktolipun na ion moginang," rna' long nog
SUlUtan koni dun di,a : SOg bata 1 non .
kun.
Dad'i su 1 usa ' glaki koni sokali' tinondu 1 an nog glibun koni nog botuk.an non dia tan an su 1 usa sog silung ' nog baloy nil an kun nog sog ton dong

32 posop su'usa nog gopunan manuk nilan tanan. Bu mangka non tolu'oy dianon nog "Boloma' sisolom moktolipun ka nodow moginang. Og ginang mu moktopuka nog polaJ?a
· · nog niug, ma.r long ni Ama' dun." Dadi dia nolo' ion na su' usa glaki koni .
Ion
. doda' ' lxmu · a, glaki koni minangoy na moglonu' lo' sog dial om nog ni ugan nog sul utan koni. Bu dion da ion poktulug sog poktulugan non kun.
Dadi og glaki koni gondow gond6w rna' ni kun og . poginangon non di a kobon non · mo ktopuk nog pol apa' nog ni ucjan nog sul ut~n koni. I
Dadi bog sintak nog glaki koni moktulugan sog tondong nog gopunan manuk kun; minatong

33 tikuptikup gobi gumun sunoy molingasa glaki koni. Dadi mipikil non n~g luason non og g~ogdoy
\ non koni nog modu'.
Saka bog linuas noD · ini linumamag lo' doda' og bitun koni dia sog gangas non, bu asta bulan koni nog dia sog gigdob non minimaluy modolag og tondong gopunan manuk nil an kun dun. oadi koni gli bun koni nog konguda ' n mi tang mi · gdungowdungow ion sog bintana'. Dadi kisobu 'an ion nog midolag g umunsunoy og gopunan manuk nil an kun. Saka ini bog pigimutimut , non og glaki rna kotu' nog modu' og sinumilow notibua koni. Ma' long nog glibun koni dun . dia sog · dialan pikilan non, "Ma' nini ma og gotow koni

nog si-nolap ni Arna' koni.
Moto rna rnogdua' .bayu'!
Ondi.' ion bosia do'itan rnoginang nog rna' nikurt saka pbktiboba'an non rna og pogtnangon non kun nog rna' ni kun • "
Dadi , bog sintak non mogbantoy dia sog glaki koni nog sinurnilow notibua gumunsunoy da' dia og
dun sagya non tibua linuas podali' og glogdoy
' non. Dadi og gli bun koni tidu di a di' rnulog sog
.
Dadi glaki koni sop su'usa kobon non
ma'
Saka ini sintak non koyon mogonongonong

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,i I sulutan kun dia sog gombata'anan non nog "Koni, akon mogulangu na. Og kolegan ku dianiu so~ian totubu'u tondu' niu dinakon og kolegan niu nog poglokion ni u po' bagun · di adi a diani u .
kobogayan
' ~ ku . nog kotubu'."
Dadi .
tidu dion glaki koni miglukung na ion
· mogonongonong • Bu maya ' .
maya ' mogdongogan .
sog ainain nog bonua nog kol-eg~n nog sulutan kun tondu'on na nog gombata'anan non kun bog ain
~ glaki kolegan nil an nog poglokiory . nil an.
Io .
n non lo' .i kun sal a dua' nog kolokian minangoy ~ogda'ak _ dia sog su~utan koni.
Dadi koni s~lutan korli dino~dag non dia sog gom .
bata'anan non kun bog ain og kq ~ ~an nil~n nog poglokion ni 1 an dia sog koloki anan kun nog · mi kpogda' ak . di a •
.
.
Dadi . koni gombata' non koni nog gulang bata
I anan tinondU
I nil an 10 1 d0da
I di .
a SOg gama
I nilan kun og kolegan nilan nog poglokion , nilan.
.
....
... rn a' long nog sulutan koni dianiian nog "Kolegan ku bila rna' nitu' koingon arnu na buan. Dadi amu ain .
kiolegan nog gomba~a'anan ku koyon angoy. n i u na mokogulanganan niu."
Dadi kolokian koni sop _ pisabut nil an mogdayun sog mokogulang nilan. Ion non niori sododu'un koyon miglokaing ilan doda' •
.r.

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Dadi koni · sop . kongudan koni da 1 idun gonekonek non dun su 1 usa. Dadi sinakan nog gama 1 non kun bog ain ion kolegan non nog poglokion non nog kolokianan kun dia. Saka di 1 tanan ion tumabal.
Dadi rna' long nog gam a 1
, non ' kun dun, "Olo nion ika? Ongon si 1 oy og ' mogda 1 ak dinika ondi 1 a rna moleg dun? Sima doda 1 og kolegan mu koyon nog poglokion mu? Takunl Tondu 1 nika da ' dinakon bog sima otowoy og kolegan mu koyon nog poglokion mu. n
Dadi kqni glibun koni bog sinakan doda ~ nog gam a' non kun ion non nion .
tinondu 1 non lo 1
' . doda' og kolegan non nog glaki.
· Saka ain lo' ini · og tinondu 1 non koni? Koni ma og pibatuk nog gam a 1
.
_ non koni di a · sog tondong go pu n a n man~k nil an kun tanan su 1 usa .
~ Dadi m a 1 · long nog gama ' non k on i dun, " A b a koyon pom o sop o g kole g a A m u nog po g i.
o ki o n m u?
A in pa og mangi t u kotu 1 dun? D a d i koyon m a kolegan mu nog poglokion ' mu. Po n oga n o lo 1 bua n ditu 1
· , bu pitang mu n a ma w a 1 dini ion ! B u ditu amu na pogimung nog baloy niu sog mola y u 1 layu 1
' dini." Ma' long nog sulutan koni dun dia sog bata' non kun, "Bu goktob nika na _ mokopogdangan sog baloy koni."
Dadi bata 1 ba _ 1 i koni su 1 usa, bi~ugow rna no · g gama 1 non kun.
_ Ion non niori minonog na su'usa

' · sog silung nog baloy nilan kun.
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~
Dadi bo .
g minatong ion dion sog glaki kun kobon non moksogow su' usa. Dadi sinakan nog
· gl aki koni nog "Olo nion? Olo pi ksogow mu koyoni"
D · adi tinabal nog gli bun koni ion, ma ' · long non dun "Og piksogowu koni binugowu ni Ama' po' kolegan non ami gombata' non tondu'on · nami dow og glaki ki tu' nog ko · l·eg _ nami soli an totubu' ion. Dadi ' akon sa' an fni minangoyu dini nika po' kosipogsipog si'oy ika
, lo' ini og tinondu'u nog kolegan ku nog poglokion ku. Dadi sa'an ini miksogowu tanan po' bog piosun : kl-1 di anon nog i ka kolegan ku nog

I r
' 38 poglokion · ku binugow non tanan akon dun. Bu asta ·
' na ika ompok notanan ion nog mokpolani i t · a pa , dianon. Dadi bila Sl.DD91abuka
.
da nog dinakon .
koni nog pi kilan maw a 1
"Dadi .
bog ma 1
. i , ta na dini ....
.
'· ~· ni tu 1 bu~m,"
· ma 1 long nog glaki koni · dun dianon, "Milolata ma dinakon.
Mawa 1 .
ita si 1 oy lo 1 c;Jini · buan • . "
· Ion non nion minawa 1 ilan lo 1 doda 1
, sododu 1 un kun. Bu di tu · 1
~lan minangoy ~og pigoiong nog gam a 1 non kun
~
Dadi di tu 1 ilan na migimung nog glokowlokow ni lan dia da sog dialom
/
. nog ni u9an nog gama 1
. non kun.
Dadi tidu dion, da 1
· ilan · na sibon tanan pogangoyangoy di tu 1 sog baloy nog gama' nog
.
glibun kun. Bu gahatgahat su' usa og kotubu' nilan dia.

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39
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Dadi tidu ditu', koni sulutari koni nog og gama' nog
glibun koni, kobon non dl' mulog sog pikilan non og bata' non kun nog kongudan nog miQigya' ion dia sog giam nilan kun mogilug. au ombakat dianon og kopoglaki non kun po' molato .
n non bosia og piglaki nog bata' non kun. Tibua og glegan ma nog bata' non kun da' non na soga'oy
-dianon.
Dadi tidu dion minimaluy tanan ion di' mokodag dun. Bu buaton bolilidon ion nog
di'
non kun kokodag. Bu pokanon si'oy ion di' ion tanan godamon kuman •
Dadi ma' si'oy nikun sulutan kun migahat da ion moktalu' su'usa dia sog mimonugangan koni
/
/
.
-
~ ·.
, .
~-/--~

40 dianon nog dua 1 kotow , , rna 1 long non dun di a nilan, " O g mosakitu koni posunon ku diriiu ' og bulung dun sumboy og gatas nog glimong .
_ 11 Ma 1 dun.
'
. '
.
Po 1 bila di' niu posompunan malap · gumtmsunoy matoyu bayu 1
Dadi dua 1 nog mosaki tu koni." . kotow koni minsan si -~ oy rna~ ni kun
, pisabut n .
ilari da dia sog bilas nilan kotu 1 modu 1 nog nog ma 1 nikun · og bayu 1 bayu 1 nog ponugangan nilan nog di 1 mokodag tokodoy nog saka og bul dun do~ sumboy og gatas nog glimong • . Saka
.
ung molayu 1 posop og gongayan malap dun .
• Ma 1 long nil an dun di.a sog bilas nil an kon i nog modu 1
•
Bu sumboy posop olapon nog sododu 1 un kun dow.
Dadi ma 1 long sop nog glaki , koni nog modu' dianilan, 11 0lo buan og mosalig niu dinakon le, neg ami koni binugow non ami mini tanan?" Ma
1 long non dun dia sog bilasanan non 1 kun, "Tibua rna 1 si 1 o y n i tu 1
D ~ di rna 1 mogunutu n o tibua diani u."
.
' long sop nog bilas an an no n kun,
"Bila mogunuta dobu a n rna 1 ni tu 1 konia lo 1 buan og sokoyoy mu neg kuda 1
. "
Saka kud a 1 koni nog piguakil nilan dianon landu' posop ta n an kolanggas. Mokpelepele tanan nog glong g asan non.
Ion non nion tubus nilan tibua uokiloy dianon og kuda 1 koni mangka nilan tolu 1 oy dianon nog moguna ilan na. Dadi dangan ion mitalop ilan

