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EP 95: Philippines- Tribes of Mindanao part 2 · Sandman Stories Presents

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  Welcome back to part. 2 of my Mindanao folktales,
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  Extravaganza. If you miss the introduction, I
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  would suggest that you go back and listen to episode, 90 a 4
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  part 1, okay? Let's begin Luma bet from the
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  Bugaboo people. Soon after people were created
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  on Earth, there was born, a child named looma bed who lived
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  to be a very, very old man. He could talk when he was, but
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  one day old and all his life, he did wonderful things.
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  Until the people came to believe that he had been sent by Manama
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  the great spirit. When Luma bet was still a young
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  man, he had a fine dog and he enjoyed nothing so much as
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  taking him to the mountains to hunt.
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  One day, the dog noticed a white deer Luma bed and His companion
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  started in Pursuit, but the deer was very Swift and they could
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  not catch it on. And on, they went until they had
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  gone around the world and still the deer was a head one by one
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  his companions dropped out of the chase.
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  But Luma bet would not give up until he had the deer all the
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  time. He had, but one banana and one
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  commode. Sweet potato for food.
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  But each night, he planted the skins of these and in the
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  morning he found a banana tree with ripe fruit.
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  And a sweet potato. Large enough to eat So he kept
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  on until he had been around the world nine times, and he was an
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  old man, and his hair was gray at last, he caught the deer.
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  And then he called all the people to a great feast to see
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  the animal while all were making Mary Lou met told them to take a
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  knife and kill his father, they were greatly surprised, but did
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  his he commanded? And when the old man was dead,
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  Luma bet waved, his headband over him, and he came to life
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  again. Eight times.
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  They killed the old man, at Luma B command, and the 8th time, he
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  was small, like a little boy. For each time, they had cut off
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  some of his flesh. They all wondered very much at
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  Luma B power and they were certain that he was a God.
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  One morning, some Spirits came to talk with the Luma bed and
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  after they had gone, he called the people to come into his
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  house. We cannot all come in said, the
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  people for your house is small and we are many.
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  There's plenty of room said he. So all went in and to their
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  surprise. It did not seem crowded then he
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  told the people that he was going on a long journey and that
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  all who believed he had great power, could go with him while.
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  All who remained behind would be changed into animals and buso.
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  He started out many following him and it was, as he said, for
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  those who refuse to go were immediately changed into animals
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  and boo. So he led the people far away
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  across the ocean to a place where the earth and the sky meet
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  When they arrived, they saw that the sky moved up and down like a
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  man opening and closing his Jaws.
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  Sky. You must go up commanded Luma
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  bet, but the sky would not obey. So the people could not go
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  through. Finally Loom about promises guy
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  that if he would let all the others through, he might have
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  the last man who tried to pass agreeing to this the sky opened
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  and the people entered but when near the last the sky shut down.
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  So suddenly that he caught not only the last man but also the
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  long knife of the man before on that same day, Luma bet son, who
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  was hunting, did not know that his father had gone to the sky.
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  When he was tired of the Chase, he wanted to go to his father so
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  he leaned an arrow against ability tree and sat down on it.
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  Slowly. It began to go down and it
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  carried him to his father's place.
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  But when he arrived, he could find no people.
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  He looked here and there and could find nothing but a gun
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  made of gold. This made him very sorrowful and
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  he did not know what to do until some white bees.
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  Which were in the house. Said to him you must not weep
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  for. We can take you to the sky where
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  your father is So he did as they bade and wrote on the gun and
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  the bees flew away with him until in three days they reached
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  the sky now, although almost all of the men who followed Luma bed
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  or content to live in the sky, there was one who was very
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  unhappy and all the time. He kept looking down at the land
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  below, the spirits, made fun of him and wanted to take out his
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  intestines so that he would be like them and never die, but he
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  was afraid and always begged to be allowed to go back home.
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  Finally Manama told the spirits to allow him to go.
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  So they made a chain of leaves of the Quran grass and tied it
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  to his legs. Then they let him down slowly
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  head first, and when he reached the ground, he was no longer a
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  man, but an owl. All right, and here's the story
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  of creation from the belong people in the very beginning,
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  there lived a being so large that he cannot be compared with
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  any known thing, his name was Maloo and when he sat on the
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  clouds which were his home, he occupied all the space above.
