tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85587869600653743082023-11-15T05:47:33.645-08:00Philippine LiteratureA compilation of Filipino riddles, myths, proverbs, legends, epics, folktales and folk songs.Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-36546932508118915312009-08-23T03:04:00.000-07:002009-08-23T03:06:57.926-07:00Folktales<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%; mso-outline-level:1"><a name="_Toc237651323"></a><a name="_Toc237650203"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The Monkey and the Turtle</span></span></b></span></span></a><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">One day a Monkey met a Turtle on the road, and asked, "Where are you going?"<br />"I am going to find something to eat, for I have had no food for three whole days," said the Turtle.<br />"I too am hungry," said the Monkey; "and since we are both hungry, let us go together and hunt food for our stomachs' sake."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">They soon became good friends and chatted along the way, so that the time passed quickly. Before they had gone far, the Monkey saw a large bunch of yellow bananas on a tree at a distance.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Oh, what a good sight that is!" cried he. "Don't you see the bananas hanging on that banana-tree?”, pointing with his first finger toward the tree. They are fine! I can taste them already."<br />But the Turtle was short-sighted and could not see them. By and by they came near the tree, and then he saw them. The two friends were very glad. The mere sight of the ripe, yellow fruit seemed to assuage their hunger.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">But the Turtle could not climb the tree, so he agreed that the Monkey should go up alone and should throw some of the fruit down to him. The Monkey was up in a flash; and, seating himself comfortably, he began to eat the finest of the fruit, and forgot to drop any down to the Turtle waiting below. The Turtle called for some, but the Monkey pretended not to hear. He ate even the peelings, and refused to drop a bit to his friend, who was patiently begging under the tree.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">At last the Turtle became angry, very angry indeed: "so he thought he would revenge" (as my informant puts it). While the Monkey was having a good time, and filling his stomach, the Turtle gathered sharp, broken pieces of glass, and stuck them, one by one, all around<br />the banana-tree. Then he hid himself under a cocoanut-shell not far away. This shell had a hole in the top to allow the air to enter. That was why the Turtle chose it for his hiding-place.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The Monkey could not eat all the bananas, for there were enough to last a good-sized family several days; "but he ate all what he can," and by and by came down the tree with great difficulty, for the glass was so sharp that it cut even the tough hand of the Monkey. He had a hard time, and his hands were cut in many places. The Turtle thought he had his revenge, and was not so angry as before.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">But the Monkey was now very angry at the trick that had been played upon him, and began looking for the Turtle, intending to kill him. For some time he could not find his foe, and, being very tired, he sat down on the cocoanut-shell near by. His weariness increased his anger at the Turtle very much.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He sat on the shell for a long time, suffering from his wounds, and wondering where to find the Turtle,--his former friend, but now his enemy. Because of the disturbance of the shell, the Turtle inside could not help making a noise. This the Monkey heard; and he was surprised, for he could not determine whence the sound came. At last he lifted his stool, and there found his foe the Turtle.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Ha! Here you are!" he cried. "Pray now, for it is the end of your life."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He picked up the Turtle by the neck and carried him near the riverbank,where he meant to kill him. He took a mortar and pestle, and built a big fire, intending to pound him to powder or burn him to death. When everything was ready, he told the Turtle to choose whether he should die in the fire or be "grounded" in the mortar. The Turtle begged for his life; but when he found it was in vain, he prayed to be thrown into the fire or ground in the mortar,--anything except be thrown into the water. On hearing this, the Monkey picked the Turtle up in his bleeding fingers, and with all his might threw him into the middle of the stream.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Then the Turtle was very glad. He chuckled at his own wit, and laughed at the foolishness of the Monkey. He came up to the surface of the water and mocked at the Monkey, saying, "This is my home. The water is my home."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">This made the Monkey so angry that he lost his self-possession entirely. He jumped into the middle of the river after the Turtle, and was drowned.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Since that day monkeys and turtles have been bitter enemies. </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%; mso-outline-level:1"><a name="_Toc237650204"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">How the Farmer Deceived the Demon</span></span></b></span></span></a><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Very many years ago, in a far-away land where the trees never changed their green leaves and where the birds always sang, there lived on an island a farmer with a large family. Though all alone on the island and knowing nothing of people in the outer world, they were<br />always happy,--as happy as the laughing rills that rippled past their home. They had no great wealth, depending from year to year on the crops which the father raised. They needed no money, for they lacked nothing; and they never sold their produce, for no people were near to buy.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">One day in the middle of the year, after the crops were well started, a loud, unusual roar was heard. Suddenly a stiff gale blew up from the southwest, and with it came clouds which quickly hid the entire sky. The day turned to night. The birds ceased to sing and went to<br />their nests. The wild beasts ran to their caves. The family sought shelter in the house from a heavy downpour of rain which continued for many days and nights. So long did it last that they became very anxious about the condition of things around them.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">On the eighth day the birds again began to sing, and the sun was, as usual, bright. The farmer arose early and went out to look at his fields, but, lo! his crop was all destroyed. He went back to the house and told the family that the water-god was angry and had washed away that entire he had hoped to have for the coming year.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">What were they to do? The supply in the house was getting low and it was too late to raise another crop. The father worried night and day, for he did not know how he could keep his children from starvation.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">One day he made a long journey and came into a place that was strange to him. He had never before seen the like of it. But in the midst of a broad meadow he saw a tree with spreading branches like an elm, and as his legs and back were stiff from walking, he went over and sat down under it. Presently, looking up, he discovered that on the tree were large red fruits. He climbed up and brought some down, and after satisfying his hunger he fell asleep.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He had not slept long when he was awakened by a loud noise. The owner of the place was coming. He was fearful to look upon. His body was like that of a person, but he was of enormous size; and he had a long tail, and two horns growing out of his head. The farmer was frightened and did not know what to do. He stood motionless till the master came up and began to talk to him. Then he explained that he had come there in search of food to keep his family alive. The monster was delighted to hear this, for he saw that he had the man and the man's family in his power. He told the traveller that in return for a certain promise he would help him out of his troubles.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The demon, as he was called by some travellers to that land, showed the farmer a smooth, round stone, which, he said, gave its possessor the power of a magician. He offered to lend this to the farmer for five years, if at the expiration of that time the farmer and family would become his slaves. The farmer consented.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Then the demon was glad. He said to the farmer, "You must squeeze the stone when you wish to become invisible; and must put it in your mouth when you wish to return to human form."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The man tried the power of the magic stone. He squeezed it, and instantly became invisible to the demon; but he bade him farewell, and promised to meet him in the same place at the appointed time.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In this invisible form the man crossed the water that washed the shore of the island on which he lived. There he found a people who lived in communities. He wanted something to eat, so he went into the shops; but he found that a restaurant owned by a Chinaman was the one to which most people of the city went. He put the stone in his mouth, thus appearing in visible form, and, entering the restaurant, ordered the best food he could find. He finished his meal quickly and went out. The waiter, perceiving that he did not pay, followed him. The man had no money; so he squeezed the stone and shot up into the air without being seen. The Chinaman, alarmed by the cry of the waiter, came out and ran in all directions, trying to find and catch the man. No one could find him; and the people thought he must indeed be a fast runner to escape so quickly, for they did not know of the gift of the demon.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Not far from that place he saw groups of men and women going in and out of a large building. It was a bank. The farmer went in to see what he could find. There he saw bags of money, gold and silver. He chuckled with joy at this opportunity. In order to use his hands freely, he put the stone in his mouth; but before he could fill all his pockets with money, he was discovered by the two guards, who began to pound him on the head. He struggled to save his life, and finally took the stone out of his mouth and squeezed it. Instantly he vanished from their sight; but he was vexed at the beating he had received, so he carried off all the gold they had in the bank. The people inside as well as outside the building became crazy. They ran about in all directions, not knowing why. Some called the firemen, thinking the bank was on fire; but nothing had happened, except that the farmer was gone and the two guards were "half dead frightened." They danced up and down the streets in great excitement, but could not utter a word.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Straight home went the farmer, not stopping by the way. His wife and children were awaiting him. He gave them the money, and told them all about the fortune which he had gotten from the man on their own island,--told all his secrets. Prosperous they became, and with the money which he had brought they purchased all they needed from the city just opposite them.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The time passed so pleasantly that the man was surprised to discover that his promise would be due in two more days. He made preparations to go back to the land of his master. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Arrived there, he met the same monster under the same tree. The demon was displeased to see the old man alone, without the family which also had been promised. He told the man that he would shut him in a cave and then would go and capture those left at home.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">But the farmer would not go to the cave. The demon tried to pull him into a deep hole. Both struggled; and at last the farmer squeezed the magic stone and disappeared. He took a green branch of the tree and beat the demon. The demon surrendered. He begged for mercy.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The farmer went home, and from that day thought no more of the demon. He knew that while he held the stone the monster would never come to trouble him. And the family lived on in peace and happiness, as they had done before the water-god became angry with them.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-50367974209085348282009-08-23T03:02:00.000-07:002009-08-23T03:04:20.741-07:00HINILAWOD<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%; mso-outline-level:1"><a name="_Toc237651321"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">HINILAWOD</span></b></span></span></span></span></a><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Adventures of Datu Paubari and his Sons</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">When the goddess of the eastern sky Alunsina (also known as Laun Sina, "The Unmarried One") reached maidenhood, the king of the gods, Kaptan, decreed that she should marry. All the unmarried gods of the different domains of the universe tried their luck to win her hand to no avail. She chose to marry a mortal, Datu Paubari, the mighty ruler of Halawod.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Her decision angered her other suitors. They plotted to bring harm to the newlyweds. A meeting of the council of gods was called by Maklium-sa-t'wan, god of the plains, where a decision by those present was made to destroy Halawod by flood.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Alunsina and Paubari escaped harm through the assistance of Suklang Malayon, the goddess and guardian of happy homes and sister of Alunsina, who learned of the evil plot and warned the two so they were able to seek refuge on higher ground.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">After the flood waters subsided, Paubari and Alunsina returned to the plains secretly. They settled near the mouth of the Halawod River.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Several months later Alunsina became pregnant and told Paubari to prepare the siklot, things necessary for childbirth. She delivered a set of triplets and summoned the high priest Bungot-Banwa to perform the rites of the gods of Mount Madya-as (the mountain abode of the gods)to ensure the good health of the children. The high priest promptly made an altar and burned some alanghiran fronds and a pinch of kamangyan. When the ceremony was over he opened the windows of the north side of the room and a cold northernly wind came in and suddenly the three infants were transformed into strong, handsome young men</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Labaw Donggon, the eldest of the three, asked his mother to prepare his magic cape, hat, belt and kampilan (sword) for he heard of a place called Handug where a beautiful maiden named Angoy Ginbitinan lived.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The journey took several days. He walked across plains and valleys, climbed up mountains until he reached the mouth of the Halawod river. When he finally met the maiden's father and asked for her hand in marriage, the father asked him to fight the monster Manalintad as part of his dowry. He went off to confront the monster and with the help of his magic belt Labaw Donggon killed the monster and to prove his feat he brought to Angoy Ginbitinan's father the monster's tail.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">After the wedding Labaw Donggon proceeded home with his new bride. Along the way they met a group of young men who told him that they were on their way to Tarambang Burok to win the hand of Abyang Durunuun, sister of Sumpoy the lord of the underworld and whose beauty was legendary.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Labaw Donggon and his bride continued on their journey home. The moment they arrived home Labaw Donggon told his mother to take care of his wife because he is taking another quest, this time he was going to Tarambang Burok.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Before he can get to the place he has to pass a ridge guarded by a giant named Sikay Padalogdog who has a hundred arms. The giant would not allow Labaw Donggon to go through without a fight. However, Sikay Padalogdog was no match to Labaw Donggon's prowess and skill in fighting so he gave up and allowed him to continue.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Labaw Donggon won the hand of Abyang Durunuun and also took her home. Before long he went on another journey, this time it is to Gadlum to ask for the hand of Malitong Yawa Sinagmaling Diwata who is the young bride of Saragnayan the lord of darkness.