Sa Aking Mga Kabata
Kapagka ang baya’y sadyang umiibig, Sa kanyang salitang kaloob ng langit Sanglang kalayaan nasa ring masapit Katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid. Pagka’t ang salita’y isang...
Literature
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How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife
My brother Leon was returning to Nagrebcan from far away Manila, bringing home his young bride who had been born and had grown up in...
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The Children of the Limokon
This story is a myth from the Mandaya tribe of Mindanao, Philippines. In the very early days before there were any people on the earth,...
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My Father Goes To Court
When I was four, I lived with my mother and brothers and sisters in a small town on the island of Luzon. Father’s farm had...
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All Over The World
ONE evening in August 1941, I came out of a late movie to a silent, cold night. I shivered a little as I stood for...
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The Story Of The Unfinished Bridge
This story is a legend from the people of Southern Kalinga in the Philippines about the existence of an unfinished bridge in the place. At...
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The Cask of Amontillado
THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well...
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Indecision
He craves to sit beside the shady buttress Of some ancient tree, Or better still, on some abandoned beach, Or on a ferny hillside sloping...
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The House of Zapote Street
Dr. Leonardo Quitangon, a soft-spoken, mild-mannered, cool-tempered Caviteno, was still fancy-free at 35 when he returned to Manila, after six years abroad. Then, at the...
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Magnificience
There was nothing to fear, for the man was always so gentle, so kind. At night when the little girl and her brother were bathed...
