Note 14 — 1

Ebang said, “Ala! husband Pagatipánan, let us make balaua14 and invite our relatives who are sorrowing for Aponībolinayen,” and Pagatipánan said, “We shall make balaua when next month comes, but now Aponībolinayen feels ill, perhaps she is tired.” Not long after that Aponībolinayen commanded them to prick her little finger which itched; and when her mother pricked it out popped a pretty baby.15 Her mother asked, “Where did you get this baby, Aponībolinayen?” But Aponībolinayen did not tell. “I do not know where I got it, and I did not feel,” she said. When they could not compel her to tell where she secured the baby, “Ala, we make balaua to-morrow,” said the father and mother.