Why snails climb up grass

Why snails climb up grass

(Favourite story from Philippines)

Fable for kids

Long long ago, Mr. Fish, Mr. Fly, Mr. Wasp and Mr. snail lived together in a small house. They divided the work among themselves. Mr. fish was the biggest and strongest. He was made the head of the house and his job was to find food. Mr. Fly, who could fly very fast, was made a messenger. Mr. Wasp was made a guard because of his painful sting. And Mr. Snail, who could only move slowly, looked after the house.

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Early one day, Mr. Fish went out to look for food. He swam slowly in a nearby river. Suddenly, he saw something moving in the water. It was a big frog. “What a lovely  meal.” He thought. He quickly seized the frog in his mouth and started to swim home. But he did not know there was a hook inside the frog which was tied to a string. Someone pulled the string and soon Mr. Fish found himself inside a fisherman’s basket. The fisherman took him home and ate him.

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Of course, his friends did not know what had happened to him. They waited for him for several days. By this time, they all felt very hungry. Then Mr. Fly was sent out to look for Mr. Fish. Suddenly, he saw something moving in the water below. It was a fish whose lips moved in and out on the surface of the water.

Mr. Fly was angry. He thought the fish was laughing at him.

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“Don’t laugh me!” he cried, “I’m looking for my friend Mr. Fish, have you seen him?”

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But the fish still seemed to laugh at him. Mr. Fly flew lower and lower as he wanted to bite the fish. Suddenly, he felt very weak. He had not eaten any food for such a long time. His wings became heavier and heavier. “Plop!” he fell into the water and the fish swallowed him in a second.

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Mr. Wasp and Mr. Snail were still waiting for Mr. Fish and Mr. Fly to return. Although they were both hungry, Mr. Snail was not as hungry as Mr. Wasp. He could eat mud while Mr. wasp  could only tighten his belt. At last, Mr. wasp could not stand it any longer.

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He flew out of the house to look for Mr. Fish and Mr. Fly. While he was flying, his hunger became worse. He tightened his belt again and again until finally he broke into two. That was the end of Mr. Wasp.

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Now only Mr. Snail was left. He left the house to look for his three friends. He was crying because he felt so lonely. Whenever he found some grass, he would climb up it to look around for his friends. Even today snails still cry, and whenever they see any grass they will climb up it and look around for their old friends.

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Juan and Ice Cream Story

Funny Story - Juan and the ice cream story
(Favourite stories from Philippines)

One day, Juan went to the city to look for work. While he was standing at the corner of a road, he saw a man selling ice cream. He bought some. When he tasted it, he jumped with surprise. The ice cream almost fell to the ground.

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“Why didn’t you tell me it’s so cold!” he asked the man. “Are you trying to cheat me? How can you expect me to eat it?”

The man explained that ice cream was made of ice, milk and sugar. Juan laughed. “It’s the first time I have come to a big city,” he said. The man then offered him another ice cream as a present.

“I can’t eat it,” Juan said. “My tongue is frozen.”

“Then take it home to give to your mother as a present,” the man replied.

Juan placed the ice cream inside his bag made of bamboo leaves, in which he had placed some clothes for his stay in the city.

Later in the afternoon, as he was not able to find any work, he returned home. He told his mother what had happened. He was very excited. He told his mother what had happened. He was very excited. He told her of the strange and new sights he had seen in the city.

“I have a big surprise for you,” he said. He then opened his bag but the ice cream had melted.

“Thief! Thief!” he cried at the top his voice “somebody has stolen my present for my mother! Thief! Thief!”

The neighbours came running to ask him what had happened. When he told them, they shook their heads.

“How can you put an ice cream in your bag, keep it there all the afternoon, and expect it still to be there when you come home?” they laughed.

Source: Favourite stories from the Philippines by Leon Comber

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Why frogs and mosquitoes are enemies story

Narrative text fable - Why frogs and mosquitoes are enemies story
(Favourite stories from Philippines)

A long time ago, there was an old crab who liked to sleep. But there were some frogs living  nearby who made a loud noise. They kept him awake at night.

One night, the crab became very angry. “Don’t make so much noise!” he shouted.

“we can’t help it,” said the king of the frogs. “We’re talking about our friend the turtle.”

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“What’s wrong with the turtle?”

