Bulanawan and Aguio

_Bukidnon_ (_Mindanao_)

Langgona and his wife had twin boys named Bulanawan and Aguio. One

day, when they were about two years old, the mother took Bulanawan to

the field with her when she went to pick cotton. She spread the fiber

she had gathered the day before on the ground to dry near the child,

and while she was getting more a great wind suddenly arose which

wound the cotton around the baby and carried him away. Far away to

a distant land the wind took Bulanawan, and in that place he grew

up. When he was a man, he became a great warrior. [121]

One day while Bulanawan and his wife were walking along the seashore,

they sat down to rest on a large, flat rock, and Bulanawan fell

asleep. Now Aguio, the twin brother of Bulanawan, had become a great

warrior also, and he went on a journey to this distant land, not

knowing that his brother was there. It happened that he was walking

along the seashore in his war-dress  [122] on this same day, and when

he saw the woman sitting on the large, flat rock, he thought her very

beautiful, and he determined to steal her.

As he drew near he asked her to give him some of her husband's

betel-nut to chew, and when she refused he went forward to fight her

husband, not knowing they were brothers. As soon as his wife awakened

him Bulanawan sprang up, seized her, put her in the cuff of his sleeve,

[123] and came forth ready to fight. Aguio grew very angry at this, and

they fought until their weapons were broken, and the earth trembled.

Now the two brothers of the rivals felt the earth tremble although they

were far away, and each feared that his brother was in trouble. One

was in the mountains and he started at once for the sea; the other was

in a far land, but he set out in a boat for the scene of the trouble.

They arrived at the same time at the place of battle, and they

immediately joined in it. Then the trembling of the earth increased

so much that Langgona, the father of Aguio and Bulanawan, sought out

the spot and tried to make peace. But he only seemed to make matters

worse, and they all began fighting him. So great did the disturbance

become that the earth was in danger of falling to pieces.

Then it was that the father of Langgona came and settled the trouble,

and when all were at peace again they discovered that Aguio and

Bulanawan were brothers and the grandsons of the peacemaker.