.
•.
41
. ' • nog "Da' balan t.a nog
. duma ta koyon ombinaya' si 'oy."
Dadi koni sop giaki koni su' usa nog .
modu', dangan mitalop na dumaanan non kotu' mimuhun ion
1 · nog ki tu' ion ompanow pa du~ut mangka non pogdoli' 'oy man goy malap og kuda' ' 11on kptu' nog lumayug bu mangka non luasoy og glogdoy non kun nog modu' bu
....
-
...
\
.
~gakoy
' dion sog
\ ginikotan non kun nog kuda' non kun .
Bu as .
ta
. kuda' . si 'oy koni nog m~langgas ' binagak no .
n dosop . dia Bu nolo' ion sokoyoy mogdali' og kuda' non koni nog lumayug bu mangka non polongyapoy mokpolayu9 posungu' _ sog ' baloy · nog mogulang kotu' nog pigonongan non sibon.

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Dadi bog minatong
ion dion ini kotan non mogdali' og , kuda' non
koni bu
ion po
gdangan sog baloy koyon bu pogdali' ion mog
balu' balu' mogbobolilid.
Dadi sintak non koyon mogbobolilid dion dangan midopot tasondow gondow, pogbotikon non ugat pa datong dia og bilasanan non kotu'. Ion non ni~n inikotan nilan mogdali! og kuda' nilan dia bu
mangka
poksak monek mogdangan sog
. baloy kun. Ma' long nil an dun, "Sima gidoy go tow
baloy
Dadi glaki koni sop
lumiu,
bu
dianilan nog
da gotow dini. Olo og gangoy niu?"

43 s · aka · ini og ' dua·' ~otow koni matag il .
an tibua mibonga mogbantoy dia sog glaki koni po' sog dialom pikilan nilan ugat ilan pa pokotongow nog gotow rna' nikun nog gumolongmagan og ponopoton non bu togo bi tun sog gangas, bu togo bulan sog gigdob.
Dadi sintak nilan mogimutimut dun mangka ilan pa · tabal nog "Gangoy nami . koni dinika, mangoy ami lo' ini mongoni nog gatas nog glimong mu."
Dadi rna' long sop nog glaki koni dun dianilan, "Og gatas nog glimong ongon mododa' bos ia ti bua kondokondok olapon po' g , limonganan koyon mongongan nog gotow. Tibua rna' nitu' si'oy hila moleg amu nog gupakatu koQi dianiu
1 kobogayan amu da dud."
Dadi ma' long nog dua' kotow koni dun · sop,
" "Olo buan · og gupakat ni ka koyon dinami? ''
Ati rna' long nog glaki koni nog togo bitun sog gangas, bu togo bulan sog _ gigdob, · "Og
\ gupakat · u koni dini u rna' nini, ~ndanan ku amu sumboy poguna hila mo · sulut dini u. Ion girtdan ku diniu og putow bogawon ku bll dokpiloy sog tolintin ' g ni u."
Dadi dua' kotow koni sop su'tisa, rna' long nilan dun, "Ma' nitu' si'oy basta pa mokalap ami dun po' mologon nog di ' · ami mokalap dun po' .
og

44 sulutan .
kitu' bila di' ombulung nog gatas nog glimong matoy nog mosakit non kotu' gumunsunoy." nolo 1
Dadi glaki koni migbaga lo' doda' ion nog putow · mangka non tolu 1 oy dianilan nog "Luas niu buan og glogdoy ni u po 1 botangan ku na a!llu
" nog g indan."
Ion non nion koni dua 1 kotow koni linuas nilari lo 1 doda 1 su 1 usa glogdoy nilan bu mangka
· nilan tanoy tolinting njlan dia sog gl a ki koni.
Dadi dinokpil lo' doda
1 nog glaki koni ' og binaga non koni nog putow dia sog tolinting nila~.
Dadi bog midoksu 1 non tibua ilan botangoy nog
.
gindan mangka non tolu 1 oy dianilan nog "Pogba9 _ ad amu pa dini podal--1. 1 po 1 mangoyu pa malap nog gatas nog glimong kotu'."

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Dadi glaki koni . bog midopot ion di tu · 1 mangka non pongalapoy nog . gatas og glimonganan kotu 1 o Dia ~on tinagu 1 sog bata dlinut mangka na ion pokpuli 1
1 sog bata 1 kosupu 1 koloki~ ·
· kotu 1 bu mangka non tull , moy dia nilan og gatas koni mangka non tolu 1 oy nog "Uli 1 amu nao" .
Dadi koni kolokian koni tubus tibua bogoyoy dianilan og gatas nog glimong koni mikpogobok ilan nosop mogdali 1 nog kuda 1 nilan posungu 1 muli 1 po 1 mikpogda 1 da 1 ilan tokodoy dia sog dialan pikilan nilan .
nog ilan mikuna mokalap nog gatas nog glimong kun •
.
_
.. --==
.
. . .._... -
~Iii
.
•
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7~ .
Dadi glaki koni sop nog togo bi tun sog gangas, bu togo bulan sog gigdob bog milikudlikud ilan tibua ion si 1 oy sop inalap non , na mogdali 1 kuda 1 non mangka non sop sokoyoy bu polongyapoy mokpolayug posungu 1 ditu 1 sog binogakan non nog kuda 1 non kotu 1 nog molanggas.
Bu mangka non sokoyoy mogdali 1 dali 1 koni nog molanggas bu pogbalu 1 balu 1 og kuda ion
1 moglondug dianilan o
/

46
Dadi sokali' non
ilan miltmtpak sog tonga' dalan pa. Ion non nion molayu' pa ion miktalu' na og dua' kotow koni, "Olo nion
poma posungu'? Balu' nika
dun modopota ' da gidoy dit~·
nog ma' nion da glangka mu? Golan a na pokpul,i' po' mialap nami na og gatas nog glimong kotu•.•
Ion non nion su'usa og glaki koni m~gbalu'balu' nosop ion mokpuli' sog baloy non.
Dadi koni sop dua' kotow kon1 da' kobon minatong ilan sog baloy nog ponugangan nilan kun. Ion non nion sjnakan ilan nog sulutan koni nog "Olo nion minatong amu na? Ain rna og duma niu dun buan?"
Dadi rna' long sop nilan dun dianon, "Ugat nami pomitu' tanan ion koltmtpak, tibua
inongat nami na ion tanan mokpuli' po' mialap nami noma og gatas nog glimong kotu' nog dinondag mu malap. Dadi intoman ku dun ditu' nobayu' ion sog ba
loy nilan
1 " rna' long nilan dun dia sog
.
/

ponugangan nilan koni dunut mangka nilan lo' ion uokiloy og gatas
Dadi ma' long nog sulutan koni dun, "Na solamat buan ma' nion mialap niu na. Dadi takun
mikinum tibua sulutan koni dun ma' nog migakal og mosakit non kun dun.
. 1
Dadi tidu dio n bog kinumo d ag t~ua koni su r utan m ikpodongog i on nosop n og talu' non .
s?g gombata' anan n o
n
"Koni akon kinumodagu doma no g mosakitu kotu' bu dunut mogulangu noll)a •
gumolal dun og ginumolal kotu' dinakon nog gotow
.
'
' sog dipag dagat."
oni dun

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Dadi koni og dua' kotow koni su'usa mipanow no sop ti bua m~ngka ilan si ' .
nilan notibua mokposun og bilas nilan kotu' nog
~odu'. Dadi bog minatong ilan ditu' nilan, tinalu' nilan dia sog bilas nilan kun
nog m~kodag na ponugangan nilan kotu'. Tibua
.~ mi kpodongog no sop ion nog tal u' non nog sumtx>y nilan dow ongoyon nosop og ginumolal kotu' dianon nog go tow sog di.pag daga_t
Po' mokpolimud
I dow ion .
nog gotowanan po' pomili'on non dow og bata' non bog sima pogonti'on non sog golal non, rna' long nog bilasanan non kun dianon.
Dadi koni sop glaki koni sokali' tinumabal dianilan
rna' nitu' buan ondi'u m
okodunu
t dia ni u mangoy nog
ni
koyon. Po' ongoyon ku pa og mokogulangu po' rna' nini si 'oy, ongon pa da og mokogul<;mgu. Ongoyon

