Note 135 — 13

As soon as he arrived at the well of Gimbangonan all the betel-nut trees bowed, and Gimbangonan shouted and all the world trembled. “How strange that all the world trembles when that lady shouts.” So Aponītolau took a walk. Not long after the old woman Alokotán saw him and she sent her little dog to bite his leg, and it took out part of his leg. “Do not proceed, for you have a bad sign. If you go, you cannot return to your town,” said the old woman Alokotán. “No, I can go back.” So he went. As soon as he arrived at the home of the lightning, “Where are you going?” said the lightning. “I am going to get the oranges from Gawīgawen of Adasen. Go and stand on the high stone and I will see what your sign is.” So he went and stood on the high stone and the lightning made a light and Aponītolau dodged. “Do not go, for you have a bad sign, and Gawīgawen will secure you.” “No, I am going.” So he went. As soon as he arrived at the place of Silīt135 it said to him, “Where are you going, Aponītolau?” “I am going to get the oranges of Gawīgawen of Adasen.” “Stand on top of that high stone so I can see if you have a good sign.” So he went and Silīt made a great noise. As soon as he made the great noise he jumped. “Go back, Aponītolau, and start another time, for you have a bad sign.”136 “No, I go.”