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  His teeth were pure gold and because he was very cleanly and
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  continually rubbed himself with his hands, his skin became Pure
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  White, the dead skin, which he rubbed off.
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  His body was placed on one side and a pile and by-and-by this
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  pile became so large that he was annoyed and set himself to
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  consider what he could do with it.
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  Finally Mallu decided to make the Earth.
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  So we worked very hard in putting the dead skin into shape
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  and when it was finished he was so pleased with it that he
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  determined to make two beings like himself, those smaller to
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  live on it. Taking the remnants of the
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  material left after making the Earth, he fashioned to men, but
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  just as they were all finished. Except their noses, taotaomona
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  from below, the Earth appeared, and wanted to help him.
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  Melo did not wish any assistance and a great argument ensued.
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  Tell Tana. Finally won his point and made
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  the noses, which he placed on the people upside down.
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  When all was finished, melu and Tatiana whipped, the forms until
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  they moved, then melu went to his home, above the clouds, and
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  tell Tana returned to his place below the Earth.
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  All went well until one day, a great rain came and the people
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  on the Earth nearly drowned from the water, which ran off their
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  heads into their noses. Mellow from his place on the
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  cloud, saw their danger and he came quickly to Earth and save
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  their lives by turning their noses.
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  The other side up, the people were very grateful to him and
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  promised to do anything. He should ask of them.
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  Before he left for the sky, they told him that they were very
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  unhappy living on the great Earth all alone.
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  So he told them to save all their hair from their heads and
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  the dry skin from their bodies. And the next time he came, he
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  would make them some Companions. And in this way, there came to
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  be a great many people on the Earth.
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  Another creation story from the Bible on people.
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  In the beginning, there were four beings and they lived on an
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  island, no larger than a hat. On this island, there were no
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  trees or grass or any other living things.
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  Besides these four people in one bird, one day they sent this
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  bird out across the waters to see what he could find.
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  And when he returned, he brought some Earth a piece of rohtang
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  and some fruit. Melu, the greatest of the, for
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  took the soil and shaped it, and beat it with a paddle in the
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  same manner, in which a woman shape spots of clay and when he
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  finished, he had made the Earth, then he planted the seeds from
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  the fruit and they grew until there was much Raton and many
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  trees bearing fruit. The for beings watch the growth
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  for a long time and were, well, pleased with their work.
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  But finally Maloo said of what use is this Earth and all the
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  Raton and fruit. If there are no people And the
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  others replied. Let us make some people out of
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  wax. So they took some wax and worked
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  long fashioning it into forms. But when they brought them to
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  the fire, the wax melted, and they saw that man could not be
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  made in that way. Next, they decided to try to use
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  dirt and making people and mellow, and one of his
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  companions began working on that.
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  All went well until they were ready to make the noses.
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  The companion who was working on that part, put them on upside
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  down. Melo told him that the people
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  would drown if he left them that way but he refused to change
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  them when his back was turned. However malusi's the noses, one
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  by one and turned them as they are now, but he was in such a
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  hurry that he pressed his finger at the root and it left a mark
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  in the soft clay, which you can still see on the faces of
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  people. All right, this is the children
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  of limacon and this is, Amanda story from Mindanao.
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  In the very early days. Before there were any people on
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  the Earth, the limo cone, a kind of Dove were very powerful and
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  could talk like men, so they looked like birds one, limacon
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  laid, two eggs, one at the mouth of the Nile River and one
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  farther up its course. After some time, these eggs
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  hatched and the one at the mouth of the river, became a man while
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  the other became a woman. The man lived alone on the bank
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  of the river for a long time, but he was very lonely and
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  wished many times for a companion.
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  One day, when he was crossing the river, something was swept
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  against his legs with such force that it nearly caused him to
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  drown on examining it. He found that it was a hair and
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  he determined to go up the river and find whence, it came.
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  He traveled up the stream, looking on both Banks.
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  Until finally, he found the woman and he was very happy to
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  think that at last he could have a companion.
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  They were married and had many children.
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  Who are the mundia still living along the Nile River.
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  And this is the story of the Sun and the Moon also from the
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  Monday of people. The sun and the moon were
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  married, but the sun was very ugly.
