Hiding among the sugarcanes, Aponito watches the stars fall to earth.

Aponito decided to hide among the canes and try to catch whoever was responsible. “The thieves must have fallen out of the sky,” he thought, “for my good fence is undamaged.”

He did not know how right he was. That night he kept watch. Suddenly the stars began to move. They rained down and fell onto the ground in his sugarcane field. Aponito was frightened, but he kept his head until the biggest star of all fell to earth. It was so bright that Aponito was dazzled by the light.

When his eyes had become accustomed to the glare, he saw that the big star was a young woman. She was incredibly lovely and radiant. He had never seen her like before. She took off her garment and appeared in full splendor.

Aponito returns to visit his earthly wife, Bolina, and their son, Kanag.

Leaving her robe on the ground, she started picking some sugarcane. When she had enough she came back to where her garment lay, but she found Aponito sitting on it. “Please, can I have my robe?” she asked.

“Come and sit here with me,” he replied. “Let us eat these betel nuts together, for it is not polite to speak to each other before we have shared some food.”

She agreed that he was right, for in that country betel nuts are always used when people are introducing themselves. She sat down, accepted a betel nut from him, and began to chew. “My name is Aponito,” said the man, “and I am the owner of this garden. I planted all this sugarcane that you have been taking. What is your name, and where have you come from?”

“My name is Gaygayoma [Venus],” the star-bright girl replied. “I am the daughter of Sinag, the moon goddess. I will take you with me to our palace in the sky, and you may be my husband, for I like you. But first, you must let me have my garment back; otherwise, my star servants will consume you.”