49
~ ku pa ilan ponogikuloy bog ' olo gidoy payu' bayu'
' nilan."
Dadi dua' kotow koni ' matag · ilan na su' us .
a m ' i gland an •
Na koni sop glaki ~oni tinaru• non dia sog glibun non kun nog "Koni om , panowu polo' ini bila rna · • ni tu' ~' kolegan , ku dun og mokogulangu mokingkud dosop nog pogolongon nog gama' mu kotu'. Dadi ika dini ka na lo' ion po' ·di 'u .
da rnobon di tu ' .
· ' Tibua kolegan ku dun mangkau si 'oy
. '
' panow mongurnowu pa poguna nog baloy bulawan og bogakan ku dini ka," dunut doma . rnangka non p6luasoy og mutia' non koni nog p0ngurnow, bu m~mgka , ion poktalu' ' nog "Tudon ku pongumowa doda' mindog rnogdayun og baloy b4lawan dini," rna' long nog glaki koni dun sog pongumow non kun ~ Dadi bog rniluksad tibua talu' non koyon rninindog doda' sokagyap , og baloy bulawan dion , bu sinurnilm'l hotibua sog dialom niugan nog ponugangan non kun.
Na rna' long non dun di~ sog glibun non kun nog "Koni og bogakan ku dinika," dunut rnangka . non polonioy gli bun · non kun kurnokop mangka non
' l ' • tol u 'oy di,anon nog "Koni ornpanowu nolo' ini.
Dadi ika dini kana ~og baloy ta koni," bu mangka non luasoy og glogdoy non kun nog rnodu'.
Dadi ' 09 bi tun koni bu bulan sog glawas non sin urn i 1 ow not i bu a .
/

so
'
-
Dadi koni glibun non koni bog mitongow non glaki non koni nog rna' ni kun miglamag mata non dun bu mipikil non mogday~n nog ion non mododa' da og mitongow non kotu' nog sinumilow notibua dia sog silung , nog gopunan manuk ni ~ an kotu'.
Dadi koni sop glaki non koni minonog na mangka sakoy sog ku9a ' non kotu' nog lumayug,
bu
' ' mangka non
polongyapoy mokpolayug posungu' sog bonu~ nog gama' non kotu'.
-6-
-
Dadi bog minatong ion ditu' ini k otan non kuda' non dia sog molayu'layu' mangka ion poglandan mokpolani sog baloy n og g ama' non kun.
Saka in!
bog liniboyan non tumontong og silung nog baloy nog gama' non kun ongon mitongow non nog
glibun dion kinudal. Kololatlolat su'usa

~-----------·
, I glibun koni po' buk non migbolalbolal tanan notibua bu migdilapdilap tanan gusuk non kabal nog glonggasan non su'usa. i
Dadi
~la~i k6ni migdali'da~i' ion mogd a ngan.
S aka i n i bog minatong ion sog ditas ong o n lin umum pa k diarion · nog glibun migban~ mata ilan • . Saka m igl amag og mata nog glibun koni · dun po' mipikil non og glaki koni mama ' nog bata' · kotu' nog inanud non sog tubig.
Saka glaki si'oy koni dangan pa mitongow non og glibun koni nog lin~mumpak ~oni dianon kinilala non dosop mogdayun ion si 'oy sog dial .
om
_ piKilan non po' ion non og dada' non kotu' no·g sinumina dianon.

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Dadi glibun koni matag ion mibonga
mogbantoy dia sog glaki koni. Ion non nion sintak non, mangka pa ion sakoy bog ain ion
miktidu nog bonua.
Dadi sokalj. 1 non tinabal glibun koni,
"Ond~ 'u na stman tumondu' dianika og
piktiduan ku nog bonua. Tibua
insan ku
tolu'oy dinika og piktiduan ku nog bonua dini lo 1 da bosia," rna' long non dun dia sog glibun kun.
Dadi glibun koni sog dialom pikilan non og l glaki koni ion non doda' og komanak non kotu' nog _ ginanud non sog tubig. Dadi sa'an kiondokan dun bu misobu' ion bo
~otubu' doma ion? Dadi mikpikilpikil ion bog
olo og pondayan
I . non nog magun
og
glaki koni.
Saka ini og mipikil non ongoyon non bolokanoy nog ponganon ion bu togu'oy non nog salod bu
mangka ion poktalu' dianon nog "Da 1 idun lo' ini lual motabu' dinika ual
da sog ponganon,• dunut mangka non
ongoyoy bolokanoy mangka non togu 1 oy nog salad doda', bu
mangka non
uokiloy dtanon og ponganon kun nog dinulang non
Saka
ponga~on koni nog
dianon bog pigliboyliboyan nog glaki koni tumontong ain
mokobian
glangow dia
modapal tanan po' kobal nog bisa nog salod kun.
~ Tibua rna' s~'oy ni~un glaki koni migbalu'~lu' notibua
ion mangoy
madap sog

dinulang . kun dianon, bu man · gka ion poktalu' nog
"Di' u da k _ yu' . nog ponganon," dunut mangka ion alap nog ponganon kun mangka non siguagoy sog glonu'an.
Dadi ain kurninan nog potubu'onanan nilan dun rnitipot ponglakus dOn bu pornatoy po' salod rna og piokan non kun bosia dianon.
Dadi og dada' non koni bog rnibatik non rna' nikun, rnigdali' ion rnawa' dun po' rnigdungag to kodoy gondo k non dun .
·· Dadi koni sop glaki koni' dangan mibatik non
· sop ion nog rnilaguy og dada' non kotu' miktalu' ion dia sog kisonggulan dia · nog "Ain og datu' ni u dini? Ion ~olegan ku moktongow."

54
Dadi · i _ koni. Ion non nion bog minatong ion ditu' tinalu' . non dia sog datu' kun nog · "Ongon go tow dion onda • · u s~bon pokotongow nog bayu' bayu' nog gotow koyon po' togo bitun sog gangas, bu togo
I . bulan sog gigdob. Bu sumboy dow ika kolegan non mogabitabit. Sa'an ini inangQ¥U ika."
Dadi dangan midongog nog datu' koni . migb~lingk(!d JD?gdayun ion mangka ion li u di tu'.
Saka bog mitongow non doda' glaki koni matag ion mibonga po' mipikil .
non mogdayun og somaya' nog gli bun non kotu' nog somp' mi tuman in tom an non dun mama .
' nog glaki kun bayu' lx>sia, rna' long nog pikilan n~g datu' koni dun bu mangka non pa ion sakoy bog ain ion miktidu nog bonua, bu sima ion otowoy • .
Dadi · sokali' tinabal nog glaki koni nog
"Di'u na sunan tumondu' dianikaog piktiduan ku nog bonua. Tibua ins an ku tol u 'oy dini ka og · piktiduan ku . nog lx>nua dini lo' da bosia sog bonua niu koni po' gotowu rna da dini bosia!
Tibua rna' nitu' si'oy kilolaoy nika notibua. Po' rna' nini si'oy ion non lo' ini og bata 1 nika kotu 1 nog dangan pibata' si rna 1 koyon sinuklian non akon rnogdali 1 nog dada 1 u nog bata' nog gayarn bu rnangka non tolu 1 oy · dinika nog og bata' ni / Ina' og gayam dow, bu rnangka non akon pogdoli 'oy tumulod sog kaban nog putow bu onudoy

55 sog tubig." Ma' long non dun dia sog g~rna' non ku~ nog dat~' kun dia.
Dadi bog rniluksad tibua og talu' nog glaki
· koni dianon pi9londanan non kurnokop rnomuap og bata' non kun dunut mangka poktalu' · og datu' kun d ianon, "Sa' an lo' ini sinaku dini ka nog a in ka miktidu nog bonua po' miplkilu mododa' mogdayun dang an pa mi tongowu i ka og somaya' nog gina' rnu
· dini ki tu' nog bila mogbata', . ion dow kolegan non togo bitun sog gangas, bu togo bulan sdg gigdob. Dadi sa' an moksopulu 1 sol:amatu dun nog rni kuli 'a pa dini nami."
Dadi bog miglukat ilan tibua rnogoko _ p rna
I long nog gama' non koni dun dianon, "Ma 1 nini mododa' buan og bianbian kotu
1 sa'an pododa 1 misobu 'u dun bog idurna gurnunsunoy rnogbata
1 rna ion nog gayarn .
nog saka go tow ion~ . Dadi sa 1 an mirnung tanan k~nudalu gina 1 nika koyon akon si 'oy 1inumanggasu tanan kabalu
· dun. Bu
· mokpiki,l.piki1 bo g iduma· gumunsunoy mama! ni"tu' rna og
.
.
· pogbata' non kotu'." Ma'
. long non dun dia sog bata' non kun dunut rnangka n on olapoy kalis · non , bu sobioy · og pimi ki tan · non kotu'.
Saka pimikitan non kotu' da' rna dia. Iqn non nion dinondag non monorito .
ng dia sog kisonggulan non. Saka da' ion kobon su'usa mipi tang da nog kisonggulan non . kun dia. Ion non

56 nikun molayu 1 pa piguakil na nog kisonggulan kun. Dadi glibun koni su 1 usa o~ gininang non rna
moksongutsongut kobon non mongmaya
1 maya 1 mokpolani sog datu 1 kun .
Dadi koni
sop datu 1 koni piglondanan non
bosia tumigb~s kobal nog lolingit non tokodoy d
ianon nog piginang non kotu
1
•
Tibua piglo~apus ion nog bata 1 non kun mangka non tolu 1 oy nog "Potiang nika na, Ama
1
, po 1 akon da moto dia non."
Dadi
gama' non koni matag
miglukublukub nog lolingit non dun bu da
1
gonekonek non. Ion non nion bog kilubasan tibua nog glolingit non kun mangka pa ion poktalu' dia non nog "Na'a pa soka
po• ongoyon ku pa poguna si Ina'," dunut mangka pogdali' ion monog mangka non owa'oy gina' non kun dia sog dialom nog kudal kun.