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  And quarrelsome, one day, he became angry at the moon and
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  started to chase her. She ran very fast until she was
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  some distance ahead of him when she grew tired and he almost
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  caught her ever, since he has been chasing her at times,
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  almost reaching her. And again, falling far behind
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  the first child of the sun and moon was a large star and he was
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  like a man. One time the sun becoming angry
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  at the star cut him up into small pieces and Scattered him
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  over the whole Sky just as a woman scatters rice and ever
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  since there have been many stars, another child of the sun
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  and moon was a gigantic crab. He still lives and is so
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  powerful that every time he opens and closes his eyes, there
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  is a flash of lightning, most of the time.
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  The crab lives in a large hole in the bottom of the sea and
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  when he is there, we have high tide but when he leaves the
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  whole, the waters, In and there is low tide.
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  Is moving about also causes Great Waves on the surface of
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  the Sea. The Crab is quarrelsome, like
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  his father and he, sometimes become so angry with his mother,
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  the Moon that he tries to swallow her when the people on
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  Earth were fond of the Moon, see the crab near her, they run out
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  of doors and shout and beat on gongs, until he is frightened
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  away. And thus, the Moon is saved.
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  And now we have the Widow's son from the supermoon people.
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  In a little house at the edge of a village lived, a widow with
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  her only son and they were very happy together.
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  The sun was kind to his mother and they made their living by
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  growing rice in clearings on the Mountainside and by hunting wild
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  pig in the forest. One evening, when their supply
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  of meat was low, the boy said mother.
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  I'm going to hunt pig in the morning and I wish you would
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  prepare rice for me before daylight.
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  So the Widow Rose early and cook the rice.
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  And at dawn, the boy started out with his Spear and dog.
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  Some distance from the village, he entered the thick forest He
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  Walked on and on ever on the lookout for game.
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  But none appeared at last when he had traveled far in the sun
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  was hot. He sat down on a rock to rest
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  and took out his brass box to get a piece of betel nut.
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  He prepared the nut and leave for chewing and as he did, he
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  saw wondered why it was that he had been so unsuccessful that
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  day. But even as he pondered, he
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  heard his dog barking sharply and crammed the betel nut into
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  his mouth and he leaped up and ran toward the dog as he grew
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  nearer, he could see that the game was a fine large Pig.
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  All black save, its four legs, which were white.
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  He lifted his Spear and took aim, but before he could throw
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  the pig started to run and instead of going toward the
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  Watercourse, it ran straight up the mountain.
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  The boy went on in Hot Pursuit and when the pig paused again,
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  he took aim but before he could throw it.
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  Ran on. Six times the big stopped just
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  long enough for the boy to take Aim and then started on before.
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  He could throw the seventh time. However, it halted on the top of
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  a large flat Rock, and the boy succeeded in killing it.
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  He tied its legs together with a piece of written and was about
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  to start for home with the pig on his back.
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  Went to his surprise, a door in the large Stone, swung open and
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  a man stepped out. Why have you killed my masters
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  pig as the man? I did not know that this pig
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  belonged to anyone replied the Widow's son, I was hunting as I
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  often do, and when my dog found the pig, I helped him to catch
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  it. Come in and see my master said,
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  the man and the boy, followed him into the stone where he
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  found himself in a large room. The ceiling and floor were
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  covered with peculiar cloth that had seven wide Stripes of red
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  alternating with the like number of yellow stripes when the
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  master of the place appeared his trousers Were of seven colors as
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  were his jacket and the kerchief about his head.
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  The master ordered betel nut. And when it was brought they
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  chewed together, Then he called for wine and it was brought in a
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  jar, so large that it had to be set on the ground under the
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  house. And even then the top came, so
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  high above the floor, that they brought a seat for the Widow's
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  son, and it raised him just high enough to drink from the read in
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  the top of the jar. He drank seven cups of wine and
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  then they ate rice and fish and talked together.
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  The master did not blame the boy for killing the pig and declared
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  that he wished to make a brother of him.
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  So they became friends in the boy remained seven days in the
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  stone, at the end of that time, he said that he must return to
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  his mother would be worried about him.
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  In the early morning, he left the strange house and started
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  for home. At first, he walked briskly, but
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  as the morning wore on, he went more slowly.