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">This trip required him to use his biday nga inagta (black boat) on which he sailed across the seas for many months, went across the region of the clouds, passed the land of stones until finally he reached the shores of Tulogmatian which was the seaside fortress of Saragnayan. The moment he set foot on the ground Saragnayan asked him, "Who are you and why are you here?" To which he answered, "I am Labaw Donggon, son of Datu Paubari and goddess Alunsina of Halawod. I came for the beautiful Malitong Yawa Sinagmaling Diwata."</span></span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /><br /></span></span></span> </span><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Saragnayan laughed. He told Labaw Donggon that what he wished for was impossible to grant because she was his wife. Labaw Donggon then challenged Saragnayan to a duel saying that whoever wins will have her.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The challenge was accepted and they started fighting. Labaw Donggon submerged Saragnayan under water for seven years, but when he let go of him, Saragnayan was still alive. The latter uprooted a coconut tree and started beating Labaw Donggon with it. He survived the beating but was not able to surpass the powers of Saragnayan's pamlang (amulet) and eventually he gave up and was imprisoned by Saragnayan beneath his house.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Back home Angoy Ginbitinan and Abyang Durunuun both delivered sons. Angoy Ginbitinan's child was named Aso Mangga and Abyang Durunuun's son was called Abyang Baranugon.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-49993646201473032452009-08-23T03:01:00.000-07:002009-08-23T03:02:00.474-07:00Bidasari<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">When a simple merchant, his young son and mute servant are out in the woods, they chance upon a drifting boat, in which there is a baby girl and a bowl containing a live goldfish. The merchant realises that the baby is unusual because her life is bonded to the fish: if the fish leaves the water, she stops breathing. The merchant adopts the baby as her own and names her Bidasari. Years later Bidasari grows up into a beautiful young woman while the merchant has prospered into a wealthy businessman. At the royal palace of this kingdom, the King has just remarried a beautiful woman, the Permaisuri (Queen). The Permaisuri is a proud woman who secretly practises witchcraft. Hidden in her chambers is a magic mirror that can show her anything she asks. She uses it to ask who the most beautiful in all the land is. One day when she asks the mirrorthis question, the image of Bidasari appears in it. She is enraged by this and carries out a search to find who Bidasari is. Her search leads her to the merchant's house. Under the guise of kindness, the Permaisuri asks the merchant for permission to bring Bidasari to the palace to be her companion. Although the merchant is reluctant to part with his beloved daughter, he lets her go. But once Bidasari arrives at the palace, she is sent to the kitchens as a servant, where she is starved and given the dirtiest jobs. After the Permaisuri is satisfied that Bidasari has been ruined, she once again asks her magic mirror who is the most beautiful in the land. When the mirrorshows Bidasari yet again, the Permaisuri flies into a rage and runs to the kitchen where she grabs burning pieces of firewood which she tries to burn Bidasari's face with. She is shocked when the fire goes out and Bidasari's face is left untouched. Bidasari, who has by now realised that the Permaisuri's malice is targeted only at her and will never stop, begs for mercy and explains her life is bonded to that of a fish that is kept in a bowl in her father's garden. The Permaisuri has a servant steal the fish for her from the merchant's garden, and as soon as the fish leaves the water, Bidasari collapses and stops breathing. Satisfied that Bidasari's life is in her hands, the Permaisuri hangs the fish around her neck as a trophy. When she asks the mirror who is the most beautiful in the land, the mirror shows her own image. The merchant realises that the fish is missing, and is told that Bidasari died mysteriously at the palace. Her body is returned to him and he builds a small tomb for her in the woodswhere her body is laid out in peace. Meanwhile, the Permaisuri's stepson the Prince has been having dreams about Bidasari, although he has never met her. The dreams plague him even in his waking hours, despite his father's advice that such a beautiful woman cannot exist. The Permaisuri sees her stepson acting this way and plants a painting of Bidasari in his room. The Prince finds the painting, which leads him to the merchant who explains the sad tale of Bidasari's death and the mysterious disappearance of the fish. The Prince decides to visit Bidasari's tomb to see her beauty with his own eyes. Coincidentally at this time, back at the palace the Permaisuri is having a bath in the royal bathing pool.</span></span></span></span></span></p><span class="f51"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The fish manages to break free of its locket and drops into the water where it starts swimming. This causes Bidasari to wake up right before the Prince's eyes. Bidasari tells him of what the Permaisuri did to her, which confirms the Prince's suspicions of his stepmother. When the Permaisuri finishes her bath, she discovers that the fishhas gotten free. She manages to catch it just as the Prince is about to help Bidasari leave the tomb, causing her to fall unconscious again. The Prince places Bidasari back in the tomb and promises to make things right. The Prince returns to the palace in a fury, demanding that the Permaisuri give him the fish. The Permaisuri pretends not to know anything, and when the King listens to the Prince's explanation, the King declares that his son has gone insane and calls the royal guards. A fight ensues, during which the Permaisuri is injured and dies. Just before the Prince is about to be captured, the merchant and the Prince's loyal manservants arrive with Bidasari on a stretcher. The merchant explains that the story about the fish being bonded to Bidasari's life is true. The Prince takes the fish from the locket around the Permaisuri's neck and puts it into a bowl of water. As soon as the fish enters the water, Bidasari comes back to life. The King apologises to his son, and the Prince and Bidasari are married.</span></span></span></span></span>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-16500874706387578902009-08-23T02:57:00.000-07:002009-08-23T03:00:33.698-07:00Cosmogony (Bagobo)<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%; mso-outline-level:1"><a name="_Toc237651314"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Cosmogony (Bagobo)</span></b></span></span></span></a><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In the beginning, Diwata made the sea and the land, and planted trees of many kinds. Then he took two lumps of earth, and shaped them like human figures; then he spit on them, and they became man and woman. The old man was called Tuglay, and the old woman, Tuglibung. The two were married, and lived together. The Tuglay made a great house, and planted seeds of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> different kinds that Diwata gave him.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Diwata made the sun, the moon, the stars, and the rivers. First he made the great eel (kasili), a fish that is like a snake in the river, and wound it all around the world. Diwata then made the great crab (kayumang), and put it near the great eel, and let it go wherever it liked. Now, when the great crab bites the great eel, the eel wriggles, and this produces an earthquake.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> When the rain falls, it is Diwata throwing out water from the sky. When Diwata spits, the showers fall. The sun makes yellow clouds, and the yellow clouds make the colors of the rainbow. But the white clouds are smoke from the fire of the gods.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><a name="_Toc237651315"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In the Days of the Mona</span></b></span></span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Long ago the sun hung low over the earth. And the old woman called Mona said to the sky, "You go up high, because I cannot pound my rice when you are in the way."</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Then the sky moved up higher.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Mona was the first woman, and Tuglay was the first man. There were at that time only one man and one woman on the earth. Their eldest son was named Malaki; their eldest daughter, Bia. They lived at the centre of the earth.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Tuglay and Mona made all the things in the world; but the god made the woman and the man. Mona was also called Tuglibung. Tuglay and Tuglibung got rich, because they could see the god.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> But the snake was there too, and he gave the fruit to the man and the woman, saying to them, "If you eat the fruit, it will open your eyes."</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Then they both ate the fruit. This made the god angry.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> After this, Tuglibung and Tuglay could not see the god any more.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Why the Sky Went Up</span></b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> In the beginning, when the world was made, the sky lay low down over the earth. At this time the poor families called "Mona" were living in the world. The sky hung so low, that, when they wanted to pound their rice, they had to kneel down on the ground to get a play for the arm. Then the poor woman called Tuglibung said to the sky, "Go up higher! Don't you see that I cannot pound my rice well?"</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> So the sky began to move upwards. When it had gone up about five fathoms, the woman said again, "Go up still more!"</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> This made the sun angry at the woman, and he rushed up very high. In the old days, when the sun as well as the sky was low down, the Mona had a deep hole in the ground, as large as a house, into which they would creep to keep themselves from the fierce heat of the sun.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> The Mona were all very old; but after the sun went up very high, they began to get babies.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><a name="_Toc237651316"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The Sun and the Moon</span></b></span></span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Long ago the Sun had to leave the Moon to go to another town. He knew that his wife, the Moon, was expecting the birth of a child; and, before going away, he said to her, "When your baby is born, if it is a boy, keep it; if a girl, kill it."</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> A long time passed before the Sun could come back to the Moon, and while he was gone, the Moon gave birth to her baby. It was a girl. A beautiful child it was, with curly hair like binubbud, with burnished nails that looked like gold, and having the white spots called pamoti on its body. The mother felt very sad to think of killing it, and so she hid it in the big box (kaban) where they kept their clothes.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> As soon as the Sun returned, he asked the Moon, "How about our baby?"</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> At once the Moon replied, "It was a girl: I killed it yesterday." The Sun had only a week to stay at home with the Moon. One night he dreamed that a boy with white hair came to him from heaven. The boy stood close to him, and spoke these words:--</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> "Your wife got a baby, but it was a girl; and she hid it away from you in the box."</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> When the Sun wakened from sleep, he was very angry at the Moon, and the two fell to quarrelling about the baby. The Moon wanted the child saved.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> "You ought to keep it with you," she urged.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> "No, no!" protested the Sun. "I cannot keep it, because my body is so hot it would make your baby sick."</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> "And I cannot keep it," complained the Moon, "for my body is very dark; and that would surely make the child sick."</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Then the Sun fell into a passion of rage; and he seized his big kampilan, and slew the child. He cut its small body into numberless little bits,--as many as the grains of sand that lie along the seashore. Out of the window he tossed the pieces of the shining little body; and, as the gleaming fragments sparkled to their places in the sky, the stars came to birth.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><a name="_Toc237651317"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Origin of the Stars</span></b></span></span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> All the old Bagobo men say that the Sun and the Moon once had a quarrel about the Moon's baby.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> The Moon had a baby in her belly; and the Sun said, "If our baby is a girl, we will kill it, because a girl could not be like me."</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Then the Sun went on a journey to another town, and while he was gone, the baby was born; but it was a girl. Now, the Moon felt very sorry to think of her little child being killed, and she hid it in a box. In a few days, the Sun came home to rest with his wife. Then he asked her for the baby.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> The Moon answered, "I killed it yesterday: it was a girl."</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> But the Sun did not believe what his wife said. Then he opened the box to get his clothes, and there he saw a baby-girl. And the Sun was very angry. He seized the baby and cut it into many pieces, and threw the pieces out of the window. Then the pieces of the baby's body became the stars.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Before the Sun and the Moon had their quarrel, they journeyed together through the sky, and the sky was not far above the earth, as now, but it lay low down.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The Fate of the Moon's Baby</span></b></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The Sun wanted the Moon to have a boy-baby so that it would be like its father. The Moon too hoped to give birth to a boy. But when the child was born, it was a girl. Now, at that time, the Moon was very hungry, and wanted to eat her own baby. Then the Sun killed the girl-child, and ate it up himself.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The Black Men at the Door of the Sun</span></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The men who live in that part of the world near to where the sun rises are very black. They are called Manobo tagselata k'alo. From sunrise until noon, they stay in a hole in the ground to escape the fierce heat of the sun. Just before sunrise, they put their rice in the big pot, with water, and leave it without any fire under the pot. Then they creep into their hole in the ground. The rising sun cooks the rice; and, when the black men come out of the hole at noon, their meal is all ready for them. From noon until sunset, and then all night, the black men play and work. But before the sun rises, they fix their rice in the pot, leave it for the sun to cook, and go down again into the big hole.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><a name="_Toc237651318"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Story of the Eclipse</span></b></span></span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Before time began, very long ago, a great bird called "minokawa" swallowed the moon. Seized with fear, all the people began to scream and make a great noise. Then the bird peeped down to see what was the matter, and he opened his mouth. But as soon as he opened his mouth, the moon sprang out and ran away.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> The minokawa-bird is as large as the Island of Negros or Bohol. He has a beak of steel, and his claws too are of steel. His eyes are mirrors, and each single feather is a sharp sword. He lives outside the sky, at the eastern horizon, ready to seize the moon when she reaches there from her journey under the earth.