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Then he grew suspicious and, changing himself into a centipede, hid in a crack in the floor. And when his wife again wished for some of the oranges, he overheard her. "Why did you not tell me the truth, Aponibolinayen?" he asked. "Because," she replied, "no one Who has gone to Adasen has ever come back, and I did not want you to risk your life."
And when the thunder made a loud noise Kanag did not move, and it bade him go on, as his sign was good. The women of Adasen were at the spring of Gawigawen dipping water, when suddenly they were startled by a great noise. They rose up, expecting to see a thousand warriors coming near; but though they looked all around they could see nothing but a young boy striking a shield.
She went into the room and she said again, "I am anxious to eat the oranges of Gawigawen of Adasen." "What is that?" said Aponitolau. "I am anxious to eat fish roe," said Aponibolinayen. So Aponitolau went to get his fish net and he fished in the river. As soon as he arrived at the river he threw his net and secured a fish with fish roe. He cut open the fish and took out the roe.
"This is the spring of Gawigawen of Adasen," replied the women. "And who are you that you dare come here?" Without replying he went on toward the town, but he found that he could not go inside, for it was surrounded by a bank which reached almost to the sky. While he stood with bowed head pondering what he should do, the chief of the spiders came up and asked why he was so sorrowful.
As soon as he arrived at the place of Silit it said to him, "Where are you going, Aponitolau?" "I am going to get the oranges of Gawigawen of Adasen." "Stand on top of that high stone so I can see if you have a good sign." So he went and Silit made a great noise. As soon as he made the great noise he jumped. "Go back, Aponitolau, and start another time, for you have a bad sign." "No, I go."
When he struck the tops of the other children they were broken at once. Not long after he struck the garbage pot of the old woman, and she was angry and said, "If you are a brave boy, you go and get your father whom Gawigawen of Adasen has inherited." And Kanag went back to their house crying.
Aponibolinayen was just going down the bamboo ladder out of the house, and hearing something drop on the floor she went back to look and found the oranges from Adasen. She eagerly ate the fruit, rejoicing that her husband had been able to reach the place where they grew. Then she thought to look at the vine, whose leaves were wilted, and she knew that her husband was dead.
Not long after he arrived at the place where the thunder was and it said, "Where are you going, little boy?" "I am going to follow my father in Adasen." "Go and stand on the high stone and see what your sign is." So he went. As soon as he stood on the high stone the thunder rolled, but Kanag did not move and the thunder was surprised.
Then Alokotan asked where he was going, and when he had told her, she said: "Your father is dead, but I believe that you will find him, for you have a good sign." He hurried on and arrived at the place where lightning was, and it asked: "Where are you going, little boy?" "I am going to Adasen to get my father," answered Kanag.
Go and tell Gawigawen of Adasen that he must prepare for I am going to fight with him." So all the women ran to the town and told Gawigawen that a strange boy was at the spring. Gawigawen said to the women, "Go and tell him that if it is true that he is brave he will come into the town if he can." So one of the women went to tell him and he went.
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