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  And finally, when the sun was high, he sat down on a rock to
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  rest. Suddenly looking up.
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  He saw before him, seven men each armed with a spear a shield
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  and a sword, they were dressed in different colors and each man
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  had eyes, the same color as his clothes.
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  The leader who was dressed all in red with red eyes to match
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  spoke first asking the boy where he was going.
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  The boy replied that he was going home to his mother would
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  be looking for him and added. Now, I ask where you are going
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  all armed Ready for War. We are warriors, replied the man
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  in red and we go up and down the world killing whatever.
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  We see that has life. Now that we have met you we must
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  kill you. Also the boy startled by this
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  strange speech? Each was about to answer when he
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  heard a voice near him say fight for, they will try to kill you
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  and upon looking up. He saw his spear shield and
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  sword which he had left at home. Then he knew that the command
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  came from a spirit so he took his weapons and began to fight
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  for three days and nights they contended and never before had
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  the seven seen one, man. So brave on the fourth day, the
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  leader was wounded in fell dead and then one by one the other
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  six fell. When they were all killed, the
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  Widow's son was so crazed with fighting they thought no longer
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  returning home, but started out to find more to slay.
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  In his wanderings, he came to the home of a great giant, whose
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  house was already full of men. He had conquered him battle, and
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  he called up from outside. Is the Master of the House at
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  home if he is let him come out and fight.
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  This through the giant into a rage and seizing, his shield in
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  his spear, a shaft of, which was the trunk of a tree, he sprang
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  to the door and left to the ground, not waiting to go down
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  the notch poll, which served four steps.
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  He looked around for his antagonist and seeing only the
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  Widow's son he roared. Where is that man?
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  That wants to fight that thing. It is only a fly.
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  The boy did not stop to answer but rushed at the giant with his
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  knife and for three days and nights, they struggled till the
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  giant fell wounded at the waist. After that, the Widow's son
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  stopped only long enough to burn the Giant's house, and then
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  rushed on looking for someone else to slay.
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  Suddenly he again heard the voice which had bade him fight
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  the seven men and this time, it said go home.
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  Now, for your mother is grieved at your absence In a rage.
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  He sprang forward with this sword, though.
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  He could see no enemy, then the spirit which had spoken to him.
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  Made him sleep for a short time when he awoke, the rage was
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  spent again, the spirit appeared in.
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  It said the seven men whom you killed were sent to kill you by
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  the spirit of the great stone for.
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  He looked in your hand and saw that you were to marry the
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  orphan girl, whom he himself, wish to Wed, but you have
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  conquered. Your enemies are dead.
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  Go. Home now and prepare, great
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  quantity of wine. For, I shall bring your enemies
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  to life again and you will all live in peace.
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  So the Widow's son, went home and his mother who had believed
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  him dead was filled with joy at his coming and all the people in
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  the town came out to welcome him.
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  When he had told them his story, they hastened to get wine and
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  all day, they board jars, full to the Widow's house.
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  That night there was a great feast and the spirit of the
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  great Stone. His seven Warriors, The Friendly
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  Spirit and the giant all came, the Widow's son, married.
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  The orphan girl while another beautiful woman, became the wife
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  of the spirit of the stone, the end.
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  Wow, that was a wonderful set of stories from many different
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  people. I love the story of the man who
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  gets the Bolos and hatchets to work for him but then lost his
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  arm because he was being watched.
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  It seemed rather drastic but interesting at the same time,
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  also the Mondeo story of how the sun and the moon and the stars
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  and the crab came to be so cool. The podcast shout out is to slap
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  shot sweethearts. I followed this pod for a little
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  while just to get my hockey fix. I love that Megan and Shannon
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  are into my favorite sport and are doing a great job of
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  Breaking. All the news that comes out of
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  it, I must listen, if you love The Game, and if you want to
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  do, please give them a five star rating on pod, Chaser or iTunes.
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  The Listener shout out is to North Mindanao.
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  You are four percent of my listeners from the Philippines.
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  The island like all of the islands in the Philippines is
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  super diverse. Languages, people religions
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  everything. The language, I'm going to
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  attempt the cebuano, shout-out to Dumbfoundead and mi4 the
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  correct words. The gong salamat who may own
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  Gabby. Thank you and goodnight.
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  Thank you and goodnight.