“Don’t you know?” asked the king of the frogs. “he carries his house on his back.”

The crab then asked the turtle, “Why do you carry your house on your back?”

“Because I’m afraid the firefly will set light to it,” answered the turtle.

The crab then asked the firefly, “Why do you want to set fire to the poor turtle’s house?”

“Because the fire will keep away the mosquitoes,: said the firefly.

“And why do you want to give so much trouble to the firefly?” the crab asked the mosquito.

“I don’t,” replied the mosquito. At the same time, the mosquito bit the king of the frogs who had first spoken to the crab.

He jumped at least six inches in the air. “Ooch!” he cried. “Don’t bite me! It’s painful!”

But the mosquito dived at him again. He was very angry.

The king of the frogs stuck out his tongue and caught him. That was the end of the mosquito.

Since then, frogs and mosquitoes have been enemies. Even now, mosquitoes always chase frogs and bite them whenever they have the chance.

Legenda Monyet Pertama

The first monkey story
(Favourite story from Philippines)

Legenda Monyet Pertama

Legenda Monyet Pertama

Many years ago, there was a king and queen who lived in Mindanao. They were not liked by their people. The king was cruel and the queen was greedy.
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The king collected a lot of money from his people and gave it to the queen. The queen bought expensive food, wine and clothes from all over the world and kept them in the palace.
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One day, the king gave a party in the palace garden. There were six tables placed in the shade of some tall trees. Next to the trees, there was a large pond with goldfish in it.
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Soon the guests arrived and everybody started eating and enjoying themselves. Suddenly, an old woman entered the garden. No one knew where she came from. She approached each table and begged for food. No one gave her any and the king told his guest to chase her away.
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“Your Majesty, please have pity on me! I am an old man. I haven’t eaten any food for several days.”

The queen, who was sitting next to the king became angry. “Go away, old woman!” she shouted. “Who asked you to come here? This party is for rich and important people.”
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The king roared with laughter. He banged the table with spoon.

“Chase her away!” he cried. Everyone started beating her with their spoon. They chased the poor old woman all over the palace garden, suddenly, there was a great crash of thunder and a bright flash lightning. The old woman changed into a beautiful girl.
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“You are not human beings,” she said “You are all so cruel. None of you wanted to help me. Because of this, I shall changed you into monkeys.”
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She clapped her hands. Immediately, the spoon turned into tails and fixed themselves on the backs of the king, queen and their guests. The beautiful clothes which they were wearing turned into long hair. Their fingers and toes grew longer. When they tried to speak, they could chatter only like monkeys.
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They ran back to the palace but the king’s guards chased them away, and threw stones at them. “Go away, you dirty little things!” the guards shouted. “This is the king’ palace.
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As they had nowhere to go. They hid in the forest and hills where they have ever since.

Cerita Sejarah Warna Kulit (bahasa inggris)

Why some people are black and others white and brown story
(Favourite story from Philippines)

Cerita Sejarah Warna Kulit

When the world was young, no one lived on earth. Every day, Magbabaya, the God of life, looked down on the earth from his home in the sky.
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“Oh, how lovely the earth looks! It’s so big but yet so empty!”

One day, he had a bright idea.

“I must make some people to live on earth.”
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He jumped down from his home in the sky. He dug up, some earth and mixed it with water. He then made some human beings out of it. He laid them on the ground to dry in the sun.
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Soon he returned to the sky, he hunted the whole day in the sky forest, afterwards, he went home with the animals he had caught. Suddenly, he remembered the people he had left to dry in the sun. he returned to earth as fast as he could. But they had already been burnt as black as coal by the hot sun.
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He shook his head. “I must try again,” he said. “Next time, I’ll be careful not to leave them so long under the sun.”
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Again, he made some human beings out of clay. He laid them out carefully to dry under the sun. but he was so worried this time that he did not leave them long enough. They were not baked properly. When he looked at them, he saw that they were too pale.
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He said. “Tomorrow when the sun shine, I shall make some more people. This time, I shall make sure they are baked longer.”
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Once more, he took some clay and made some human beings out of it. He laid them carefully in the sun. when he thought that the sun was getting too hot, he covered them with leaves, and put them in the shede.
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Then he let a gentle breeze blow over them. Every now and again, he turned each of them over so that they would have the same light brown colour all over.
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When he had finished, he looked proudly at his work. They were a golden brown colour and very good to look at. “They are perfect!” he cried happily.
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Then he collected all the human beings he had made and placed them in different parts of the world.