Ion non nion bog rniawa' non tibUa _ gina' non koni piglondanan non kumokop su'usa kobon non rnoktalu' nog "Inangoyu lo' ini ika, Ina', po' rni ubon ita na da' sibon po ' ktongow," kobon rnoks
ogow no~ glaki koni.
Na koni si'oy gina' non koni rna' nikun dosop og ponornbit non bu rnangka ion poktalu' nog
ka lo' dod a~ og . bat a
u · ~"
Dad~ rna' long sop nog · bata' non kun, "A~ung na I~~·, rnogdangan ita ~a ditu' nl Arna'."
. Ion non nion bog ' rninatong ' ilan di tu' sog godapan nog gama' non kun mangk~ non lo' ikun pa
\
. tolu'oy dia sog dada' non kun nog "Tontong nika
-
bayu' ni Ina' koni
kun. Kona' na tanan ·
_ hayti' nog go tow kaba · l ni ka koyon. Tibua da' da gunan nika
po' ika
posinsaon ku dosop ika I" dunut inangoy no
n do .
da' ion mangka ponggolasoy: ~lawas
osinoy mangka non podunutoy tumal~'
posins~u dinika,"
on
~~di mangka
o
gina'ama' non kun rnangka
poktalu' _ dia
nog "Arnu ' l
Ama',
a
og , ginangoyu koni
dini po' kolegan ku dun ditu' amu na .
nami po' landu' · na gindowan ku dia ni u.
Bu doma kolegan ku dun mokingkud amu dosop nog poglogol~l nog ponugangan ku dia s~g ain posuklion non nog bata' non sog golal non. Oad-i bila mosulut da

58 diniu pogulikos amu po' pita.n
_ amu ditu' nami. n
Saka ini sokali' tinabal ion nog gina 1 non kun nog "Akon 0ndi 'u moglaki nog gotow nog di' moto molola~ sog duma
~on
• . "
D , adi koni · glaki non .
koni matag tibua ion
. . ( mi.gakung po' kimotudan ion dun . Sa' an di' mokotabal dun.
Dadi ion tinumat;>al bat a' nil an kun nog ma' long non dun dia sog gina' non kun, · "Kolegan ku dun Iria' dinika, di'a mogiLing.ma' nion .
• Po' ita
' '
.
~agya ita da gotow dini sog glupa'an, kona' ta mogb~ya'
' nog pikilan ~a. Dadi pongonion ku dinika ~gay~n nika dosop si. Ama' nog topaya' nog kohinangan non kotu' dinika.
• . I
Bu ika si'oy,
Ama', kol'egan k .
u dun sop busung busung dinika mongoni a do sop nog topaya' di a ni Ina'." Ma' long .
non dun dianilan.
Dadi gama• · non koni mikpolani dia sog
. . . glibun non kun bu pongoni n , og -t opaya' bu pongapu'ngapu' nog di' non na _ puli'an kohin~nga n non kotu' po' kona ' : n 9 n dan pi ki lan mi inang non kotu' dianon. Dadi rna' long no !) du 9 dia . sog glibun non kun, "I ka .' na koto di n akon bOg olo gondunon mu dinakon po 1 sala'u mododa' itu' dini ka. n
Dadi rna' lohg sop nog glibun non kun dun,
"Somo' doda' .
kona .
' nog bata' ta koni a nog di ' -

, -
59 non ita bogoyon mogbolong, di 'u na moleg doda' dinika bOsia po' kohinangan mu koyon dinakon da'idun pa mikohinang dun nog gotow, ual da ika.
Tibt,1a rna' si'oy nitu' glegan rna nog bata'. ta nog di' ita moksuoy. Lamig non .
motanan ita pitangon muli' sog bonua non. Moksopulu' solamat ita nodun nog di' non ita suo yon . di anon." Ma' long nog glibun · non koni dianon.
Dadi glaki non koni da' non kotolobanoy, p-iglondanan non mom _ uus momuap og glibun non kun, dunut mangka poktalu' ion dianon nog "Na'a moguba 'uba' dinakon , Wan, nog miinangu kotu' dini ka." Dadi gli bun non koni · su' usa da' na gonekonek non dun.
Ion non nion bog mibati k nog bata' nilan kun nog mtgoksud .
-i1an na .. , mangka non lo' ion na ilan onggatoy m1;1li'. Ma' long non dun dianila~ ~ : ~
·
"Along ita na niu, Ama', Ina', po' so'uton ta og pokpolumpuk nog ponugangan k u," dunut mangka non

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· sog pongomow non kun nog muli' ilan nal Dadi sokagyap ilan matong doda' ditu' sog baloy nog bata' nilan kun ~
\
\ I
/ /
-
-
/ ;
I l \
S~ka ini bog minatong ilan dia kisobu'an og
.
. gina 'ama ' non koni po' miglam~g notibua og baloy
~ilan kun . Bu misobu
I ilan dosop dia sog m o koyag a kun. Po' mokoyaga koni si 'oy pigbOgadan non i l an matong po' sumakop dosop ilan si'oy nog
, po~J) .
oqolal nog sulutan dia sog ain kosu'atan nog bat a ' non .
Dadi .
ma' long nog bata' nilan koni dun dianilan no g "~a' amu mosobu', Ina', Ama', nog mokoyaga koyon po' tidu sog kiika'an ku, ion rna' og g a ma~u do ' sop. Dad · i sa'an omba'isu da nog miksoloku n amu po' , bagun arnu da moglokilala.'-'
Dadi bog mitubus ilan tibua moglokilala mangka po ktalu' glaki koni nog · "AlUng ita na niu p<» ' in t o m an ku dun i ta dona pigbogadan." Dadi
~ ~ ; .
~;~;::;'l • '!
:?
.n
· polo' ion panow .

-7-
Dadi lobi ton ta sop og ponugangan non kotu • , nog mikpolumpuk. Modakol na nog gotowanan tinumua' di .
tu'. Tibua di 1 ilan pa mokopoglc)golal p0
1
\ da 1 pa
. . kongudan.
.
1
'
Dadi ion · nion dinumondag ion nog gotow
'
· mang<?y sog bat a 1 .
non kotu 1
•
Saka og . go tow koni nog dinond a g bog minatong sog dialan ni ugan kun mibolong ion p0' · qa 1 non kotongow . og glokow ni lan kotu 1 mi tongow non di a og b _ ~ non tanan motaga 1 tontongoy . Dadi rna 1 long nog . go tow · koni dun, nog pigonongan nilan • . Po' ion
"Mokpuli 1 u akon po 1 da 1 a sunoy -· bog ain qun baloy nilan kotu 1 dia." Dadi sin ta k non doda mikpuli' ion. Ion non nion bog m i natong ion
1 mangka poktalu i , di a sog . sul utan .
nog "Da' u kotongow og ba loy nilan kotu ' d it u 1
• bngon

62 mi tongowu nog _ baloy di tu' kona' non po' mogl amag motanan."
Dadi rna~ long nog sulutan koni dun sop "Ain buan gidoy minangoy ilan?
Tibua potiangon na po' umoti'anan tapa ilan podali'."
.. badi sog sonuk nilan koyon mogumati' da' ion kobon doda' ongon mitongow nilan nog gotowanan
posungu ' . matong. Dadi rna' long sop nog sala dua'
nog gotowanan koni dia · , "Koyon ilan na bayu' non.
"
Dadi ' da' ion kobon doda' og goto~anan koni nog pogolongon nilan minatong ilan. Saka ini kisobu'an glam nog gotowanan k u n dun dia po' da' ilan sibon poko .
tongow nog gotow nog rna ' nikun nog togo bitun sog gangas, bu togo bulan sog gigdob , bu dunut dorna kiondokan ilan posop dagon nog mokoyaga kun.

1'.
Da-di mi ktal u' · og glaki · koni nog togo bi tun, rna' long non dun dianilan, "Na' amu kondokan nog rnokoyaga koyon po' · kona' da rnokoka' id ion."
Dadi ion non nion rna' long sop nog sulutan koni dun, "Podangan niu ilan." Dadi pidangan . nilan lo' doda' og gotowanan koni.
Dadi koni sop mokoyaga koni miktalu!
· , rna' long non dun, "Ak<:?n dini u na sog gl upa' koni po' bila rnogdanganu pa dion ondi'u da rnugat. Dadi sa'an diniu na. ~u · bila ongon ' poktolu'on niu dion, kolegan ku dun rnodongogu , da .
• "
Dadi . koni sop glaki koni ilan nog glibun non kun bu _ gina'ama' non kun rnikpogdangan ilan l o ' . doda'. Saka ini bog rnidopot ilan ditu• · sog molani nog ' sulutan koni bog pigongrnanan nog sulutan koni og · glaki kon i nog togo bitun sog

