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A wood-chopper went to the woods. When he passed where the brook ran, “Go away, go away,” he said to Banbantay, the spirit of the brook. He heard a voice in the thicket. The voice said, “I should think he would see me.” The man answered, “Yes, I see you.” The spirit said, “Where am I now?” The man answered, “You are in the thicket.” The spirit came down and said, “Put my poncho on you.” When he has it on, no one can see him.[16] “See if I really can see you in my poncho.” The man took the poncho and put it on, then the spirit could not see him any more, because the cloth made him invisible. Then the man went home. When he reached there, he said to his wife, “Wife, where am I now?” She cried because she thought him dead. He said, “Do not cry, for I am not dead, but I have received a poncho which makes me invisible.” The man took off his poncho and embraced his wife, which made his wife laugh at him, for she knew then that her husband was powerful.