And this is why we have black, white and brown people today.
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Legend of the first banana story

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The first banana story

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl called Maria. She was tall, with black eyes, and long shining hair. The colour of her skin was a clear light brow.

One morning, while she was collecting firewood, she met a young man.

He looked like a hunter. He was tall, handsome and very neatly dressed. No one knew

who he was or where he came from. Nor did anyone know his name. Maria liked him. He liked her too.

Maria did not know this but he was an anito or a spirit from the sky.

They became friends. Although they were good friends for a long time, the young man never asked Maria to became his wife.

This made Maria very unhappy. “I have no parents or brothers or sisters,” she said. “You too are alone. I am sure we could be happy together.”

“I didn’t want to tell you this,” the young man said, “but I am an anito. I cannot marry a human being. I have to return to the sky.”

Maria was surprised. She did not know what to say. She held his hands tightly.

“please let me go,” said the young man. “I had hoped you would never find out who I am.”

There was a blinding flash of light and the young man disappeared. But as Maria was holding on to his hands so tightly, he left them behind.

Of course, Maria was frightened. She ran  home and buried them in her garden. Soon she saw a strange plant growing where she had buried them. The plant grew fast.

Then some fruit appeared. It was yellow and shaped like a man’s hand with fingers on it. It was the first banana.

Source: Favourite stories from the Philippines by Leon Comber

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The first man and woman in the Philippenes story

The first man and woman in the Philippenes story

Folktale from Philippines

The god Kaptan loved his wife Maguayan very much. They lived together in the sky. They had nothing to do all day except watch the earth below. They watched the sun rise every morning. The earth was bathed in its beautiful golden rays. At night, the moon and stars shone with a silvery light.
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But after some time, they became tired of

watching the something. They began to quarrel. Kaptan said that he wanted to fly to the sun. Maguayan said that she wanted to go to the moon.
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“The sun’s too hot for me,” said Maguayan.

“The moon’s too cold for me,” Kaptan answered

They refused to speak to each other.
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The next morning. When Kaptan woke up, his wife was not there. Although he looked for her everywhere, he could not find her.
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He soon felt very lonely living by himself.

When he looked down at the earth, he remembered how he and his wife had watched it together. He felt very unhappy.
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“The earth is really a lonely place,” he thought to himself. “Why are there no trees and flowers on it?”

He picked up some seeds; and dropped them on the earth. He watched the seeds grow into trees and flowers.
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He was surprised to see that the tallest plant was a bamboo. He watched it carefully. He sprinkled some rain on it.
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“Cr-a-a-ck!” it split open. A man and a woman stepped out. The man was tall and handsome. The woman was fair and beautiful . she reminded him of his wife.
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Kaptan called the man Si Lalaki and the woman Si Kabaye.

Afterwards, he shortened their names to Lalaki and Babae.

They helped him become happy again. Even today, in the Filipino language, men are called lalaki and women babae.
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Juan and the crabs story

Juan and the crabs story

In many parts of the Philippines, there are stories about the funny adventures of a naughty, lazy and stupid boy. He is called by different names in different parts of the Philippines. In this story, he is called Juan Pusong, the name by which he is known among the Visayans.

One day, Juan was sent to the market by his mother to buy some crabs for dinner. At the market, Juan chose five crabs and put them in his basket. On his way home

, he passed by a group of boys playing marbles. He sat down to watch. Soon he heard the crabs making a noise as they moved from one side of the basket to the other. This annoyed Juan so he opened the basket and shouted at them, “So, you want to go home already? All right, you run home first to tell mother that I shall be coming soon.”

He allowed the crabs to leave the basket.

It was almost midday before he returned home. He was very hungry. When he thought of the crabs, his mouth watered. His mother could cook crabs very well.

“I shall have three big crabs and mother can eat the other two,” he said to himself. He began to run.

When he arrived home, his mother was waiting for him at the door. She was very angry.

“Where are the crabs? It has been hours since I sent you to get them!”

“Didn’t they home?” Juan asked. “I told them to come home first so that you could cook them.”

