A monkey, a dog, and a carabao were friends. They didn’t
want to live in the city anymore so they went to live in the country. Over the
course of two days, the carabao and the dog were left at home to cook while the
others went out to hunt. Each day a giant came to their house and ate all their
food. When they tried to attack him, he just flung them away. On the last day the monkey was in charge of
cooking and set up a trap for the man. When he came to eat the monkey invited
him in and the man fell into a giant pit. He then filled in the hole. When the
dog and carabao came back they dug up the hole and found out that the man was
still alive. He then killed the dog and injured the cow, but the monkey was
able to escape. The monkey tricked the man into getting stung by bees, and to
wear a boa-constrictor as a belt.
A wealthy man sent his three sons to get the best education
they could. They didn’t take school seriously and instead wasted their time.
They didn’t want to go back home so instead they wandered from town to town.
One day they came across an old lady who said she had a book that could bring
the dead back to life. So one of the brothers bought the book. Later they met
an old woman selling a mat that she claimed could fly. So another brother
decided to buy it. The last brother found two rocks that could come together to
form one big rock. They came upon a dead woman who the first brother was able
to bring back to life. The second brother used his mat to take them to the
seashore and they got on a boat. The boat was destroyed in a storm but the
third brother was able to use his rocks to repair it. After they were safely on
shore they fought over who should have to woman. They brought their problem to
the king who had the lady cut into three pieces to be given to the brothers.
The first two brothers didn’t want their part and threw it away, but the last
brother used his rocks to put her back together.
Bibliography:
Filipino Popular Tales by Dean Fansler
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