A fisherman went to catch fish with his throw net. While he was fishing, a big bird, Banog, saw him. It seized the man, put him on its back and flew away. It lighted on a very big tree in the forest. In the thicket there was a nest with two small Banog in it.
After the bird had put the man near the nest, it flew away again, and the nestlings wished to eat the man, but he defended himself so they could not eat him. He took one in each hand and jumped from the tree, and the young birds broke his fall so that he was not hurt. The man was much frightened by the things which had happened to him, and he ran to his home. When he arrived home, he told with tears what had happened to him. His family were very happy over his return, and made him promise not to go alone again to fish. Page 202
[1] A similiar incident is found in the Northern Celebes and among the Kenyah of Borneo. See Bezemer, Volksdichtung aus Indonesien, p. 304. (Haag, 1904.) Hose and McDougall, Pagan Tribes of Borneo. Vol. II, p, 148, London, 1912.
[2] A variant of this tale is told by the Bagobo of southern Mindanao. See Benedict, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. XXVI, 1913, p. 59.
[3] The gold or silver wire worn by women or men about their necks.
[4] A little bird.
[5] A kind of bamboo.
[6] For other versions of this tale see [p. 29, note 3].
[7] A shell.