Note 54 — 4

Asībowan became pregnant and not long after she gave birth. “What shall we call our girl?” said Aponītolau. “We will call her Binaklingan.” When Asībowan bathed the baby it grew one span for she used magical power. So the baby grew one span every time.54 Not long after she could walk, Aponītolau saw the pile of bones which the searchers had thrown away when they ate, and it was nine times larger than the balaua. “The best thing for us to do, Asībowan, is for us to go to Kadalayapan, for my father and mother are still searching for me and the people who are searching are eating all their animals.” “The best thing for you to do is to go home and find a woman whom you should marry and then when you are married you make Sayang55 and I will come to Kadalayapan,” said Asībowan, for it was not good for them to be married because she had less magical power than Aponītolau. “If you do not wish to go, I will take our daughter Binaklingan.” “Wait awhile until we have commanded that a house be built for her to live in.” Not long after they commanded that a house be made for Binaklingan, and it was all of gold. It was finished in the middle of the night and she used magic so that the golden house went to Kadalayapan.