</span></span></span></span></p><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> The moon makes eight holes in the eastern horizon to come out of, and eight holes in the western horizon to go into, because every day the big bird tries to catch her, and she is afraid. The exact moment he tries to swallow her is just when she is about to come in through one of the holes in the east to shine on us again. If the minokawa should swallow the moon, and swallow the sun too, he would then come down to earth and gulp down men also. But when the moon is in the belly of the big bird, and the sky is dark, then all the Bagobo scream and cry, and beat agongs, because they fear they will all "get dead." Soon this racket makes the minokawa-bird look down and "open his mouth to hear the sound." Then the moon jumps out of the bird's mouth and runs away.</span></span></span></span>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-53127278818847926362009-08-23T02:52:00.000-07:002009-08-23T02:56:40.995-07:00The Creation of the World<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%; mso-outline-level:1"><a name="_Toc237651313"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The Creation of the World</span></span></span></span></a><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">as Told by the Mangians and the Negritos</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Away back in the long ago the earth did not exist, and there was only a vast immense sea formed by a huge ocean. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Once after the end of the long and painful imprisonment of King Manaul by his opponent King Tubluck Lawi after a bloody war which they fought with the result of the rout of King Manaul, and after Manaul had broken the enormous chain with which he was fastened, he went out flying into space with the intention of avenging himself on his most fierce and feared enemy, Tubluck Lawi. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Many years passed during which King Manaul wandered through the air, flying hither and thither without finding any place where he could alight and rest from his long and tiresome journey. He declared himself the enemy of the earth and of the sky. These, in fury at such boldness, tried to punish King Manaul. The liquid element sent out waves which raised themselves in anger, like tremendous peaks, scattering foam and minute particles of water into space. The sky, in its turn, called to its assistance Canauay and Aminhan, the gods who rule the air, to send out furious winds. The sky discharged a torrential rain. They tried to punish him, but King Manaul, light and agile, with his powerful wings, always escaped and mocked at the infuriated elements, withdrawing lightly from their colossal discharges. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Days and months went by, and then years. But no one yielded a bit in his boasting. At last both grew weary, and having resolved to conclude their long and quarrelsome rivalry, begged to know each other's desires. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">King Manaul begged that he be given light, and instantly there appeared revolving about him an immense number of little lights produced by a multitude of fireflies. Further, he desired counselors, and in a trice he had every kind of bird at his side. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Seeing some exceedingly fine chicks, he could not restrain his gluttony, and in one bound ate up all that were there. Since there were no other chicks on which to satiate his appetite, he began successively to devour and eat, first among the smaller birds, and ending with the largest ones. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">His other bird counselors, on the other hand, began to devour his small fireflies, until not the least sign of them appeared. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Angered by so gross an insult, he called his owls, which by chance were passing that place, and swore to them that they should be punished for such a villainy. So he obliged them to stay awake during the night, and gave them double-sized eyes, so that in the future they might see better and not eat his beloved fireflies. From that time, and the desires of King Manaul having been fulfilled, we see owls with their big eyes that are wakeful during night, suffering still the punishment of King Manaul. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Enter the king of the air, many of whose counselors Manaul had devoured. His wrath was boundless. He stamped his feet, and vomitted up terrible lightnings, thunderbolts, and whirlwinds. He sought aid from King Cantan of the Higuecinas, or the genius of the men of the sea, in order to punish the boldness of Manaul. He (Captan) sent from the sky huge rocks and stones to crush Manaul, but this had no result, for it was avoided by King Manaul. </span></span></span></p> <span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Here the earth found its beginning, for then Manaul, findling a support in those big stones made them remain fixed forever. They having become his dwelling, King Manaul lived happily forever. Those lands had their beginning from that time and are still here today. Thanks to the rage of Captan against Manaul, the world had its beginning.</span></span></span></span>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-72529308444060489952009-08-23T02:48:00.000-07:002009-08-23T02:49:13.116-07:00The Creation of the World (Bikol)<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Thousands and thousands of years ago, there was a time when the space occupied by the universe was vacant. The moon, the sun, the stars, and the earth were conspicuous by their absence. Only the vast expanse of water and the sky above it could be seen. The kingdom of the sky was under the rule of the great god Languit while the water was under the sovereignty of the god Tubigan. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Languit had a daughter called Dagat, the Sea, who became the wife of Paros, the wind, who was the son of Tubigan. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Four children were born to Dagat and Paros, three of whom were boys called Daga, Aldao, and Bulan, and one girl named Bitoon. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Daga, a strong man, possessed a body of rock; Aldao, a jolly fellow, had a body of gold; Bulan, a copper-made man, was a weakling; while the beautiful Bitoon was made of pure silver. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">After the death of the father Paros, Daga being the eldest son, succeeded in the control of the winds. Soon after, Dagat, the mother died,leaving her children under the care of the grandparents Languit and Tubigan. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">After assuming the control of the winds, Daga became arrogant and ambitious, desiring to gain more power, so he induced his younger brothers to attack the kingdom of Languit. At first, thsy refused; at Daga's anger, Bulan and Aldao were constrained to join Daga in his plot. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Preparations were made and when everything was ready they set out on their expedition and began to attack the gates of the sky. Failure to open the gates, Daga let loose the winds in all directions so that the gate was destroyed and the brothers succeeded in gaining an entrance. But they were met by the enraged god Languit who sent out three bolts of lightning after them. All of them were struck by lightning. The copper body of Bulan melted into a ball so also with the golden body of Aldao. Daga's body fell into the sea and became what is now the earth. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Their sister Bitoon, on discovering the absence of her brothers went out to Seek for them. But upon meeting the enraged god Languit, Bitoon was struck also by another bolt of lightning which broke her body into many pieces. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Then Languit descended from the sky and called Tubigan and accused him of helping their grandsons in their attack on his kingdom. But Tubigan defended himself saying he has no knowledge about the attack for he was asleep far down into the sea. Tubigan succeeded in pacifying Languit and the two regretted and wept the loss of thair grandchildren. Since they could not revive them, they gave to each body a light. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Thus the body of Bulan became the moon, Aldao became the sun, and the beautiful Bitoon became the stars in the heaven. But to Daga they did not give light and his body gave rise to the land on earth. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Tubigan then planted a seed which grew up into a bamboo tree. From one of its branches, came a man and a woman who became the first parents of the human race. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Three children were born to them. One called Maisog, invented a fish trap. One day he caught such a very big and grotesque looking whale that he thought it was a god. So he ordered his people to worship it. The people gathered around and began to pray; but so sooner had they begun when gods from the sky appeared and commanded Maisog to throw the whale to the water and worship no one but the gods. But Maisog was not afraid and defied the gods, Languit, the king of the sky, struck Maisog with a lightning and stunned him. Then he scattered the people over the earth as a punishment. In this way the earth was peopled. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Maisog's body was blackened by the lightning and all his descendants are black. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">But Maisog's first son was carried to the north and became the parent of the white people. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">His other children were brought to the south where the sun was hot that it scorched their bodies so that all their people were of brown color. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The other people were carried to the east where they had to feed on clay due to scarcity of food. Because of this diet, their descendants were of yellow color. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In this way the earth came into being.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-666030179834121172009-08-23T02:47:00.000-07:002009-08-23T02:48:18.122-07:00The Story of Creation (Ifugao)<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">To the Ifuao’s, </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Mak-no-ngan</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> was the greatest of all the gods. It was he, they believed, who created the earth and the place of the dead. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The place of the dead was divided into many sections. The most important of these sections were Lagud and Daya. Lagud was set aside for those who died of sickness. They were the most favored my Mak-no-ngan. Daya was set aside for those who died of violence. They remained restless and unhappy, until their deaths were avenged by their relatives. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">After Mak-no-ngan created the earth, he made Uvigan in his image. Uvigan, then, was the first man. Mak-no-ngan gave him the entire earth to enjoy. But he remained unhappy just the same, because he was lonely. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Seeing this, Mak-no-ngan made Bugan, the first woman. Then he told Uvigan, “Take this woman and be happy with her.” And for many years the couple lived in innocence, happiness, and peace. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Now, on the earth, there grew a tree which was different from any other. From the very beginning, Mak-no-ngan had warned the couple against it. “Don’t eat its fruit,” he told them, “because it is evil. It will only make you unhappy.” </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">But Mak-no-ngan’s warning only made Bugan all the more curious about the tree – especially since it was beautiful and its fruit looked tempting. She tried hard to keep away from it, but she could not help herself. Again and again, almost against her will, her feet would lead her to it. And her mouth would water as she gazed at the ripe fruit. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Finally, Bugan could not contain herself any longer. One day, she went straight to the tree, plucked one of the fruit, and sank her teeth into it. It was good. She liked it so much that she was seized with a desire to share it with Uvigan. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">And so she went to Uvigan, saying, “Here, Uvigan, taste this.” </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Isn't that the fruit that Mak-no-ngan forbade us to eat? Uvigan wanted to know. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Yes, and it's very good," said Bugan. "It tastes better than any other fruit I've eaten." </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"But what will Mak-no-ngan say?" asked Uvigan. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"He doesn't need to know," said Bugan. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"He will, though," said Uvigan. "He's a god, and he has ways of finding out." </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Then why didn't he punish me the moment I plucked the fruit?" Bugan asked. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Just the same, it's wrong and wicked of you to have plucked and eaten the fruit," Uvigan pointed out. "You should not have disobeyed Mak-no-ngan. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Well," said Bugan, "I don't see, anyway, why he should have forbidden us to eat the fruit in the first place, unless he wants to save it for himself. But he can't possibly eat all of it. There's plenty and to spare." </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Perhaps you're right," agreed Uvigan. "Let me have a bite of the fruit." </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Bugan gave it to him. He took a bite, and another, and another, as his eyes lighted with pleasure. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Nothing happened to Uvigan and Bugan right away. But little by little, they grew discontented and unhappy. And they began to quarrel with each other. For evil had entered their lives. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Uvigan and Bugan bore many children. But they were all unruly, disobedient, and troublesome. And after some years, Uvigan died in deep sorrow, leaving Bugan alone to run the household. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The children of Uvigan and Bugan grew more and more wicked, until Mak-no-ngan could no longer control his anger. To punish them, he caused the rice plants to wither and die; so that, in the end, they had nothing to eat. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Filled with pity for her hungry and suffering children, Bugan knelt on the ground and prayed that they might live. Then, with a great effort, she took hold of her breast and pressed them hard, until two streams of milk flowed to the ground. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Bugan's milk kept some of her children alive for a while, but, as it slowly ran out, she became more and more anxious about the welfare of her children. And she continued to press her breasts harder and harder, until blood flowed in torrents to the ground. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Seeing Bugan's sacrifice, Mak-no-ngan took pity on her and on her children. And so he made ihe rice plants grow once more. This time, however, some o£ the plants bore white grains; while the others bore red grains. The white grains were Bugan's milk, while the red grains were her blood. </span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-69952166005075210492009-08-23T02:46:00.001-07:002009-08-23T02:46:45.813-07:00The Story of Creation (Tinguian)<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The Tinguianes believe that in the beginning were only the sea and the sky; and that one day a kite, having no place to alight, determined to set the sea against the sky. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Accordingly, the sea declared war against the sky, and threw her waters upward. The sky, seeing this, made a treaty of peace with the sea. Afterward, to avenge himself upon her for having dared to assert herself, they say that he showered upon the sea all the islands of this archipelago, in order to subdue her; and that the sea ran to and fro without being able to rise again. They say that from this event arose the custom of the </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">mavaris</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> – that is, taking vengeance for an insult received, a very common practice in this land; and they consider it a point of honor to take revenge. Then they relate also the story of the reed and how the aforesaid man and woman came out. They add that the first time when Cavahi gave birth to children, she brought forth a great number at once. One day the father went home, very angry and threatened the children. The latter were frightened and fled; some into the most hidden rooms of the house; some hid in other places nearer the open air; some hid themselves in the dindines, or walls of the houses, which are constructed of reeds; some hid in other places nearer the open air, some in the fireplace; and some fled to the sea through the same door by which the father had entered. It is said that those who fled to the most hidden rooms are the chiefs of these islands; those who remained nearer the outside are the </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">timaguas</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">; those who hid themselves within the walls are the slaves; those who hid themselves in the fireplace are the blacks; and those who fled out to the sea through the open door, are the Spaniards, and that they had no news of us (Spaniards) until they beheld us return through the sea.