Archive for the 'Short Stories' Category
Monday, October 1st, 2012
Narrated by Francisco M. Africa. There was once a poor farmer who possessed a cow and a carabao. These two animals were his only wealth. Every day he led them to the field to plough. He worked his animals so hard, that they often complained to him; but the cruel master would not even listen […]
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Thursday, September 20th, 2012
Ang kasabihang parang pating ka kung magpatubo ay batay sa alamat ng pating ng kuwento ng mga taga-Palawan. Noong unang panahon daw ay may isang mayamang Palawenyo na kilala sa pagiging usurero. Siya si Kablan na lagi nang gusuing patubuan ang lahat ng kapitbahay na nangingisda sa kanilang komunidad. Sa sobrang pagpapatubo sa perang ipinapautang, […]
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Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
1 One of the stories about the creation of the world, which the old folks of Panay, especially those living near the mountain, do not tire relating, tells us that in the beginning there was no heaven or earth—only a bottomless deep and a world of mist. Everything was shapeless and formless—the earth, the sky, […]
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Friday, November 18th, 2011
Barom-Mai was an old and ugly king who lived in a kingdom called Calinan in the Visayas hundreds of years ago. Although he was powerful, he was helpless when it came to winning the love of his young bride, Madayaw-Bayho (daughter of Tageb, king of the pirates).
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Friday, November 18th, 2011
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.
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
by Vicente Rivera, Jr. ONE evening in August 1941, I came out of a late movie to a silent, cold night. I shivered a little as I stood for a moment in the narrow street, looking up at the distant sky, alive with stars. I stood there, letting the night wind seep through me, and […]
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Friday, November 12th, 2010
Pabula ng Maranao Batay sa pananaliksik ni Dr. Nagsura Madale Si Lalapindigowa-i (isang putakti) ay isang masipag na magsasaka. May dalawa siyang asawa, sina Odang (hipon) at si Orak (itlog). Tulad ng ibang Maranao, hindi lamang siya masipag na magsasaka kundi isang tapat na asawa. Nagsusumikap siyang magtrabaho upang mapakain ang dalawa niyang asawa.
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
Visaya (Ang Gorilya at ang Alitaptap) Ang pabulang ito ay isa lamang sa kalipunan ng mga Bisaya na naglalarawan ng paglalaban sa pagitan ng maliliit na insekto at malalaking hayop.
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Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Salin mula sa Ingles ni Elvira B. Estravo ng “The Origin of the Ifugao Kodla” Noong unang panahon ay may mag-asawang naninirahan sa Lamut na nangngangalang Cabigat at Bugan. Sila ay masasaya dahil marami silang nakukuhang pagkain at mga hayop. Isang araw lumabas si Cabigat upang mamasyal na karaniwag isinasagawa sa mga kalapit na nayon. […]
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Buhat nang mapatakbo ni Toniong Tandang si Tenoriong Talisain ay humanap na ng ibang libutan at madaling nakapamayagpag na muli ang Talisain. Ang mga Katyaw na leghorn doon ay madaling nasilaw sa balitang bilis at lakas ni Tenoriong Talisain. At madali niyang naging kaibigan ang pinakamagandang sa mga banyagang manok na si Lolitang Leghorn.
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