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son, and I have been wishing to see you ever since I left
your house. It was I who sent the Spider to help you
and show you 3-our way here. My love for you is as
great as it ever was. We will go out now into the veranda,
and I will introduce you to your uncles and aunts, and to
your grandfather. They may not welcome you, because
they were opposed to my marriage to your father. But
do not fear them. We will be more than a match for
them all."
Then she spoke to her husband Siu, whom she was glad
to meet again. All three then went out into the veranda,
which was now full of people. Seragunting called the
sons-in-law of Singalang Burong his uncles, but they
refused to acknowledge him as their nephew.
They proposed several ordeals to prove the truth of his
words, that he was indeed the grandson of Singalang
Burong. In all of these Seragunting came off victorious.
As the men and boys were spinning their tops, they
asked Seragunting to join them. He had no top of his
own, so he asked his mother for one. She took an egg and
uttered some mysterious words over it, and immediately
it became a top. This she gave to her son, who went and
joined the others in the game. Whenever Seragunting
aimed at a top, he always hit it and smashed it. None of
the others were a match for him. In a short time all
the tops, except that of Seragunting, were broken in
pieces.
Then they suggested a wrestling match. Seragunting
was quite ready to try a fall with any of them, old or
young. Some of their best wrestlers came forward. The
first two were overthrown by him so easily, that the others
saw it was no use their attempting to wrestle with
Seragunting.