by BlastRoom
Note who the characters are in real Philippine folk tales retold in plain Grade 3 English.
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In the Ilocano tale The Monkey and the Turtle, a hungry monkey meets a friend by the river. The friend says, "Take a bolo and follow me and we will steal some banana plants." Who says this?
In The Monkey and the Turtle, the banana tree bears fruit. One friend springs up the tree, eats all the ripe bananas, and throws down only a green one. Which friend does this?
In The Monkey and the Turtle, the monkey eats the good bananas and sleeps in the tree. His angry friend sets sharp bamboo under it and cries, "Crocodile is coming!" The monkey falls and is killed. Who cried out?
In the Ilocano tale The Monkey and the Turtle, some monkeys throw the turtle into the water. He says he catches lobsters by tying a stone to a string around his waist. Who copies him and sinks for good?
In the Tagalog tale Juan Gathers Guavas, some neighbors come to visit. A man wants to give them something to eat, so he sends Juan to get ripe guavas. Who sends Juan for the guavas?
In Juan Gathers Guavas, one character eats all the fruit he can hold. Then he hides a wasps' nest in the basket to play a joke on the visitors. Who does this?
In Juan Gathers Guavas, Juan hides something in the basket instead of fruit. When his father opens the basket, they fly all over the room. What are they?
In the Visayan tale The Battle of the Crabs, the waves sing so loudly all the time that somebody cannot sleep. They hold a meeting to talk about it. Who cannot sleep?
In The Battle of the Crabs, the crabs meet and ask what to do about the noisy waves. One of them answers, "I think we should make war on them." Which crab gives this answer?
In The Battle of the Crabs, the crabs walk toward the sea to fight the waves. On the way they meet someone who laughs and says their legs are too weak. Who laughs at them?
In the Visayan tale The Battle of the Crabs, a big wave rushes in from the sea. One of the party sees it coming and runs away. Who runs away?
In the Tinguian tale The Turtle and the Lizard, the turtle and the lizard go to the field of Gotgotapa to steal ginger. The turtle warns the lizard, "We must be very still or the man will hear us." Who says this?
In The Turtle and the Lizard, the lizard tastes the ginger and shouts, "The ginger of Gotgotapa is very good." He calls out again and again. Which friend shouts?
In The Turtle and the Lizard, the man chases the lizard away. The turtle hides under the coconut shell the man sits on and calls "Kook" again and again. The man hunts for the noise and grows so excited that he dies. Who dies?
In the Tinguian tale The Turtle and the Lizard, the two friends see some honey in a tree. The lizard will not wait and seizes the honey first. Who comes out and stings him?
In The Turtle and the Lizard, the friends find a bird snare. The turtle calls it his grandfather's silver wire, so the lizard runs to grab it first, is caught, and a man kills him. Who walks on alone?
In the Tinguian tale Dogedog, a lazy man hangs his rice in a tree while he cuts bamboo. Twice a cat eats the rice. On the third day he sets a trap and catches the thief. Which animal ate his rice?
In Dogedog, the man spares the cat and ties it by his door. Later he finds it has become another animal. At a fight in Magsingal, it kills every other bird there. What had the cat become?
In the Tinguian tale Dogedog, a companion on the road boasts, "If any man wants to climb, I can go higher." At Magsingal it beats the best climber in the town. Which companion boasts this?
In Dogedog, a companion met at a river boasts that it can stay under water longer than any man. At Magsingal the man it competes with has to come up first. Which companion is this?
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