</span></span></span></span>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-65987140624648245612009-08-23T02:44:00.001-07:002009-08-23T02:44:38.568-07:00How the Angels Built Lake Lanao<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Long ago there was no lake in Lanao. On the place where it is now situated, there flourished a mighty sultanate called Mantapoli. During the reign of Sultan Abdara Radawi, the greater grandfather of Radia Indarapatra (mythological hero of the Lanao Muslims), this realm expanded by military conquests and by dynastic marriages so that in time its fame spread far and wide.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The population of Mantapoli was numerous and fast increasing. At that time the world was divided into two regions: </span></span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sebangan </span></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(East) and </span></span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sedpan </span></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(West). The mighty sultanate of Mantapoli belonged to Sebangan. Because this sultanate rapidly increased in power and population as well, the equilibrium between Sebangan and Sedpan was broken.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This dis-equilibrium soon came to the attention of Archangel Diabarail (Gabriel to the Christians). Like a flash of sunlight, Diabarail flew to the Eighth heaven and told Allah, "My Lord, why have you permitted the unbalance of the earth? Because of the power of Mantapoli, Sebangan is now larger than Sedpan."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"Why, Diabarail," replied the Sohara (Voice of Allah), "what is wrong with that?"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"My Lord, Mantapoli has a vast population countless as the particles of dust. If we will allow this sultanate to remain in Sebangan, I fear that the world would turn upside down, since Sebangan is heavier than Sedpan."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"Your words show great wisdom, Diabarail," commented the Sohara.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"What must we do, my Lord, to avert the impending catastrophe?"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">To this query, the Sohara replied, "Go right away to the Seven-Regions-Beneath-the-Earth and to the Seven-Regions-in-the-Sky and gather all the angels. I will cause a </span></span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">barahana</span></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (solar eclipse) and in the darkness let the angels remove Mantapoli and transfer it to the center of the earth."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Upon receiving the mandate of Allah, Archangel Diabarail, traveling faster than lightning, rallied the millions of angels from the Seven-Regions-Beneath-the-Earth and the Seven-Regions-in-the-Sky. With this formidable army, he presented himself to Allah, saying, "My Lord, we are ready to obey Your command."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Sohara spoke, "Go to Sebangan, and lift the land of Mantapoli."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Diabarail, leading his army of angels, flew to the east. In the twinkle of an eye, the sun vanished and a terrible darkness as black as the blackest velvet shrouded the universe. The angels sped faster than arrows. They swooped on Mantapoli, lifting it with great care and carried it (including its people, houses, crops and animals) through the air as if it were a carpet. They brought it down at the center of the earth, in accordance with the command of Allah. The very spot vacated by the sultanate of Mantapoli became a huge basin of deep, blue water-the present Lanao Lake.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The waters coming from the deep bowels of the earth rose higher and higher. Archangel Diabarail, seeing the rising tides immediately returned to the Eighth Heaven and reported to Allah, "My Lord, the earth is now balanced. But the place where we removed Mantapoli is becoming an ocean. The waters are rising fast, and unless an outlet for them can be found, I fear that they might inundate Sebangan and drown all Your people."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In response, the Sohara said, "You are right, Diabarail. Go out, then, and summon the Four Winds of the World: Angin Taupan, Angin Besar, Angin Darat, and Angin Sarsar. Tell them to blow and make an outlet for the overflowing waters."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Obeying the Master's command, the faithful messenger summoned the Four Winds. "By the Will of Allah," he told them, "blow your best, and make an outlet for the rising waters of the new lake."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The four winds of the world blew, and a turbulence swept the whole eastern half of the earth. The surging waters rolled swiftly towards the shores of Tilok Bay to the southeastern direction. But the towering ranges impeded their onrush. The Four Winds blew, hurling the waves against the rocky slopes but in vain; no outlet could be cut through the mountain barrier.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Changing direction, this time eastward, the Four Winds blew harder driving the raging waters towards the shores of Sugud Bay (situated east of Dansalan, now Marawi City). Once again, the attempt to create an outlet failed because the bay was too far from the sea.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">For the third time, the Four Winds changed direction and blew their hardest. The waves, plunging with ferocity, rolled towards Marawi. Day and night, the Winds blew as the waters lashed against the shoreline of Marawi. This time the attempt succeeded. An outlet now called Agus River was made, and through the outlet, that water of Lake Lanao poured out to the sea, thereby saving Sebangan from a deluge.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It came to past that there was a high cliff at the outlet, and over the cliff the waters cascaded in majestic volume. Thus, arose the beautiful falls which, aeons later, was named Maria Cristina, after a famous queen of Spain.</span></span></span></span>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-91810549603203176962009-08-23T02:43:00.001-07:002009-08-23T02:43:59.749-07:00Legend of Mag-asawang Tubig<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In the olden days, there was a small town in which a few farmers' families lived. Among them was the couple known as Ba Imo and Ba Sinta. They were well liked and respected in that place, for although they were well off, they were humble and generous.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">One day Bathala put them to the test. A beggar in tattered clothes came to their house and asked for lodgings. The couple very hospitably welcomed their guest and even joined him for a meal at their table. To the great amazement of the couple, although they had been eating for sometime, the food at the table did not decrease. Realizing that their guest was God, the couple knelt before him and prayed. The old man blessed them. In their prayer, the couple asked that they may die at the same time, so that neither of them would experience grief and loneliness which would surely happen if one of them died first.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">God granted the wish of the couple. They died at the same time and were buried in adjoining graves. Not long afterwards, a brook sprang from their graves. This later grew and grew until it became a river, which was named Mag-asawang Tubig in memory of the loving couple.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-34934738190654518342009-08-23T02:41:00.000-07:002009-08-23T02:42:30.016-07:00Gawigawen of Adasen<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Aponibolinayen was sick with a headache, and she lay on a mat alone in her house. Suddenly she remembered some fruit that she had heard of but had never seen, and she said to herself, "Oh, I wish I had some of the oranges of Gawigawen of Adasen."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Now Aponibolinayen did not realize that she had spoken aloud, but Aponitolau, her husband, lying in the spirit house </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="fr_29"></a></span></span></span><a href="http://sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft68.htm#fn_29"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">30</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> outside, heard her talking and asked what it was she said. Fearing to tell him the truth lest he should risk his life in trying to get the oranges for her, she said: "I wish I had some biw" (a fruit).</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Aponitolau at once got up, and, taking a sack, went out to find some of the fruit for his wife. When he returned with the sack full, she said:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Put it on the bamboo hanger above the fire, and when my head is better I will eat it."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">So Aponitolau put the fruit on the hanger and returned to the spirit house, but when Aponibolinayen tried to eat, the fruit made her sick and she threw it away.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"What is the matter?" called Aponitolau as he heard her drop the fruit.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"I merely dropped one," she replied, and returned to her mat.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">After a while Aponibolinayen again said:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Oh, I wish I had some of the oranges of Gawigawen of Adasen," and Aponitolau, who heard her from the spirit house, inquired:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"What is that you say?"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"I wish I had some fish eggs," answered his wife; for she did not want him to know the truth.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Then Aponitolau took his net and went to the river, determined to please his wife if possible. When he had caught a nice fish he opened it with his knife and took out the eggs. Then he spat on the place he had cut, and it was healed and the fish swam away. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="fr_30"></a></span></span></span><a href="http://sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft68.htm#fn_30"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">31</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pleased that he was able to gratify his wife's wishes, he hastened home with the eggs; and while his wife was roasting them over the fire, he returned to the spirit house. She tried to eat, but the eggs did not taste good to her, and she threw them down under the house to the dogs.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"What is the matter?" called Aponitolau. "Why are the dogs barking?"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"I dropped some of the eggs," replied his wife, and she went back to her mat.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">By and by she again said:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"I wish I had some of the oranges of Gawigawen of Adasen."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">But when her husband asked what she wished, she replied:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237651307"></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237650187"></a></span></span></span><a name="_Toc237649377"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"I want a deer's liver to eat"</span></span></span></span></a><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">So Aponitolau took his dogs to the mountains, where they hunted until they caught a deer, and when he had cut out its liver he spat on the wound, and it was healed so that the deer ran away.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">But Aponibolinayen could not eat the liver any more than she could the fruit or the fish eggs; and when Aponitolau heard the dogs barking, he knew that she had thrown it away. Then he grew suspicious and, changing himself into a centipede, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="fr_31"></a></span></span></span><a href="http://sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft68.htm#fn_31"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">32</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> hid in a crack in the floor. And when his wife again wished for some of the oranges, he overheard her.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Why did you not tell me the truth, Aponibolinayen?" he asked.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Because," she replied, "no one Who has gone to Adasen has ever come back, and I did not want you to risk your life."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Nevertheless Aponitolau determined to go for the oranges, and he commanded his wife to bring him rice straw. After he had burned it he put the ashes in the water with which he washed his hair. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="fr_32"></a></span></span></span><a href="http://sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft68.htm#fn_32"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">33</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Then she brought cocoanut oil and rubbed his hair, and fetched a dark clout, a fancy belt, and a head-band, and she baked cakes for him to take on the journey. Aponitolau cut a vine </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="fr_33"></a></span></span></span><a href="http://sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft68.htm#fn_33"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">34</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> which he planted by the stove, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="fr_34"></a></span></span></span><a href="http://sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft68.htm#fn_34"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">35</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> and told his wife that if the leaves wilted she would know that he was dead. Then he took his spear and head-ax </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="fr_35"></a></span></span></span><a href="http://sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft68.htm#fn_35"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">36</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> and started on the long journey.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">When Aponitolau arrived at the well of a giantess, all the betel-nut trees bowed. Then the giantess shouted and all the world trembled. "How strange," thought Aponitolau, "that all the world shakes when that woman shouts." But he continued on his way without stopping.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">As he passed the place of the old woman, Alokotan, she sent out her little dog and it bit his leg.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Do not proceed," said the old woman, "for ill luck awaits you. If you go on, you will never return to your home."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">But Aponitolau paid no attention to the old woman, and by and by he came to the home of the lightning.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Where are you going?" asked the lightning.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"I am going to get some oranges of Gawigawen of Adasen," replied Aponitolau.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Go stand on that high rock that I may see what your sign is," commanded the lightning.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">So he stood on the high rock, but when the lightning flashed Aponitolau dodged.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Do not go," said the lightning, "for you have a bad sign, and you will never come back."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Still Aponitolau did not heed.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Soon he arrived at the place of Silit (loud thunder), </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="fr_36"></a></span></span></span><a href="http://sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft68.htm#fn_36"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">37</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> who also asked him:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Where are you going, Aponitolau?"