/
'
64 gangas, bu togo bul"an sog gigdob, og glaki rna . nog bata' non kun, dunut rnangka _ ion poktalu' dia sog bata' non kun nog "Ion non ta 1 kOtU I? n ' ini glaki rnu
· Dadi rnq' long sop nog bata 1 non koni dun dianon, "Ion non tna ion, Ama', og pokongitan rnu kotu' nog bian · binugow nika tanan ami dun."
Dadi ' rna 1 long sop nog sulutan koni dun,
nitu' rna .
da su'usa kiongoyan non! Da'u
· bibola'oy nog rna' nion posungu 1 an no .
g glaki mu koyon po' dini k.itu
1 modu 1 mota~an ion su 1 usa."
Ma 1
• long nog . s , ulutan koni dun, "Dadi nurnun kotu' moksopulu 1 solamatu d':ln nog rna kiongayan nog gl -
1 nion . ~a · aki rnu koyon. Bu na· 1 amu moguba'uba' dinakon po' kona'u dan pikilan og mitalu'u kotu' d~niu bu da'idun kfbalan ku diniu. Tibua nurnun kotu' da 1 niu doma butibusoy
· ,dg kopongmogul ang rit u · dinakon. Sa' an rnoktallt 1 u
· nog rnC?ksopulu' solamat_u dun po' koni ika doini da og kolegan ku nog pogonti'on ku dia sog golalu koni," dunut rnangka ion poktalu' · dia sog gl am nog go towanan nog "A ti rna 1
. ni · ni gl am ta ni u
I koni dini moglogolal ita ria po' rninatong na og pokpodotongon ta kotu' nog bata'u konia." Bu rna' long non dun dia sog gotow dipag dagat
~oni sop,
"Poglogol'ala na po' kpnia da og bata'u k~nia n9g ·
I kongudan og kolegan ku hog rnokosukli sog
/ golalu." Ma 1 long non dun dia sog polonggolal

65 korii nog go.tow sog · <:iipag dagat, "Uakilu na dinika .
• "
Dadi koni sop og gotow sog dipag dagat koni· nog polonggolal rna' long non dun, "Ma' nini buan glam ta niu koni dini . glupa' baloy, pokinongog amu nog talu'u koni po' koni minatong na og bat a ' _ ni sulutan koni nog pokpodotongon ta kotu' nog p6gon ti 'on non di a sog go 1 al non. ' Po' da'idun da lual mokoganti' dia sog golal non ual da sog bata' non konia nog togo bitun sog gangas · , bu togo bulan . sog gigdob. Po' ion da o ' g piktiduan nog gatas nog glimong kotu'. Po' kobon itu', ditu' ion migonong sog gama' non koyon nog mokoyaga. Minsan to~tongon si 'oy numun kotu' og bilasanan non koyon nog dua' kotow, togo gindan ion dun sog toli~ting nilan," .
dunut mangka non doda' ilan sobioy bu tontongoy og tolinting nilan, togo gindan mododa'! Ion non nion kitoksi'an nog glam nog gotowanan kun d'ia.
Dadi sa'an rna ' lon~ nog polonggolal koni dun "Ion da og piktiduan nog gatas nog glimong k_otu'. Dadi sa • an ion sum boy 9g mokosukli sog golal nog ponugangan .
non kon~a. Dadi koni ion glap ta niu koni dini glupa' baloy , ion na pogbaya' dini tidu numun kotu'! Po' ion na og sulutan! Dadi koni mido~su' it~ noma moglogolal, moglamilami ita na niu bu poglokan, bu pogigal."

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Dadi sintak nori, pitu gobi pitu ondow ilan moglololiag, koko n ia d:L anilan maya 'maya ' na momoguli'. Bu mokoyaga koni si'oy mimuhun na m , uli' bu dunut asta goto w anan si'oy. Bu koni sop
'
. dion nil an dolo' ion minampu' mogonong sog bonua
' nog bata' nilan · kun.numun .
kun. Po' ion numun kun sulutan na . Bu d~'idun na su'usa og susaan non po' gina' ama_' non kun · migoksud · na • · 1 Bu sop ion si 'oy bu ilan nog :Pon':lgangan . non miglokopia i , lan na dosop.
Dadi koni og doks .
u' an · nog ki gul an goy di a ni
Libagday.
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Libagday
Chapt:er 1
This ~s the story of a datu in a place that was happy and joyful. The datu, however, was not happy; in fact, he was miserable, and ail because he had no wife. He wanted to be married and had already looked among all the maidens of his place, yet none of them appealed to him .All he
could think of was his desi r e to be married and of not being able to find a mate.
One night riotouS laughter was heard coming from the interior. It seemed to be : the laughter of two maidens.
Everyone was curious as to who they were and why tbey · were laughing so uproariously.
The datu said to his servants, "Please go and see the on !t
s who are la,ughing and find out ' what in the world they are laughing about."
Off went the se r vants to investigate. They crept up anc ; l ' saw that there were indeed two maidens h i lari q us l y laug h in~ and heard that this laughter was in response to their ideas about the types of men they might mar r y.
The older girl said to he t younger sister, "As for me, I want a datu~ How about you? What do you want for a hus · band?"

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' When the younger girl answered, she said, "It really doesn't / matter so long as he is a good person, , one who knows how to treat peop.le right."
The maidens then ceased talking and went home. The servants also l~ft, going quickly to report to the datu
\ about the maidens anq their laughter.
After ' that, every seven nights the maidens were heard laughing ; and th~ datu would ~end his servants to opserve.
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, One night the servarits heard the youngest maid say that i f she ever mar .
r ied, · s~e wan ted a man · who was a good man, had good manners, and helped others. And also, that · she wanted their first child to b~ a boy with a star on
/ his forehead and a moon on his chest. After saying that, they both stopped joking around and the datu ' s men · hurried hom~ to report this new news.
The datu listened, and then asked, "Is this girl beautiful, this young one?"
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They answered , , "Oh, this young on .
e is like none
I have ever seen. No ~>ne _
'\ can match her beauty." we
"I ha~e just found ~r if she is indeed like thatt" exclaimed the excited datu.
Whereupon he quickly g9t r;eady and proceeded to the place of those girls. He wanted this one for his wife.
When he arrived at their place he called out to be invited up and into the house~ The . girls peeked out and offered him a seat. After he was seate~, they seated

69 th~mselves and visited. Hesitant-ly the datu made his des~re for the young one known.
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When they heard his desire the young one became tong .
ue-tied. She perce~ved that the poor fellow was . really serious and not joking, ~ he really wanted her. She sat and thought for awhile and then cons(mted to become his bride.
· The elated datu exclamined, "Since YO!J will have me,
I now want to take you with me, and your sister also. So i f you have indeed agreed, get ready."
"We did agree and will indeed follow yot1," the · young one replied • .
The girls went about getting re-ady. They collected thei~ tj11ngs and then followed the datu to his home.
Not long after their arrival at the datu's place ~ council was called to hear about the situation. When the council heard the datu's de~ire they .
~greed to finalize the marriage. All the people gathered and the wedding took place right away. The ~ newlyweds then settled in that place.
About a year later it became apparent that there would soon be a child. Seeing his wife's condition, the dat\,1 began. to remember and dream about the words she had uttered before he had known her, when she . ~d said that H
' she gave birth she · Wanted a son with .
a star on his forehead and a moon on his chest. "Oh," thought the datu,
"if
·' only this could happen, how .. t!tai}kful I'd be."
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.· · ~ .
. ; . ' . ~-~ ..;,.
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' Sometime later, his .
wife began to feel birth pains.
The midwife was sent for and exclaimed upon arri al, "Aha,

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I you are indeed about to give birth!" Then, with the help of the older sister, the midwife went to work to get things ready. She rushed off for water and j~t as she left, the baby .
was · born. It was indeed .
a boy with a star on his forehead and a moon on his chest!
The child's aunt was overcome with Jealousy when she saw these signs and immediately put the newborn into an iron box and threw him into the river to drown. She then scooped up a newborn pup and put it with her sister. At this momept the midwife returned and · was amazed that the baby had been · born. "What's t his," she exelaimed, "You have already given birth? What is it?" '
The older sister pretended confusion, answering, "I don' t under stand . what it is • "
"You must ~o quickly and call the datu," ordered the midwife.
The sister went to fete h the datu, saying, "Sir, your
..
I've been sent to get you.
The datu headed for his wife immediately~
· asking what the baby was, boy or girl. His sister-in-law answered,
"Your wife gave birth but I don't · know what it is. It is good if you are the one to look and see.
, I have a feeling that that sign : she talked about dido' t come to be."
"What in the world is this child of ours?" exclaimed the datu as he looked at the newborn. "Indeed, the child was not born as she desired, but some dreams co~e true and some don't," be mumbled. · However, deep in his heart he hurt · , because he so wa!lted her .
desire to become real.
\ He .