His mother scolded him. “Aray! Aray!” he cried. “You should scold the crabs not me!”

The next day he went back to the market to look for the crabs. He wanted to each them a good lesson. He walked along the side of a river. Soon he saw a crab just as it was going into a hole in the sand.

“Aha! So you are trying to hide from me? Where are your companions? Are they hiding in that hole too?”

He sat down and looked into the hole.

“Come out you cowards!” he cried. “Come out! You should be punished for what you did yesterday!” he pushed his fingers into the hole.

Immediately, a crab bit his finger. “Ouch! Let go!” but the crab refused to do so. Juan jumped several feet into the air. But the crab still did not let go of his finger.

“Please let me go, Mr. Crab!” Juan cried in pain.

“not until you say sorry,” replied the crab.

So Juan had to say sorry before the crab would let go of his fingers.

Juan and the bamboo shoots

Juan and the bamboo shoots story

Juan left home and went to another town. He lost his way and could not find his relative’s house. As it was past midday, a kind old man invited Juan into his house for lunch. There was a dish of young bamboo shoots on the table. Juan had never seen such food before. He tasted it. It was delicious. Soon Juan had finished it without leaving any for the old man.

“That was a very tasty dish,” Juan said. “What kind of food was it?”

“Oh, it’s only bamboo,” the old man replied. He was surprised Juan did not know what it was.

When Juan returned home, he ask his mother for his sharp bolo or knife.

“What are you going to do?” she asked.

“I’m going to make some vegetable salad with bamboo,” Juan answered. He then pulled down the bamboo ladder from the front of the house. He cut it into small pieces. Then he asked his mother to fetch him a big pot of boiling water. He placed the pieces of bamboo in it and boiled them.

Although he boiled the bamboo pieces for hours and hours they never became soft enough to eat.

When his neighbours heard what had happened, they laughed at him and said how silly he was.

Legend - How the Philippines was made

How the Philippines was made story

Many thousands of years ago, a man and his wife lived in the Philippines, they were called Angngalo and Angngarab.

One morning, they went to
gather some shellfish. Inside one, they found a pearl. It was an unusual yellow colour and very large.

Angngalo gave it to Angngarab. “Oh!” she said, “I can find many more pearls than you!”

Soon they were quarrelling and shouting at each other. They ran along the seashore looking for shellfish. Before, they had a big pile in front of them. They pulled open the shells and looked in them for pearls.

“I’ve go more pearls than you!” shouted Angngalo.

“No, you haven’t!” answered Angngarab. “Anyway, my pearls are bigger than yours!”

Soon, they were fighting. They threw the shells and pearls at each other. (That is why there are so many shells and pearls in the Philippines) They rolled on the ground and stamped their feet.

There was aloud “Boom!” and “Crack!”. The mountains and hills began to split. The water in the rivers and lakes flooded the land.

They still continued fighting. Suddenly, there was a great storm, with thunder lighting. The land broke into several parts. Luzon was in the north, the Visayan Islands were in the middle, and Mindanao in the south.

Because of this, there are now over seven thousand islands in the Philippines.

Bathala and the Rainbow

Bathala and the rainbow story

In the beginning, there were no rainbows. The first rainbow was used by Bathala, who was king of the Gods and goddesses. He used the rainbow as abridge to join earth and sky.

In those days, Bathala and the Gods and goddesses
use to live on earth. They taught people how to hunt animals in the forest, how to grow vegetables and fruit, how to make war, and how to cure illnesses.

One day, Bathala decided to visit his kingdom in the sky. He got ready his strong fine horse which could jump over mountains and run as fast as the wind. He sat on a saddle made of soft leather with gold and silver decorations.

He rode on his horse to the end of the earth where there was a great ocean. Everyone had to cross this ocean to reach the sky. Yet it was very close to the sky and on a clear day you could hear the voice of the people living in the sky.

Bathala stopped his horse. He immediately called out to his servants in the sky and told them to build a bridge so that he could pass over it. Suddenly, a beautiful, many-coloured ribbon appeared joining the earth to the sky. Bathala rode over this bridge to reach heaven.

Since then, a rainbow has been called bahaghari in the Filipino language. It means “bridge of the king.”

Today, when people see a rainbow in the sky, they know that Bathala is once again riding on his horse crossing the bridge joining the earth to the sky