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"I am going to get oranges of Gawigawen of Adasen," he replied.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Then the thunder commanded:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Stand on that high stone so that I can see if you have a good sign."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He stood on the high stone, and when the thunder made a loud noise he jumped. Whereupon Silit also advised him not to go on.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In spite of all the warnings, Aponitolau continued his journey, and upon coming to the ocean he used magical power, so that when he stepped on his head-ax it sailed away, carrying him far across the sea to the other side. Then after a short walk he came to a spring where women were dipping water, and he asked what spring it was.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"This is the spring of Gawigawen of Adasen," replied the women. "And who are you that you dare come here?"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Without replying he went on toward the town, but he found that he could not go inside, for it was surrounded by a bank which reached almost to the sky.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">While he stood with bowed head pondering what he should do, the chief of the spiders came up and asked why he was so sorrowful.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"I am sad," answered Aponitolau, "because I cannot climb up this bank."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Then the spider went to the top and spun a thread, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="fr_37"></a></span></span></span><a href="http://sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft68.htm#fn_37"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">38</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> and upon this Aponitolau climbed up into town.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Now Gawigawen was asleep in his spirit house, and when he awoke and saw Aponitolau sitting near, he was surprised and ran toward his house to get his spear and head-ax, but Aponitolau called to him, saying:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Good morning, Cousin Gawigawen. Do not be angry; I only came to buy some of your oranges for my wife."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Then Gawigawen took him to the house and brought a whole carabao </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="fr_38"></a></span></span></span><a href="http://sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft68.htm#fn_38"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">39</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> for him to eat, and he said:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"If you cannot eat all the carabao, you cannot have the oranges for your wife."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Aponitolau grew very sorrowful, for he knew that he could not eat all the meat, but just at that moment the chief of the ants and flies came to him and inquired what was the trouble. As soon as he was told, the chief called all the ants and flies and they ate the whole carabao. Aponitolau, greatly relieved, went then to Gawigawen and said:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"I have finished eating the food which you gave me."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Gawigawen was greatly surprised at this, and, leading the way to the place where the oranges grew, he told Aponitolau to climb the tree and get all he wanted.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">As he was about to ascend the tree Aponitolau noticed that the branches were sharp knives, so he went as carefully as he could. Nevertheless, when he had secured two oranges, he stepped on one of the knives and was cut. He quickly fastened the fruit to his spear, and immediately it flew away straight to his town and into his house.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Aponibolinayen was just going down the bamboo ladder out of the house, and hearing something drop on the floor she went back to look and found the oranges from Adasen. She eagerly ate the fruit, rejoicing that her husband had been able to reach the place where they grew. Then she thought to look at the vine, whose leaves were wilted, and she knew that her husband was dead.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Soon after this a son was born to Aponibolinayen, and she called his name Kanag. He grew rapidly, becoming a strong lad, and he was the bravest of all his companions. One day while Kanag was playing out in the yard, he spun his top and it struck the garbage pot of an old woman, who became very angry and cried:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"If you were a brave boy, you would get your father whom Gawigawen killed."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Kanag ran to the house crying, and asked his mother what the old woman meant, for he had never heard the story of his father's death. As soon as he learned what had happened, the boy determined to search for his father, and, try as she would, his mother could not dissuade him.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">As he was departing through the gate of the town with his spear and head-ax, Kanag struck his shield and it sounded like a thousand warriors.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"How brave that boy is!" said the surprised people. "He is braver even than his father."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">When he reached the spring of the giantess, he again struck his shield and shouted so that the whole world trembled. Then the giantess said:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"I believe that someone is going to fight, and he will have success."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">As soon as Kanag reached the place where the old woman, Alokotan, lived, she sent her dog after him, but with one blow of his head-ax he cut off the dog's head. Then Alokotan asked where he was going, and when he had told her, she said:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Your father is dead, but I believe that you will find him, for you have a good sign."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He hurried on and arrived at the place where lightning was, and it asked:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Where are you going, little boy?"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"I am going to Adasen to get my father," answered Kanag.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Go stand on that high rock that I may see what your sign is," said the lightning.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">So he stood on the high rock, and when the bright flash came he did not move, and the lightning bade him hasten on, as he had a good sign.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The thunder, which saw him passing, also called to ask where he was going, and it commanded him to stand on the high rock. And when the thunder made a loud noise Kanag did not move, and it bade him go on, as his sign was good.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The women of Adasen were at the spring of Gawigawen dipping water, when suddenly they were startled by a great noise. They rose up, expecting to see a thousand warriors coming near; but though they looked all around they could see nothing but a young boy striking a shield.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Good morning, women who are dipping water," said Kanag. "Tell Gawigawen that he must prepare, for I am coming to fight him."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">So all the women ran up to the town and told Gawigawen that a strange boy was at the spring and he had come to fight.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Go and tell him," said Gawigawen, "that if it is true that he is brave, he will come into the town, if he can."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">When Kanag reached the high bank outside the town, he jumped like a flitting bird up the bank into the town and went straight to the spirit house of Gawigawen. He noticed that the roofs of both the dwelling and the spirit houses were of hair, and that around the town were many heads, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="fr_39"></a></span></span></span><a href="http://sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft68.htm#fn_39"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">40</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> and he pondered:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"This is why my father did not return. Gawigawen is a brave man, but I will kill him."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">As soon as Gawigawen saw him in the yard he said:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"How brave you are, little boy; why did you come here?"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"I came to get my father," answered Kanag; "for you kept him when he came to get oranges for my mother. If you do not give him to me, I will kill you."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Gawigawen laughed at this brave speech and said:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Why, one of my fingers will fight you. You shall never go back to your town, but you shall stay here and be like your father."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"We shall see," said Kanag. "Bring your arms and let us fight here in the yard."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Gawigawen was beside himself with rage at this bold speech, and he brought his spear and his head-ax which was as big as half the sky. Kanag would not throw first, for he wanted to prove himself brave, so Gawigawen took aim and threw his head-ax at the boy. Now Kanag used magical power, so that he became an ant and was not hit by the weapon. Gawigawen laughed loudly when he looked around and could not see the boy, for he thought that he had been killed. Soon, however, Kanag reappeared, standing on the head-ax, and Gawigawen, more furious than ever, threw his spear. Again Kanag disappeared, and Gawigawen was filled with surprise.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Then it was Kanag's turn and his spear went directly through the body of the giant. He ran quickly and cut off five of the heads, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="fr_40"></a></span></span></span><a href="http://sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft68.htm#fn_40"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">41</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> but the sixth he spared until Gawigawen should have shown him his father.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">As they went about the town together, Kanag found that the skin of his father had been used for a drum-head. His hair decorated the house, and his head was at the gate of the town, while his body was put beneath the house. After he had gathered all the parts of the body together, Kanag used magical power, and his father came to life.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Who are you?" asked Aponitolau; "how long have I slept?"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"I am your son," said Kanag. "You were not asleep but dead, and here is Gawigawen who kept you. Take my head-ax and cut off his remaining head."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">So Aponitolau took the head-ax, but when he struck Gawigawen it did not injure him.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"What is the matter, Father?" asked Kanag; and taking the weapon he cut off the sixth head of Gawigawen.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Then Kanag and his father used magic so that the spears and head-axes flew about, killing all the people in the town, and the heads and valuable things went to their home.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">When Aponibolinayen saw all these come into her house, she ran to look at the vine by the stove, and it was green and looked like a jungle. Then she knew that her son was alive, and she was happy. And when the father and son returned, all the relatives came to their house for a great feast, and all were so happy that the whole world smiled.</span></span></span></span>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-36452442631318260212009-08-23T02:38:00.000-07:002009-08-23T02:39:29.395-07:00Why the Sun Shines More Brightly Than the Moon<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Long, long ago there lived a fairy with two very beautiful daughters. Araw, the older daughter, was very amiable and had a kind disposition; Buwan, unlike her sister, was dishonest, cruel, and harsh. She was always finding fault with Araw. One night, when the fairy came home from her nocturnal rambles and saw Buwan badly maltreating her elder sister, she asked God for help against her unruly daughter.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Before this time, God had prepared very valuable gifts for the two sisters. These gifts were two enormous diamonds that could light the whole universe. When God heard the prayer of the fairy, he descended to Earth disguised as a beggar. Upon learning for himself how bad-tempered Buwan was and how sweet and kind-hearted Araw was, God gave the older sister her diamond as a reward. Buwan was greatly angered by this favoritism on the part of the Almighty, so she went to the heavenly kingdom and stole one of God's diamonds. Then she returned to earth with the precious stone, but there she found that were jewel was not as brilliant as Araw's.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">When God went back to heaven and learned what Buwan had done, he sent two angels to punish her. But the angels abused their commission; they seized both sisters and hurled them into the sea. They they threw the two stones upward into the sky and there they stuck. But Araw's diamond was bigger and brighter than the one Buwan stole. Thereafter, the bigger jewel was called Araw ("day" or "sun") and the smaller one, Buwan ("moon").</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-79629037815566744742009-08-23T02:37:00.000-07:002009-08-23T02:38:41.984-07:00Legend of the Firefly<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Once, along time ago, in the valley of Pinak in Central Luzon, one of the islands in the Philippines. There was a deep large lake rich with fish. There, the people of Pinak fished for their food, and always, there was plenty for all. Then suddenly, the big river dried up. In the shallow mud, there wasn't a fish to catch. For months, there were no rains. Out in the fields, the land turned dry. The rice-stalks slowly withered. Everywhere in Pinak, there was hunger. Night after night, the people of Pinak prayed hard. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Dear Bathala," they would recite together in their small and poorly-built chapel, " send us rains, give us food to eat. For the people are starving, and there is want among us!" </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Then one black and starless night, the good Bathala answered the prayers of the faithful people of Pinak. For suddenly up in the dark skies appeared a blaze of gold! A beautiful chariot of gold was zooming thru the sky. The people started to panic but a big booming voice came from the chariot soothing them with words. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">" I am Bula-hari, and I have come with my wife, Bitu-in. We are sent to the heavens to rule Pinak from now on. We have come to give you good life!" As Bulan-hari spoke, the black skies burst open. The rain fell in torrents. Soon the dry fields bloomed again. The large lake rose and once again was filled with fish. The people were happy once more under the rulership of Bulan-hari. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Soon Bulan-hari and Bitu-in had a daughter. She grew up to be a beautiful maiden. Such long dark hair! Such lovely eyes under long curling lashes! Her nose was chiselled fine. Her lips like rosebuds. Her skin was soft and fair like cream. They named her Alitaptap for on her forehead was a bright sparkling star. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">All the young, brave handsome men of Pinak fell in love with Alitaptap. They worshipped her beauty. They sang songs of love beneath her windows. They all sought to win her heart. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">But alas! the heart of Alitaptap wasn't human. She was the daughter of Bulan-hari and Bitu-in, who burst from the sky and were not of the earth. She had a heart of stone, as cold and as hard as the sparkling star on her forehead. Alitaptap would never know love. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Then one day, an old woman arrived at the palace. Her hair long and dirty. her clothing tattered and soiled. Before the king Bulan-hari, Balo-na, the old, wise woman whined in her sharp voice... that she had come from her dwelling in the mountains to bear the king sad news. The news being that she saw the future in a dream and it betold of their fate... the warriors of La-ut are coming with their mighty swords to conquer the land, the only solution is to have a marriage between Alitaptap and one of the young men, so as to have a heir to win the war. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">At once Bulan-hari pleaded with his daughter to choose one of the young men in their village. But how could the beautiful maiden understand? Alitaptap's heart of stone merely stood in silence. Bulan-hari gripped his sword in despair... " Alitapatap!" he bellowed in the quiet palace, "You will follow me, or you will lay dead this very minute!" </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">But nothing could stir the lovely young woman's heart. Bulan-hari blind with anger and fear of the dark future finally drew his sword. Clang! the steel of his sword's blade rang in the silence of the big palace. It hit the star on Alitaptap's lovely forehead! </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The star burst! Darkness was everywhere! Until a thousand chips of glitter and light flew around the hall. Only the shattered pieces of the star on Alitaptap's forehead lighted the great hall, flickering as though they were stars with tiny wings. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Alitaptap, the lovely daughter from the heavens lay dead. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">And soon, Balo-na's prediction had come true. Riding in stamping wild horses, the warriors of La-ut came like the rumble and clashes of lightning and thunder. They killed the people of Pinak, ruined crops, poisoned the lake. They spread sorrow and destruction everywhere. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">When it all ended, the beautiful, peaceful valley of Pinak had turned into an empty and shallow swamp. At night, there was nothing but darkness. But soon, tiny sparkles of light would flicker and lend glimmers of brightness in the starless night. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">And so, the fireflies came about. Once, a long time ago, they were fragments from the star on the forehead of Bulan-hari's daughter, the beautiful Alitaptap.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-89662514920378722562009-08-23T02:36:00.001-07:002009-08-23T02:36:57.616-07:00Legend of the Dama de Noche<a name="_Toc237651302"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 24px;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A thousand years ago, there was a rich maharlika, or nobleman, who spent his early bachelor days recklessly, wining and dining in the company of nobility. He drank the finest wines, ate the most delectable food and enjoyed the company of the loveliest, perfumed and bejewelled women of the noble class. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">After years of this kind of life, the maharlika finally felt it was time to settle down and marry the woman of his choice. "But who is the woman to choose?" he asked himself as he sat in the rich splendour of his home, "All the women I know are beautiful and charming, but I am tired of the glitter of their jewels and the richness of their clothes!" He wanted a woman different from all the women he saw day and night, and found this in a simple village lass. She was charming in her own unaffected ways, and her name was Dama. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">They married and lived contentedly. She loved him and took care of him. She pampered him with the most delicious dishes, and kept his home and his clothes in order. But soon, the newness wore off for the maharlika. He started to long for the company of his friends. He took a good look at his wife and thought, she is not beautiful and she does not have the air of nobility abouther, she does not talk with wisdom. And so the maharlika returned to his own world of glitter and splendor. He spent his evenings sitting around with his friends in their noble homes , drank and talked till the first rays of the sun peeped from the iron grills of their ornate windows. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Poor Dama felt that she was losing her husband. She wept in the silence of their bedroom. "I cannot give my husband anything but the delights of my kitchen and the warmth of my bed. He is tired of me." She looked to the heavens. "Oh, friendly spirits! Help me. Give me a magic charm. Just one little magic charm to make my husband come home again, that he will never want to leave my side, forever!" </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">It was midnight when the maharlika came home. He opened the door of their bedroom and called for Dama to tell her to prepare his nightclothes. "Dama! Dama, where are you?" he called. He shouted all around the bedroom. He sarched the whole house. Still the nobleman could not find his simple wife. Finally the nobleman returned to their bedroom, tired and cross. But, as he opened the door, he stopped. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A are scent, sweet and fragrant, drifted to him. It was a scent he had never smelled before. He entered the room and crossed to the window where the scent seemed to be floating from. A strange bush was growing outside the window. Some of its thin branches had aleady reached the iron grills and were twisting around. And all over the bush were thousands of tiny starlike, white flowers, from which burst forth a heavenly, enchanting scent! </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He stood there, completely enraptured by the glorious smell. "Dama..." he whispered softly, onderingly, could this be Dama? The rich maharlika sat by the window, and waited for the return of his loving simple wife. But she did not come back. She never returned to him again. Only the fragrance of the flowers stayed with him, casting a spell over his whole being. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In the moonlight, Dama of the night, or Dama de Noche would be in full bloom, capturing the rich maharlika, making him never want to leave her side, forever.</span></span></span></span></span></span>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-87119244339396684342009-08-23T02:35:00.000-07:002009-08-23T02:36:02.401-07:00Legend of the Banana Plant<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In the early days when the world was new, spirits and ghosts lurked everywhere. They lived in gloomy caves, they hid in anthills and tree trunks they frolicked in nooks and corners under the houses. In the dark, sometimes their tiny voices could be heard dimly, or their ghostly presence be felt. But they were never seen. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">It was during these days of phantoms and unseen spirits that a young and beautiful girl lived. Her name was Raya, and she was a girl bold and daring. She was never afraid of spirits. She would walk in the shadowy forests, bringing along a lighted candle. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Then she would tiptoe into dark and dirty caves, searching the place for spirits. Raya only felt or heard them never having seen them. But Raya always felt the presence of one kind spirit, whenever she walked in the forest the spirit was with her at all times. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">One day she heard someone call her name, and she looked up to see a young handsome man. She asked him who he was, and he replied that his name was Sag-in, and he was the spirit who followed her around, and even confessed that he had fallen in love with a mortal. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">They married had a child and lived happily, but Sag-in knew that his time on earth was short for he was a spirit-man, and would have to return to the spirit world soon. When he knew his time had come, he called Raya and explained why he had to leave. As he was slowly vanishing, he told Raya that he would leave her a part of him. Raya looked down and saw a bleeding heart on the ground. She took the heart and planted it. She watched it night and day. A plant with long green leaves sprouted from the grave. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">One day, the tree bore fruit shaped like a heart. She touched the fruit and caressed it. Thinking could this be Sag-in's heart? Slowly the fruit opened , Long golden fruits sprouted from it. Raya picked one, peeled it and bit into it. Then, she heard Sag-in's voice floating in the air: </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Yes, Raya, it is my heart. I have reappeared to show you that I will never forsake you and our child. Take care of this plant, and it will take care of you in return. It's trunk and leaves will give you shelter and clothing. The heart and fruits will be your food. And when you sleep at night, I will stand and watch by your window. I will stay by your side forever!"</span></span></span></span>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-27312170075330475042009-08-23T02:33:00.000-07:002009-08-23T02:35:17.668-07:00Alamat ni Tungkung Langit<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Hindi makapaniwala ang mga tao noon na wala naman talagang langit at lupa. Ako, si Alunsina, at ang asawa kong si Tungkung Langit ang pinagmulan ng lahat ng bagay. Kaming dalawa lamang ang pinag-ugatan ng buhay. Mula sa kaibuturan ng kawalan, itinakda ng aming kasaysayan ang paglitaw ng daigdig ng mga tao.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Nabighani si Tungkung Langit nang una niya akong makita. Katunayan, niligawan niya ako nang napakatagal, sintagal ng pagkakabuo ng tila walang katapusang kalawakan na inyong tinitingala tuwing gabi. At paanong hindi mapaiibig si Tungkung Langit sa akin? Mahahaba’t mala-sutla ang buhok kong itim. Malantik ang aking balakang at balingkinitan ang mahalimuyak na katawan. Higit sa lahat, matalas ang aking isip na tumutugma lamang sa gaya ng isip ni Tungkung Langit.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Kaya sinikap ng aking matipuno’t makapangyarihang kabiyak na dalhin ako doon sa pook na walang humpay ang pag-agos ng dalisay, maligamgam na tubigan. Malimit kong marinig ang saluysoy ng tubig, na siya ko namang sinasabayan sa paghimig ng maririkit na awit. Napapatigalgal si Tungkung Langit tuwing maririnig ang aking tinig. “Alunsina,” aniya, “ikaw ang iibigin ko saan man ako sumapit!” Pinaniwalaan ko ang kaniyang sinambit. At ang malamig na simoy sa paligid ang lalo yatang nagpapainit ng aming dibdib kapag kami’y nagniniig.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Napakasipag ng aking kabiyak. Umaapaw ang pag-ibig niya; at iyon ang aking nadama, nang sikapin niyang itakda ang kaayusan sa daloy ng mga bagay at buhay sa buong kalawakan.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Iniatang niya sa kaniyang balikat ang karaniwang daloy ng hangin, apoy, lupa, at tubig. Samantala’y malimit akong maiwan sa aming tahanan, na siya ko namang kinayamutan. Bagaman inaaliw ko ang sarili sa paghabi ng mga karunungang ipamamana sa aming magiging anak, hindi mawala sa aking kalooban ang pagkainip. Wari ko, napakahaba ang buong maghapon kung naroroon lamang ako’t namimintana sa napakalaki naming bahay.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Madalas akong gumawi sa aming pasigan, at manalamin sa malinaw na tubig habang sinusuklay ang mababangong buhok. Ngunit tuwing tititig ako sa tubig, ang nakikita ko’y hindi ang sarili kundi ang minamahal na si Tungkung Langit.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Sabihin nang natutuhan ko kung paano mabagabag. Ibig kong tulungan ang aking kabiyak sa kaniyang mabibigat na gawain. Halimbawa, kung paano itatakda ang hihip ng hangin. O kung paano mapasisiklab ang apoy sa napakabilis na paraan. O kung paano gagawing malusog ang mga lupain upang mapasupling nang mabilis ang mga pananim. Ngunit ano man ang aking naisin ay hindi ko maisakatuparan. Tumatanggi ang aking mahal. “Dito ka na lamang sa ating tahanan, Alunsina, di ko nais na makita kang nagpapakapagod!”</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Tuwing naririnig ko ang gayong payo ni Tungkung Langit, hindi ko mapigil ang maghinanakit. Kaparis ko rin naman siyang bathala, bathala na may angkin ding kapangyarihan at dunong. Tila nagtutukop siya ng mga tainga upang hindi na marinig ang aking pagpupumilit. Nagdulot iyon ng aming pagtatalo. Ibig kong maging makabuluhan ang pag-iral. At ang pag-iral na yaon ang sinasagkaan ng aking pinakamamahal.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Araw-araw, lalong nagiging abala si Tungkung Langit sa kaniyang paggawa ng kung ano-anong bagay. Makikita ko na lamang siyang umaalis sa aming tahanan nang napakaaga, kunot ang noo, at tila laging malayo ang iniisip. Aaluin ko siya at pipisilin naman niya ang aking mga palad . “Mahal kong Alunsina, kapag natapos ko na ang lahat ay wala ka nang hahanapin pa!” At malimit nagbabalik lamang siya kapag malalim na ang gabi.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Sa mga sandaling yaon, hindi ko mapigil ang aking mga luha na pumatak; napapakagat-labi na lamang ako habang may pumipitlag sa aking kalooban.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Dumating ang yugtong nagpaalam ang aking kabiyak. “Alunsina, may mahalaga akong gawaing kailangang matapos,” ani Tungkung Langit. “Huwag mo na akong hintayin ngayong gabi’t maaga kang matulog. Magpahinga ka. Magbabalik din agad ako. . . .” May bahid ng pagmamadali ang tinig ng aking minamahal. Lingid sa kaniya, nagsisimula nang mamuo sa aking kalooban ang matinding paninibugho sa kaniyang ginagawa. Umalis nga si Tungkung Langit at nagtungo kung saan. Subalit pinatititikan ko siya sa dayaray upang mabatid ang kaniyang paroroonan. Ibig ko siyang sundan.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Natunugan ni Tungkung Langit ang aking ginawa. Nagalit siya sa dayaray at ang dayaray ay isinumpa niyang paulit-ulit na hihihip sa dalampasigan upang ipagunita ang pagsunod niya sa nasabing bathala. Samantala, nagdulot din yaon ng mainit na pagtatalo sa panig naming dalawa.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">“Ano ba naman ang dapat mong ipanibugho, Alunsina?” asik ni Tungkung Langit sa akin. “Ang ginagawa ko’y para mapabuti ang daloy ng aking mga nilikha sa daigdig ng mga tao!” Napoot ang aking kabiyak sa akin. Nakita ko sa kaniyang mga mata ang paglalagablab, at lumalabas sa kaniyang bibig ang usok ng pagkapoot. Dahil sa nangyari, inagaw niya sa akin ang kapangyarihan ko. Ipinagtabuyan niya ako palabas sa aming tahanan.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Oo, nilisan ko ang aming bahay nang walang taglay na anumang mahalagang bagay. Nang lumabas ako sa pintuan, hindi na muli akong lumingon nang hindi ko makita ang bathalang inibig ko noong una pa man. Hubad ako nang una niyang makita. Hubad di ako nang kami’y maghiwalay.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Alam kong nagkamali ng pasiya si Tungkung Langit na hiwalayan ako. Mula noon, nabalitaan ko na lamang na pinananabikan niya ang paghihintay ko sa kaniya kahit sa gitna ng magdamag; hinahanap niya ang aking maiinit na halik at yakap; pinapangarap niyang muling marinig ang aking matarling na tinig; inaasam-asam niya na muli akong magbabalik sa kaniyang piling sa paniniwalang ibig kong makamit muli ang kapangyarihang inagaw niya sa akin. Ngunit hindi.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Hindi ko kailangan ang aking kapangyarihan kung ang kapangyarihan ay hindi mo rin naman magagamit. Hindi ko kailangan ang kapangyarihan kung magiging katumbas iyon ng pagkabilanggo sa loob ng bahay at paglimot sa sariling pag-iral.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ipinaabot sa akin ng dayaray ang naganap sa dati naming tahanan ni Tungkung Langit. Sinlamig ng bato ang buong paligid. Pumusyaw ang dating matitingkad na palamuti sa aming bahay. Lumungkot nang lumungkot si Tungkung Langit at laging mainit ang ulo. “Mabuti naman,” sabi ko sa dayaray. “Ngayon, matututo rin si Tungkung Langit na magpahalaga sa kahit na munting bagay.”</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Umaalingawngaw ang tinig ni Tungkung Langit at inaamo ako dito sa aking bagong pinaghihimpilan upang ako’y magbalik sa kaniya. Ayoko. Ayoko nang magbalik pa sa kaniya. Kahit malawak ang puwang sa aming pagitan, nadarama ko ang kaniyang paghikbi. Oo, nadarama ko ang kaniyang pighati. Lumipas ang panahon at patuloy niya akong hinanap. Ngunit nanatili siyang bigo.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang kaniyang pagkabigo na mapanumbalik ang aking pagmamahal ay higit niyang dinamdam. Nagdulot din yaon sa kaniya upang lalong maging malikhain sa paghahanap. Akala niya’y maaakit ako sa kaniyang gawi. Habang nakasakay sa ulap, naisip niyang lumikha ng malalawak na karagatan upang maging salamin ko. Hindi ba, aniya, mahilig si Alunsina na manalamin sa gilid ng aming sapa? Nababaliw si Tungkung Langit. Hind gayon kababaw ang aking katauhang mabilis maaakit sa karagatan.