71 then spun around and q~ickly strode away to hide himself and wrestle with his feelings. Soon he bec~me an~ry with his wife because what she had predicted hadn't come to pass.
A week later that datu was still in his room doing
· nothing but sleeping. When he was called to eat he would not respond, as he had no desire
.
to eat. He finally
· convinced himself that his wife had lied to him and
· decided to punish her by caging her up
. under their house.
He had no use for such a woman. At that, he up and caged her, saying, "I'm doing _ this because I don't like _ beit1g lied tot" The poor young wife was then left there to be
I treated any old way; sometimes she was merely
. fed scraps
~ and sometimes she wasn't fed at all.
Cbapt: _ 2
Meanwhile, the poor baby of theirs had not drowned b'ut drifted into the ocean and stuck in the shallows near
·
' some e-lifts. It just so ha,ppened that an old woman had come to gather food from the tide J;lats at that till\~ :: AP.d she saw the box. "What in the _,.
world _ is that?" she wondered. Her _ eyes shone from curios~ty as she went to investigate. She lugge · d the thing onto the shore, saying,
"Whew, this is heavy~ , Whatever can i t be?"
After · rest~ng a bit, _ she again got ahold of the box and this time she carr~ed it all the way home. Once home, she quickly opened it up, and there was the baby. She

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' figure4 he was about the age of one just learning to walk •
. The poor thing had been living and growing inside that box.
The old woman gazed at the infant, who was squinting up at her, . then said, "I am very fortunate to have this delectable child." She then gathered him up in her arms.
The brightness was bothering ~s eyes , as he had nev~r seen light _ before. When she picked him up he puckered up his face as if . to cry. "Don't · be afraid of me, I'm not dangerous, and _ . now in good hands," she murmmered.
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· She then asked, "Are you not hungry?" ·
The baby answered, "I am not hungry and I'm n.Ot
. accustomed to eating."
"Eh," said the old one, "You have never eaten? And y'ou . mean to sa>: that you won't eat? Don't be like that as · all people here on .
the earth need to eat. You must ~at. I will feed
you whatever you want and since you have not been claimed by the one . who gave you birth I will · claim you.; I will be your parent." old · woman paid no attention to ' the child's lack ·' of desire to eat and proceeded to fix him rice and eggs.
She then even had to help him eat, as despit .
e his size he had never learned tQ eat. The poor old woman's days were then fiUed with caring for the child. She could . no longer do anything else.
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'nte child saw no other people since the time he had · been rescued, so he ' felt there were no others. He th.oU$ht she was his only relative.

Ti1e old woman faithfully cared for the chlld and he grew into a fine young boy.
One day she said to him, "Child, you are quite large
· now and can understand what is not good. I ha:ve been with you .
all this time, but now I badly need to go for food.
You stay here and care for our house. Be sure you don't go wandering about because there are dangers on the other side. Be very sure you don't ~o because there are giants over there · and their leader is a giant. You know that giants eat peo .
ple. There are other dangers also out there, like lion~. If you wandered they might eat you, so be sure you do not go." After all that advice she shut up the house and left the boy locked inside. From the porch s~e called, . "I'~ going now, chlld," and off she flew. He had no idea where she was going as he · .
watched her fly out of sight.
Chapter 3
Now pondered the boy, "mty in the world are you so against my going to the other side? What could possibly be so dangerous there? I want to go S?d see · ." He then got up, untied the door and did indeed go off to that place.
: The first thing he met when he arrived there was a lion. "Aba, what's this?' : questioned the lion. "We are hungry here, friend, and even thongh it is the first time we have seen anything like you we will eat you. Other
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74 lions then closed in to taste a bit with their tongues.
But what faces they made, as the taste was very bitter.
"You are not good to eat~" they sputtered.
The agressive behavior of the lions didn't bother the boy. He wasn't bothered by their licking and tasting.
He jus~ kept • going, passing many other man eaters who , also tasted him with their tongues. They, too, made faces over the taste, saying, "You are not go,od to eat, you're not the kind of p~rson that's good to eat." Even the giants reacted that way.
~ The boy kept on until fie reached the chief giant.
When he got there the · chief giant exclaimed, "Aha, he rEf you are~ It ' s been a long time since your companion has · been here. You see, I have known about you ever since she
. fotmd you. And now it is good that you have come so that I can inform you about that old oQe you have been living with. She is the leader of the man eaters, child. And she
· plans to eat you once she gets you large · enough. Now don't you ever ~orget what I'm telling you: she is just fattening you up. She will be back in seven nights, and child, if she didn't find anything to eat, perhaps she will eat · you."
The boy wasn't worried about this news. But since the old one was not due home for a few days he stayed among the giants.
When it was nearly tlme , for the old one's retu_rn he took his leave of the chief giant aod went home.

At the old one's house the boy rapidly un tied the door and got in. He .
then quickly tied it up again · and pretended to be sleeping.
In a v ery short time t~e sucking noises of the old one could be heard and then she called out, "Jump down here please, as I'm overloaded."
He jumped down and she was indeed overloaded with large and small things o~ man~ varieties. There were pigs, chickens, fish and also some sor t ot' human.
"Aba, Grandma, this is indeed a lot of food that you have brought here."
"Thus, child, I had you jump _ down to help with it all," she answered. Now the boy was no longer a little fellow; he was at the age of one who begins to wear trousers, a young teenager.
The old one climbed into the house and rested. Later she collected all she had brought and coo · ked it. She coo ked it all at onfi! time in a frying pan and then
.· ate it all at one time~ It caused her to breathe hard and to · feel stuffed. She i:.
i Hone · ha · d ··· eaten ·everything she had gathered~
After all that eating the ~ old ' one just rested, and while resting, said to the boy, · "You didn't go to the other side, did you?"
He responded , "Why in the world would I go there,
Grandma, when you said not to go because of all the dangers in that place?"
"That is · a good child. It is good to follow the advice given you. I won't give you .
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76 because it is indeed a very dangerous . place," said the old woman. "I will be going again • child, seven nights ' from now.
Seven nights later she informed the boy · that she would be gone for three sets of seven nights or three weeks and warned, "Be ve ry sure you don't wander offt"
The boy answered, "l'here, now, don't you worry about how long you'll be away as no matter how · long you're gone,
I , ll be here.
~ · But he was thinking, "If you will be gone that long, I'll also go , I will return to the chief giant."
Thus the old one left, and just as she was out o f sight, the boy also left. He · didn 1 t bother to shut the windows or the 9oor, he just left and went to the chief giant.
The giant understood what had happened and how eagerly the boy h~d returned and therefore he blessed the boy. In fact, the giant · m~de the · boy his own because he cared so much for him. He . then explained to the boy, "That is the way of that old one, child. That is the way she eats, and if she doesn't get all that stuff, you, child, the one she lives with, are tlfe one she 1 11 eat. I'm telling you this so you can be thinking about What you will do, whether you wi!l leave her or stay.
~at I really want you to do, child, is to leave her; that would be following my advice."
' TI'!e boy answered, "I understand, and since it's like that I will indeed get out • "

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"S:I.nce you plan to follow · my advice," said ~he giant,
"I'll give you these clothes. They will sometimes be ' too
· large and will sometimes make _ you smelly, but when you leave ' her be sure to wear . them." He also gave the boy some
. \ lim.e, a needle ; and a horse named Sombo).ani. The horse was magic and could fly. "Here is a · needle for you to use to kill that old one when she c hases you. You
~ust allow her to get near and then drop the · needle and lime on her, but now you must go," said the giant.
The boy put on his new clothes, mounted his horse, and took l~ave of the giant.
· He then ' sprang his horse into the . sky and flew out of sight. a.pa:er 4
Meanwhile that " old one returned just · as she had promised, having been away three . weeks. She reached the foot of the ladder and called out, "Wan, are . you there?"
/ Of CQUrse ther:e was no answer. Thus she sped up , the ladder and looked around; but the boy was not inside. · The windows were all opened, as was the door, but the boy · was gone :
The old one said, "You are definitely not here, you have indeed gone." She returned to the ground and gazed off into the sky • "There you are~"
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. sight of him off in the distance. "But never mind, even though ' you have gone, I' 11 get you, but first I' 11 eat."

The old one went back _ up
' into · the house and ate, after which she returned to th~ ground and took off. She
flew and flew, gradually catching up to the boy.
The boy wat~hed her getting closer, and when she was
I under him, he dropped the needle . It hit her in th ' e eye.
He then dropped the lime, which blinded her. Not long after that, she fell.
He then carefully landed his horse, and once on the ground, saw the house-of .
a sultan . It ' was evening, so he
' cautiously approached the house a ' fter tying his horse ol\t of sight . Near the hous~ he saw a young girl watering the flowers.
"Ho there, Wan," he called · out, "Is i t okay for me to ask you who con tr ols this place?"
She answered, "The one in control here . is my father."
He spo~ again, saying, "I have arrived and am looking for work so I can eat. If you wHl, would you please tell your father that I want to be'g work from him."
"Just wait here and I'll go ask Fathe r ," she , replied.
Quickly she mounted _ sta~rs and went to her father, saying, "Father, there is a person outside. I don't know what kind of a person he is but he asked me who was in charge here. I told him you were and he asked me to come to you and tell you that he wants to beg work."
Her father · said,
,
.. "Well _ , tell him to come up r
Now when that fellow was invited up he only got as far as the head of the stairs. His smell reached the su ' ltan, who exclaimed, "What is that smell, child? Ho,
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child, what is it?" Now of course it was the poor fe1low.
The sultan then said to his daughter, "Don't let it come any closer. Give him work but take .
him down to stay under the house. He can work piling up ~h~ fallen fronds there in our coconut grove and can begin work tomorrow."
The poor fellow was shown by the daughter where he was to stay there under the house, in fact under the chicken roost, and · was told, "tomorrow morning Father said you could begin work. Your work will be piling up the fallen coconut fronds." The poor fellow was really in a fix now.
The next morning he went off into the coconuts to clean things up and that ?ight he slept there where he was told to sleep.
Day after day he worked, piling up the fallen coconut fronds in the sultan's coconut groves and sleeping there under the chickens •
. Now one night there under the chicken roost he must
I have felt hot, as he took off his smelly clothes. Once
• they were off ' the star on h[s forehead and · the moon on . his chest really shone.
The , Young girl, the sultan's youngest daughter, was looking out of a · window and was suddenly startled to see the brightness coming from the chicken roost ~ She looked closer and saw that fellow, the smelly one, shining. "So this is the kind of person Father has, one who knows how to change appearances~ It is not good that he should be working like he is," she thought.

