May isang babaing nakabili ng buhay na manok sa palengke. At nang ito’y kanyang iuwi sa bahay upang alagaan, laking gulat niya nang mangitlog ito. Sapagkat ang itlog ng manok na iyon ay ginto! Laking tuwa ng babae sa kanyang natuklasan! Tiyak na ito ang magbibigay sa kanya ng kayamanan! Ngunit ang manok ay minsan lang sa isang buwan kung mangitlog.
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Matagal nang pinagmamasdan ng Diwatang mahabagin ang isang pulubi sa lansangan ng bayan. Awang-awa siya rito. Matanda na ang pulubing babae. Walang kasama at batid niyang nag-iisa ito sa buhay dahil walang pamilya. |
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One day the mango tree spoke to the lampakanay that grew by the swamp: You have much to complain about, Lampakanay; nature has not been fair to you. The weight of a bird is a heavy burden for you. The slightest wandering breeze makes you bow your head. While my head not only stops the rays of the sun but also braves the wildest tempest. Everything for you is a storm, while everything to me seems a zephyr. |
Many years ago old people said that plants and animals could talk. One day a little vine called Raguini came crying to a little bamboo, and said, Will you help me to stand, little bamboo? The little bamboo answered that he could help her, but he was very much ashamed of her because before, when he was young, he had very fine hairy dress; now he had none. Besides he was growing tall and small. |
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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. |
Part 1. Timoway, a datu of Sirangan, had a wife who was about to give birth. But he wanted to go to other places "to sharpen the tools" of chiefs and increase his income. His wife refused to allow him to go because there would be no one to assist her in her labor. But her husband insisted since they did not have anything to support their child with. So the wife finally consented. |
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Una. Ibigin mo ang Diyos at ang iyong puri nang lalo sa lahat ng bagay; ang Diyos ay siyang bukal ng buong katotohanan, ng buong lakas; ang paghahangad ng puri ang siya lamang makaakit sa iyo na huwag magbulaan, kungdi laging matuto sa katuwiran at magtaglay ng kasipagan. |
Ayon sa mga matatanda, isang mahabang kapuluan ang Pilipinas noong unang panahon. Narito ang kanyang kuwento na nagpapaliwanag kung bakit naging pulo-pulo ang ating bansa. Sadyang mayaman at sagana noon ang ating kapuluan. Mag-asawang higante lamang ang nakatira rito. Hindi sila nagtatanim. Hindi sila nagluluto. Kinukuha na lamang nila sa paligid ang kanilang pagkain. |