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pumaloob din si Tungkung Langit sa daigdig na nilikha niya na laan lamang sa mga tao. Naghasik siya ng mga buto at nagpasupling ng napakaraming halaman, damo, palumpong, baging, at punongkahoy. “Marahil, maiibigan ito ni Alunsina,” ang tila narinig kong sinabi niya. Gayunman, muli siyang nabigo dahil hindi ako nagbalik sa kaniyang piling.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height: 150%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Humanap pa ng mga paraan ang dati kong kabiyak upang paamuin ako. Halimbawa, kinuha niya sa dati naming silid ang mga nilikha kong alahas. Ipinukol niya lahat ang mga alahas sa kalawakan upang masilayan ko. Naging buwan ang dati kong ginintuang suklay; naghunos na mga bituin ang mga hiyas ko’t mutya; at naging araw ang ginawa kong pamutong sa ulo. Kahit ano pa ang gawin ni Tungkung Langit, hindi na muli akong nagbalik sa kaniyang piling.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Namighati siya. At nadama niya kung paanong mamuhay nang mag-isa, gaya lamang ng naganap sa akin dati doon sa aming tirahan. Lumuha nang lumuha si Tungkung Langit, at ang kaniyang pagluha ay nagdulot sa unang pagkakataon ng pag-ulan. Kapag siya’y humahagulgol, nagbubunga yaon ng malalakas na pagkulog at pagkidlat. May panahong tumitindi ang kaniyang pighati, kaya huwag kayong magtaka kung bakit umuulan. Ang mga luha ni Tungkung Langit ang huhugas sa akin, at sa aking kumakawag na supling.</span></span></span></span>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-41816584297183832142009-08-23T02:29:00.000-07:002009-08-23T02:32:44.003-07:00Filipino Proverbs<ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo1;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Aanhin ang malaki na hahanapin pa, kung mayroong maliit na nasa kamay na?</span></span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l14 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">What would one do with a big one that needs to be searched for, if there is a small one that is already in one's hands? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l13 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Aanhin pa ang damo, kung patay na ang kabayo?"</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l13 level2 lfo2; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">What would you do with what you have if it has no use? ***Literally, "What good is the grass if the horse is dead." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo3;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Aanhin mo ang palasyo, kung ang nakatira ay kuwago. Mabuti pa ang bahay kubo, ang nakatira ay tao.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level2 lfo3; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">What good is a palace if it's inhabited by owls. Better a straw hut inhabited by humans. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="square"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l6 level3 lfo3; tab-stops:list 1.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A shot at materialism, this proverb states that it is better to live in a shabby house and be humane than to live in a lavish house and act like a low-life or animal. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l31 level1 lfo4;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang buhay ay parang gulong, minsang nasa ibabaw, minsang nasa ilalim.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l31 level2 lfo4; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Life is like a wheel, sometimes (you're) at the top, sometimes (you're) at the bottom. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang gawa sa pagkabata, dala hanggang pagtanda.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo5; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">What one learns in childhood he carries into adulthood. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l29 level1 lfo6;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Kung gusto, maraming paraan; kung ayaw, maraming dahilan.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l29 level2 lfo6; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Those who want (to do something) (find) many ways; Those who don't want (to do something) (find) many excuses. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l33 level1 lfo7;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika, daig pa ang hayop at malansang isda.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l33 level2 lfo7; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He who does not love his native language is worse than a beast or a putrid fish. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l32 level1 lfo8;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makakarating sa paroroonan.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l32 level2 lfo8; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He who does not look back where he came from will never get to his destination. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l44 level1 lfo9;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang katamaran ay kapatid ng kagutuman.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l44 level2 lfo9; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Laziness is the sibling of starvation. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang langaw na dumapo sa kalabaw, mataas pa sa kalabaw ang pakiramdam.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo10; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A fly that lands on a carabao feels itself superior to the carabao. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l24 level1 lfo11; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang lumalakad nang mabagal, kung matinik ay mababaw. Ang lumalakad nang matulin, kung matinik ay malalim.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l24 level2 lfo11; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Thorns bury shallowly into one who walks slowly. Thorns bury deeply into one who walks fast. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l38 level1 lfo12; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang maniwala sa sabi-sabi, walang bait na sarili.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l38 level2 lfo12; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He who believes in hearsay has no sanity. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l47 level1 lfo13; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang masamang damo, mahaba ang buhay .</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l47 level2 lfo13; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Bad grass does not die easily. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l35 level1 lfo14; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang nagtanim ng hangin, bagyo ang aanihin.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l35 level2 lfo14; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He who sows the wind, reaps a typhoon. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l15 level1 lfo15; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang pagsasabi ng tapat ay pagsasamang maluwat.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l15 level2 lfo15; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Truthfulness ensures a lasting relationship. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="square"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l15 level3 lfo15; tab-stops:list 1.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Literally translated : Telling the truth is getting along well. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l26 level1 lfo16; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang pili nang pili, natatapat sa bungi.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l26 level2 lfo16; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">One who spends too much time choosing ends up with cracked wares. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="square"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l26 level3 lfo16; tab-stops:list 1.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Romantically: A choosy person ends up with someone lesser than she/he expected. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo17;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang sinungaling ay kapatid ng magnanakaw.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo17; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A person who lies is the sibling of a person who steals. ***Literally translated: A liar is the sibling of a thief. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l40 level1 lfo18; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang taong nagigipit, sa patalim kumakapit.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l40 level2 lfo18; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A desperate person will hold on to a knife edge. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo19;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang taong walang kibo, tiyan ang kumukulo.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo19; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A person who is outwardly calm has anger raging inside his stomach. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l42 level1 lfo20; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang tunay na anyaya, sinasamahan ng hila.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l42 level2 lfo20; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A sincere invitation is accompanied by a pull (of the hand). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l43 level1 lfo21; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang umaayaw ay di nagwawagi, ang nagwawagi ay di umaayaw.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l43 level2 lfo21; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He who quits does not succeed, he who succeeds does not quit. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l41 level1 lfo22; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Anuman ang gagawin, makapitong isipin.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l41 level2 lfo22; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Whatever you do, think about it seven times. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l18 level1 lfo23; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ang maghangad ng kagitna, Isang salop ang nawawala</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l18 level2 lfo23; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He who cannot do things on his own, loses a lot </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo24;tab-stops: list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="B"></a></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Batu-bato sa langit, ang tamaan, huwag magagalit.</span></span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo24; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Stones hurled to the sky. Don't get angry if you get hit. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo24; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Meaning: Don't be angry if you get criticized without naming names. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo24; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Stones in the sky, he who gets hit, shouldn't get angry. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo24; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Interpretation : If a criticism intended for somebody hits you, you should not be angry. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l46 level1 lfo25; tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Basurang itinapon mo, babalik sa iyo" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l46 level2 lfo25; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The garbage you throw away will return to you. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l46 level2 lfo25; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Same as: you reap what you sow </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l30 level1 lfo26; tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="D"></a></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Daig ng maagap ang taong masipag.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l30 level2 lfo26; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The prepared beats the hardworking person. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo27;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Damitan mo man ang matsing, matsing pa rin.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo27; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A monkey dressed up is still a monkey. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l25 level1 lfo28; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Di lahat ng kagalingan ay may dalang katamisan.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l25 level2 lfo28; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Not all goodness brings sweetness. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo29;tab-stops: list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="H"></a></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Habang maikli ang kumot, matutong mamaluktot.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo29; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">While the blanket is short, one should learn to sleep in a fetal position </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l39 level1 lfo30; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Huli man daw at magaling, naihahabol din.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l39 level2 lfo30; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">It is never too late to offer anything that is good. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l22 level1 lfo31; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Habang may buhay, may pag-asa.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l22 level2 lfo31; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">If there's life, there's hope. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo32; tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="K"></a></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Kung ano ang puno, siya ang bunga.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l10 level2 lfo32; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Whatever the tree, so is the fruit. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l21 level1 lfo33; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Kung may isinuksok, may madudukot.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l21 level2 lfo33; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">If you stash, you have something to withdraw. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l21 level2 lfo33; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">If something was saved, there is something to withdraw. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo34;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Kung may tinanim, may aanihin.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l9 level2 lfo34; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">If you plant, you harvest. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l37 level1 lfo35; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Kung nasaan ang asukal, naruon ang langgam.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l37 level2 lfo35; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Wherever you find sugar, you'll find ants. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo36; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Kung sino ang masalita ay siyang kulang sa gawa.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l11 level2 lfo36; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He who speaks too much works too little. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo37;tab-stops: list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Kung may tiyaga, may nilaga.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo37; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">If you persevere, you'll have stew. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo37; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">If you don't persevere, you can expect no reward. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo37; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Interpretation : He who works, gets compensated. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l23 level1 lfo38; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Kung sino ang pumutak, siya ang nanganak.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l23 level2 lfo38; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He who cackles lays the eggs. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l23 level2 lfo38; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He who blabs is the guilty party. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l27 level1 lfo39; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Kunwaring matapang bagkus duwag naman.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l27 level2 lfo39; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">One who acts tough is really a coward. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l28 level1 lfo40; tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="M"></a></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Madali ang maging tao, mahirap magpakatao.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l28 level2 lfo40; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">It is easy to be human. It is hard to be humane. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l45 level1 lfo41; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Maingay ang latang walang laman.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l45 level2 lfo41; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Noisy is the can that contains nothing. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l34 level1 lfo42; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Matalino man ang matsing, napaglalamangan din.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l34 level2 lfo42; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">An intelligent monkey can still be outsmarted. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l16 level1 lfo43; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Matibay ang walis, palibhasa'y magkabigkis.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l16 level2 lfo43; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A broom is sturdy because its strands are tightly bound. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l19 level1 lfo44; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">May tainga ang lupa, may pakpak ang balita.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l19 level2 lfo44; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The earth has ears, news (gossip) has wings. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l17 level1 lfo45; tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="N"></a></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l17 level2 lfo45; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Mercy resides in God; deeds are in men. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l20 level1 lfo46; tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="P"></a></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pagkahaba-haba man daw ng prusisyon, sa simbahan din ang tuloy.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l20 level2 lfo46; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">No matter how long the procession, it still ends up in church. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l12 level1 lfo47; tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Pag-ibig, Pag-asa, at Pananampalataya sa Diyos,</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> tatlong katangiang dapat nating kamtan, nang sa buhay sa mundo, tayo ay magtagumpay" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l12 level2 lfo47; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">We should always keep in mind that Love, Hope, and Faith in God,will bring us success in life. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l36 level1 lfo48; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pag may isinuksok, may maidudukot</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l36 level2 lfo48; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">When you insert something, you can pull it </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l48 level1 lfo49; tab-stops:list .5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Punong mabunga madalas binabato.</span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l48 level2 lfo49; tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A tree that bears fruit is often hurled at. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li> <ul type="square"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l48 level3 lfo49; tab-stops:list 1.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">people who succeed are the subject of jealousy and injury. </span><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> </ul></ul>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-21843038610628727362009-08-23T02:28:00.000-07:002009-08-23T02:29:39.807-07:00Riddles (Part 4)<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">I wrote a green paper with white: I gave it to my visitor and he did not return it. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Answer: Betel-leaf <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Nagcapa dimet nagpadi; Nagcorona dimet nagari. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Answer: (Iloc.) Manoc <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Gown but not priest; crown but not king. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Answer: Cock <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Nancorona agimiet ari; nan capa agmuet pari. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Answer: (Pang.) Manoc <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">The king's crown but not king; the priest's cope, but not priest. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><a name="_Toc237651219"></a><a name="_Toc237650099"></a><a name="_Toc237649289"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc237650099"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc237651219"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Answer: Cock</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Ania ti pinarsua ni Apo Dios nga ag-gungon ti maquimbaba quet agpidot ti maquin ngato? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><a name="_Toc237651220"></a><a name="_Toc237650100"></a><a name="_Toc237649290"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc237650100"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc237651220"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Answer: (Iloc.) Manoc</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">What thing that Lord God made Page 31sifts below and picks up above? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Answer: Fowl <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Dinay pinalsay Dios ya managtay carne? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Answer: (Pang.) Manoc <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">What creature of God is with meat on its head? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Answer: Cock <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Ania a parsuo ni Apo Dios ti nagsusoon ti carne nga aoan ti imana? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><a name="_Toc237651221"></a><a name="_Toc237650101"></a><a name="_Toc237649291"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc237650101"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc237651221"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Answer: (Iloc.) Tapingar</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">What creature of our Lord God carries meat but has no hands? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Answer: Cock <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Uyana-uyana mamuntuk yang baya! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Answer: (Pamp.) Manuc <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Here he comes with glowing charcoal on his head! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times">Answer: A cock <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times">No umayac idiay balayo agtuptupuaccayo. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Times; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Answer: (Iloc.) Manoc </span>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-52027616234917000772009-08-23T02:27:00.000-07:002009-08-23T02:28:17.495-07:00Riddles (Part 3)<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Away! let me have your place. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: The forward legs of an animal </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family: Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The hind feet tread in the prints of the forefeet.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Nang hataken co ang baging nagkagulo ang matsing. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Tag.) Batingao </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">When I pulled the vine the monkeys came around. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Bell </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Tinugtog co ang bangca nagsilapit ang isda. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Tag.) Campana sa misa </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">I rang the banca and the fishes came. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Bell </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Togtoquec ti teppang agarayat ti bagsang </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Iloc.) Campana </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">I strike upon the washout and the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">bagsang</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> come for help. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237651215"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237650095"></a></span><a name="_Toc237649285"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Bell</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Otin nen laquic Tapal ni baleuet ed corral manaquis, ya agnaecal. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237651216"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237650096"></a></span><a name="_Toc237649286"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Pang.) Campana</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Tapal's ——— hanging within the corral is crying to get out. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Bell </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Nasatiyan pa nang kanyang ina, kinuha at pinapagasawa. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Tag.) Ang bungang isinasama sa itso </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Still in his mother's body was taken and made to marry. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Betel </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Bulong tiptipparo; puso balasang baro. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Iloc.) Mama </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">tiptipparo</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> leaf; the heart, a young man and a young woman.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237651217"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237650097"></a></span><a name="_Toc237649287"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Betel</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Papel a berde sinoratac ti purao Page 30quet intedco iti sangaili dina insubli. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237651218"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237650098"></a></span><a name="_Toc237649288"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Iloc.) Gaoed</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-48962730967243587952009-08-23T02:26:00.000-07:002009-08-23T02:27:23.216-07:00Riddles (Part 2)<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">There is one creature of our Lord God which has four legs and a tail and one head; but it has no arms. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Horse </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Carga nang carga ay ualang upa. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Tag.) Babuy </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Always working and no pay. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: The pig </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family: Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He is ever eating garbage and waste. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Eto na si “Nuno,” may sunong na guinto. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Tag.) Babuy </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Here comes “Nuno” with gold on his head. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Pig </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family: Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The pig is a constant scavenger and frequents the space below latrines and privies; it is a common thing that his snout is yellow as result of his search. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Magmagna ni inam sangsangitam. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Iloc.) Burias </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">While the mother is walking the child is crying. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: A little pig </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Adda maysa nga lacay gomogoyod ti oay. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Iloc.) Bao </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">There is an old man, who always drags rattan. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Rat </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Kahoy cong Marigundong, na sangay ualang dahon. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Tag.) Sungay </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">My tree in Marigundong (town in Cavite) has branches but no leaves. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Horn </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family: Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The branching horn of a deer. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Maco ca quian, yacu naman ing quian. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Pamp.) Ding bitis daring animal a tiapat a bitis nung lalacad ya. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558786960065374308.post-84343425693210867482009-08-23T02:20:00.000-07:002009-08-23T02:25:16.669-07:00Riddles (Part 1)<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-outline-level:1;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><a name="_Toc237651211"></a><a name="_Toc237650091"></a><a name="_Toc237649281"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ania iti pinarsua iti Dios a balin suec a maturog?</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Iloc.) Panniqui </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">What thing that God made sleeps with its head down? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Bat </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pantas ca man, at marunong bumasa at sumulat, aling ibon dito sa mundo ang lumilipad ay sumususo ang anak? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237651212"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237650092"></a></span><a name="_Toc237649282"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Tag.) Kabag</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Although you are wise and know how to read and write, which bird in this world flies and yet suckles its young? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237651213"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237650093"></a></span><a name="_Toc237649283"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Bat</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Uppat iti adiguina, maysa iti baotna, dua iti paypayna, dua iti boneng. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Iloc.) Carabao </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Four posts, one whip, two fans, and two bolos. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Carabao</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Apat na tukod langit at isang pang hagupit. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Tag.) Kalabao </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Four earth posts, two air posts and whip. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Carabao </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Saquey so torutoro duaray quepay-quepay a patiray mansobsoblay. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Pang.) Dueg </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">One pointing, two moving, four changing. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Carabao </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family: Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The head points, the ears move, the legs change position. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Nu mat-tut-lud ay atanang udde; nu mat-tadag ay ibbafa. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Gad.) Atu </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">If he sits down he is high; if he stands up he is low. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: Dog </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Adda maysa nga parsua ni Apo Dios nga adda uppat a sacana, ipusna quen maysa nga ulona nga aoan ti imana. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%;mso-outline-level: 1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237651214"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a name="_Toc237650094"></a></span><a name="_Toc237649284"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Answer: (Iloc.) Caballo</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03940703102905260745noreply@blogger.com0