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While she was watching, the light was suddenly cut
. off and she figured he had replaced his clothes. From that time on her mind was always occupied with thoughts of this fellow. She never forgot how he had shone.
Now this poor fellow worked and lived that way for a long time.
One day he overheard the sultan call his daughters and say to them, "I'm old now and · want to see you settled whi).e I'm still living. I wan t you to point out the fellows you want to marry so I can arrange things for you to have ' what you will need .
"
Neighboring fellows soon heard about the sultan's desire .
and came .
around. Then fellows from other areas heard and they also came around , hoping that .
the girls woqlcl look favorably upon them .
One an d then anot h er of t he fell o ws came to the sultan asking fo r his daughters.
The sulta n again called his daughters to him and ·
'
'
· asked them which of the fellows showi n g interest and asking for them did they want.
The two older girls pointed out the ones they wanted.
Their father, the sultan said, "Good, now I want to arrange your weddings. Send the fellows to inform their parents."
The fellows went to their parents and things were soon arranged for the weddings.
The youngest daughter had remained silent during this time; she didn't join into things like her sisters had.

Therefore her father asked her specifically who she wan ted', and st i 11 she dido' t speak.
Her father then exclaimed, "What's this? There have been fellows aski"9g for you; don ' ' t you like any of them?
Who do you want to marry? Answer met Point him out to met
Who · do you want to marry?"
Now since her father insisted, the maiden pointed ' to the one she ' wanted. Where did she point? There to the one her father had sent to stay under the chicken roost~
"What, that is what you want to marry? What can I say? That is what you want~ Get down there and get him out of here. And make yourselves a place ~way out there. And furthermore, don 1 t ever come back up here~·· yelled her father in his anger .
Thus the poor little princess was tbrown out by her father and went down to the fellow living there under the house.
When she reached him she was crying • . "What 1 s this?
Why are you cryil'!-g?" he asked.
She answered, "It is so"hard to knowwhat to say. I'm
, crying because Father ,_ has thrown me out' . He wanted us, his daughters, t o point o ut to him the fellows we wan~ed to marry while he was still living. So he r e I am and I don't know how to tell you, but I pointed to _ you are the one I wanted. And I'm crying because Father was angry when he realized I wanted you and threw me out and you too. He d .
oesn 1 t want us near him. If you understand, let's leave this place."
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"Wow, so ' it's like that; you care about me~" He exclaimed, "Let's go indeed~"
And so they left and went deep into the coconut groves where the sultan had ordered them to go apd made a small house.
There they stayed and had a harq time making a living. Yet they didn't return to the house of the girl's father.
Om p t: e r S
Meanwhile, the old sultan couldn't think of anything but his yo~gest daughter . He was always thinking of ~er
· and felt badly that he had not treated her as he had the others. He had helped · them to live comfortably but had done nothing for his you n gest. Yet that husband of hers was a real disappointment to him . _ His daughter had insisted on having that one , and that , at least, he had not refused her.
It wasn't long before the sultan became sick. He was very sick, had no desire to eat, and · couldn't get
'
/ comfortable in any position.
It was with real diffic .
ulty that he even spoke, but he called his two sons-in-law and said to them, "I tell you, the only medicine for this sickness of mine · is lion milk. You should get it right away, because if you don't,
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The situation was ser~ous, and so, even though ~hey had all been avoiding their smelly brothe , r-in-law, they now went to him. They informed him that the sultan was critically ill and had said that the only medicine was lion milk and that he needed it immediately. Lion milk
~s only available a long ways off but somehow or other they . had to get it and .
get it right away.
The s~elly fellow spoke up, saying, "Why in the world have you come to me, friends, when we have been banished to this lonely place? But never mind all that, I ' l l go with you."
"Since you' 11 come along, here is a horse . you can ride," they said. Now this horse was a sad specimen; it was extremely skinny and staggered from side to side on
' account of being so malnourished. But they gav .
e it to him and went on ahead. Once they were out of sight, they sa .
id to each other, "What . use do we have for that fellow, now that he is coming?"
The smelly one watched as they moved out of sight and then called to his wife, tel!ing her where he was going, and left . He went off quickly for his flying horse and there left his smelly clothes along with the sickly horse.
He leaped onto his flying ho r se, entered the sky, and flew quickly to the house of the old one where he had grown up.
When he reached her place, he hurried to tie his horse and enter the house. Once he was in the ho1,15e, he pretended to be just l:aying around as if in his own home.
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It was about noon when he realized that his brothers-in-law we~e approaching. They quickly tied their horses and called out, "What kind of a person is here at
' th:l.s house?''
He acted ' the part of one coming out of his own home and said to them, "I am the one of this place. What is your purpose here?"
The eyes of the two bulged when they saw him. It was the first time they had ever seen anything li"ke it. His clothes shone, as did the star on his forehead and the moon on his chest.
As they were staring, they stammered, "We have come
· here to beg for some milk from your lions."
He said, .
"There is indeed lion milk here, but it is dangerous to get. · Lions eat peo · ple. However, i f you will agree to my proposition, I will get the milk for you."
"What is your propo .
sit ion?" asked the two •
. / "My proposition is like this: before I wili agree to getting the lion milk for yQu, you must carry my mark. I will put this mark upon your backs with a hot iron," answered the one with the star on his forehead ana the moon on his chest.
The two poor fellows replied, "If that is what is
· . required, we will submit , as it would be worse i f we did not return with the milk. The sultan may die if he is not medicined with it."

He put an iron into the embers to heat and ordered the two .
, saying, "Take ' off your shi , rts, because I will now put my mark upon you.
The two poor fellows removed their shirts, exposed their backs, and were marked. After they were marked with that iron , froin the embe r s they were told, "Wait here a bit while . I go to get milk from the lions out there."
He ~nt out to the lions,. got the milk from them, and put it in a sma ll bottle. He then returned to the two, handed them the milk, and said, "Go home now • .
Once t hey had the lion m i lk the two hurried away~ · racing their horses for home. They were very happy and thought they wer .
e ' the first t o ever get lion milk.
Now this one with the star on his fore~ead and the moon on his chest waited until the two · were just out ' of
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,\ horse, leaped on, entered · the sky, and headed back to where he'd l eft the scrawny horse. There he quickly
' mounted that poor horse and p retended to be just following along . after the others.
The two soon appeared and called out , "What's this?
~re you just on your way? Do you think you'll ever get there at that pace , limping along like that? You might as well give up and return home now, because we have already
, been there and have gotten the lion milk _ ."
The poor smelly one just turned and returned to his place as if he really Qad only been limping along behind them.

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The two continued on and soon arrived at their father-:-in-law's place. The sultan asked, .. · What's this, are you back already? Where is that companion of yours .
?"
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It · was a job the three should have done together.
The two answered, "We just saw him there on the trail but told · him to go on home since we ha cl already gotten the milk you requested. He , · is probably at his piace by · now."
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They then gave the lion milk to · their father-in-law.
"Thanks for getting this, and now help me to drink
.,, it," said the sultan. They helped and immediately the sickness · left him.
The svltan again called his children t~gether and
, said, "I' .
m well now after that sickness, but ~m feeling very old. Thetetore, I wan t to call every ?
ne toge,ther and pass on to one of my children this title of mine.
However, it should be that the one who bestowed the title
, on me be the one to take it and b~stow 'it ori the one I choose. Therefore you should go to the other side and tell th~t one to come." Again the . poor tWo fellows set out.
They stopped by to inform · their smelly brother-in-law, saying, "OUr father-in-law is now well but says that we must go . again to the other side, and this time we must get the one who bestow titles." They continued, saying, "Our
· father-in-law plans to call everyone together and make a big ceremony of handing over this title of his to ~ one of us. However, .
he wants the one from the other side to actually hand over the title, as he was the one to bestow it originally."

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The smelly one answered, "Since it is like that, I won't follow you to get that one. Instead, I will go to get : my
~elatives.
· I do · indeed have relatives and now need to go and see what has become of them."
The two went on alone.
The smelly one said to his wife, "I must go again, love, because of what is about
~o happen. I want · my relatives to sit with the others at your father's presentation ceremony. I'll have to leave you again, but I won't be gone long. Nevertheless, befo
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re I leave I' 11 call into existence a house of gold for you to stay in." At that, he brought forth his magic stone and spoke to it, saying, · "I believe you are indeed magic, so put a golden house right here." Immediately a golden house appeared and deep there in the sultan's coconut grove it became very bright .
"Here is where I will leave you," he said to his Wife as he hugged her. "Now, love;
I have to go, but you will be comfortable here in our house." He then removed his s melly clothes, letting the star and moon on his body shine.
His wife's eyes widened as she looked at her husband.
She thought, "You were inde e d the one I saw shining there under that· chicken roost of ours.
Her husband went down, mounted his flying horse, entered the sky, and flew off to his father's place.

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He reached his father's land, tied up hi · s , horse and walked on toward the house. As he reached the house he glanced underneath it and saw there a woman in a cage.
That woman was in pitiful c9ndition: he ~ hair was matted, and all her ribs were showing. She was terribly thin.
He went directly up into the house and was met at the to ' p of the stairs by a woman. Their eyes met and the woman's eyes widened. "Whew~" she th~ught,
' 1 This fellow is like that baby I drowned · i-n the river."
The fellow also realized when he saw this one that . she was his aunt, the one who had done the evil to him.
The woman just stared and then, trying to think of something to say, asked where he was from.
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He answe r ed · , "I don't know which place to point out as my homeland. But I'll . tell you once that it should have
,' been this place."
Now sh~ knew that this was indeed her nephew, the one she had drowned. She was afraid, wondering how in the world he could still be alive, and madly tried to think of a way to kill ' him now. She decided to offer him poisoned food and thus ~aid, "We don't have anything to offer you but food · ... At that . she wet!t off to the kitchen. Th.ere she fixed up some poisoned food and brought it back to him.
The food she brought for him looked good but as he watched he noticed that whenever a fly flew over that food it ' dropped dead just from the smell of the poison.

