Filipino Children's Favorite Stories. Liana Romulo
Читать онлайн.| Название | Filipino Children's Favorite Stories |
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| Автор произведения | Liana Romulo |
| Жанр | Учебная литература |
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| Издательство | Учебная литература |
| Год выпуска | 0 |
| isbn | 9781462908011 |
Filipino Children’s Favorite Stories
FABLES, MYTHS AND FAIRY TALES
Filipino Children’s Favorite Stories
FABLES, MYTHS AND FAIRY TALES
Retold by Liana Romulo
Illustrated by Joanne De Leon
TUTTLE Publishing
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Text copyright © 2019 Liana Romulo
Illustrations copyright © 2019 Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd
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Contents
Why Mosquitos Buzz Around Our Ears
The Battle of the Wind and the Rain
Why Mosquitos Buzz Around Our Ears
A long time ago, in a fishpond not far from the rice fields, there lived a giant crab named Maga. Maga was no ordinary crab. He was King of Crabs, and everyone was afraid of him. Not only was he always in a crabby mood, he was almost twice as big as his crab cousins. When Maga was mad, his big claws would go Snap! Snap! and everyone—the fish, fireflies, worms, frogs, mosquitoes, snails, birds—would run away.
One night, Maga couldn’t fall asleep, which wasn’t at all unusual. As everybody in the pond kingdom knew, Maga always had trouble sleeping. They also knew that if anyone dared wake him from his sleep, Maga would get very angry. That night he crept in and out of his house restlessly, trying to make himself tired enough to sleep. His house was a hole in the mud that led into a deep, dark tunnel underground. Finally, he gave up and decided to call for his old sheriff, who lived in a crab hole nearby. “Cagang!” he yelled into the quiet darkness. “Cagang!”
A while later Cagang arrived at Maga’s side. Though Cagang was the sheriff, he was an old and brittle crab, and he could barely outrun a worm. “Yes, sir,” he said, his grey feelers twitching. “What can I do for you, sir?”
“Gather up all the frogs you can find and bring them here,” Maga said crankily. “I can’t sleep, and I want them to sing to me.” Several minutes later, Maga was back in his house, listening