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Nevertheless, fie pretended ' to go to the food as · if to eat. However, he then exclaimed, "I don't eat food ltke this~" and flung it out on the ground.
The animals there in the yard rushed for the · food, ate, immediately went intc;> spasams, and died. The · y had eaten the poison intended for him.
His aunt realized she was caught and made haste to get away. She was very much afra~d now.
When he realized tha·t she had run off he turned to a servant and said, "Where is your datu? He is the one 'I want to see."
The servant went .
straight to the datu and said,
' ,
"There is a person here like none I have ever se · en before.
, This person has a star on his forehead and a moon on his chest~
And he says you should come because he wants to talk to you• That is why I have come for you."
The datu sp~ung to his · feet at this news and
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. straight to . the visitor. His eyes · ~bout popped from his head, as !ndeed, this visitor was jilst as the servant had described. The datu thought about his wife's pr9phecy and
, thought that i f it had beeh ' real, his child might look like this one. However, he collected his wits, asked the visitor who he was, and where he · was from.
Again the visitor · spoke, saying, "I : don't know which
. place to point out; as my · home. But I" 11 tell you once that it · should have been here at your place because I shbuld be · one of you. Things have happened, but evep now you recognize me because I am your child. It happened tha , t

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. when Mother gave birth that aunt of mil'l.e quickly replaGed me with a . pup and · then told you that Mother had given birth to a dog. That aunt of mine had rushed ~round, put me into an iron box, and deposit ed me in the river."
The datu eagerly embraced his · child, saying to him,
"That's why I asked where you were from, because a soon as
I saw you ~ .
thought of that desire of your mother's to have a son with a star on . the forehead and a moon on the chest. And · how thankful I am that you have returned to us."
They flnally ceased embracing and the datu said, "So that was how things happened. I was indeed very perplexed as to how in the world a person could give birth to a dog.
That is why I made a cage for your ~~ther and it is why I have become , so thin. It is all because I was so upset thinking about that childbirth." As he finished speaking he got his sword and . called his sister-in-law.
Ho~ever, the sister-in-law was not there. Servants were ' sent to search for her. She was soon found and forced back. The seryants called out that they ha~ her and she hesitantly and pitifully crept up · to the datu.
The d ' atu , lifted his sword and started to swing at her. He was furious over what she had done and would have killed ber.
However, his son called out and stopped him, saying,
"Never mind, Father, I know what to do to her."
The datu hesit,ated, still trembling with rage, and madenot a sound. "Not · yet, Father," spoke the son. "I am

91 going to get Mother first." At that, he quickly wen · t down and reaoved his mother from the cage.
He got his moth~r and _ embraced her a long while before .
saying through his tears, "I've come for you,
Mother ,because it's been a long time since I've seen you."
His mother responded the same way, and said, "You, love · , are indeed my child."
"Come, Mother, we must now go up to Fath~r," he said.
They went up and stood before the datu. The son th~n turn~d on · his aunt, saying, "Look at the condition of my . mother. She doesn't even look like a person and it~s all · because of you. But now it is your turn to , suffer." He got his aunt , made small cuts all over her Jx>dy and rubbed her down with salt, saying, "There, that ' s your punishment.
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Be then tu~ed back to his parents,. saying, "Here yQu
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Father,
' and you are the reason I have come. ii want you to be w ith me as I have been lonesome for y ou. I also want you to be seated there at my father-in-law's prese~tation ce r emony, when he i~ going to pass on hi · s title to one of his children. S o i f you are agreeable, get ready, because I w a nt , to take you back . ther.e now to our place."
His mother spoke up' saying' "I won It have a husband . who doe
1 sntt know how to pity his .nate."
Her husband . just looked down. He knew he hadn't treated her well and had no excuses to give.

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Their child, however, broke the silence, saying, "! don't .. want you to be like ' that, Mother. We are just people
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. here on this earth and aren't perfect in our ways or thoughts • . Please for~ive Father for what he's done to you.
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And you, Father~ . forgive me for thus sp · eaking, but please ask ~orgiveness of Mother."
The datu went to h i s ' wife and did beg her fo~givene~s. saying he'd never be like that again, and thaf hi , s , actions hadn't been premeditate 1 d • . He sai~, "You are over me now and can do whatever you · want to me because
I did ind , eed sin against you."
His · wife answetTed, , "If it weren't for . our child, who
I ' . won't let us separate,- I wouldn't want anything to . do with you. What you did to ' me was ' not the kind of th .
ing any ·
· person would do to another. You didn't even act human~
Howe ver, our child doesn't want ~ to sep arate, and more
. than that, he wants to take us to his place . Oh, how very , ,
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. thankfu l we are that he didn't stay se ' p ara t ed from us . •
The datu didn't sp eak at first; he just took his wife
. pette~ her. Then he spoke , ' saying, "Don't contin ue to ho ld it against m ~, love, please." His poor
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wife didn ' t make a sound.
Their child, realizing that all was well ; between his parents, again invited them to go with him, saying, "Come n()w, Father, .
Mother, we mUst get there in time for my father-in-law's meeting." He then got his magic stone and
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said to it, "Take us homet" Immediately, indeed, they were there.
His parents were quite startled to see the house aglow ~nd a giant there also. The chief giant had come and was waiting for them before going on to the sultan's presentation ceremony.
"Don't be startled, Mother, Father, on account of that giant. He has been like a father to me since I was qui , te small • It 's so good you can all be here and get to know each other.··
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They visited awhile and then the son · said, · "Let's go, as they might be waiting for us.
Meanwhile, at the sultan's place they were ready and wait~ng to hold the pres~ntation ceremony. The people had gathered but tl!_ey couldn't go on with the cer~mony until the sultan's youngest daughter and her husband arrived.
The sultan ordered someone to go for that child of his. However, when that person got deep into the coconut grove he lost his way · . He couldn't find the shabby little house he was looking for. Instead, he sawa house like · none he'd ever , seen befo:r:.e, and said to himself, "I'm going back, for I just can't find their place." He returned and said to the sultan, "I didn 1 t see their place, but I did see a house there that wasn 1 t theirs; it shone."

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The sultan a:nswered, "Where in the world could they have gone? But · never mind; w~'ll just wait."
Not lo ' ng after t · hat · a gro.up was seen approaching. As this group got clo · ser, variious · ones called out, "There they are · , maybe~" Soon the group arrived . The gathered people were amazed and startled. They had never seen a
~rson like that one with the star on his forehead and the
. I ' moon · on his chest. They then became fearful as they gazed a~ the gi,ant.
The one with the star said, "Don't · be afraid of this
· giant; he won't harm you .
"
The sultan spoke up, saying, "Bring them up here."
And indeed the group was invited to come before the sultan.
The giant spoke up, saying, "I'll st-ay here on the gl.l'ound, as I'd not fit up . there in the hoqse. However, I do want to hear all you say."
The boy, his wife, .
and parents went up into the presence of the sultan. The sultan recognized this one with tpe star on his forehead and , t: p e moon on his chest as indeed his son-in-law, the husband of his youngest child.
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Yet he asked his daughter, "Is this indeed that husband, of yours?"
His d · a.ughter answered, · "He is the one, Father • The · one you were angry about · artd the reason you banished us. "
The . sultan responded, "So that · was his mission, the poor thing. I didn't understand and he did smell! Now I am so very, ve~y thankful for what he has done. Don't have

95 hard feelings toward me, please, as I didn't have evil intentions when I sent you away, ~en I had no use for you. HoWever, regardless of in'y actions, you have now come to show me respect as your ~rent and again I say how very, very thankful I am. You, Son, are the one I want to pass my title on to." At that, the sultan spoke to everyone, sa yin', ''And now we are gathered here and can begin the ceremony, as my child here, _ the ' one we have been waiting for, has arrived." IJe also spoke to the o'rte from the other side Who bestows titles, saying, "Give my title now to this youngest child of mine, for that is my desire."
The one from the other side who bestows titles spoke to . the people, saying, "This is the way ' it is. Listen, everyone here and around this ho .
use, to what I have to sayt This
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ld here of the sultan is the one we have been looking and waiting for. This is the one who will rece~ve the title. There is none other who could receive that · title except this one with the star on his forehead and the moon on his chest. He is the one the lion's milk came from. Long ago this chief giant who lives in the land of the lions made thJs child his son and there they lived.
Look for yourselves and see the backs of his twO brothers-in-law. They carry his mark there on their backs t" At that, this one called the two and had them expose their backs where, indeed, they carried a mark.
Everyone saw it and understood.

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This one from the other side continued, "He · was the one who got the lion milk so h~ should get his father-in-law's title. So now hear you all~ He is now the authority in this place. He . is now the sultan ~ This ce ' remony is now over, . so dance, eat, and be merry~"
Fqr the next seven days and nights they . celebrated, and then gradually began to disperse. The chief giant took . his leave and .
others .
did the same. The parents of
Libagday, the new sultan, stayed there and . became a part of that I;llace. They had no more hard times. The retired sultan, the father-in-law, also stayed, and everyone lived happily with good feelings toward each other from then on. rhi~ is the end of the story of , Libagday ~