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Автор: Liana Romulo
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       Filipino Children’s Favorite Stories

      FABLES, MYTHS AND FAIRY TALES

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       Filipino Children’s Favorite Stories

      FABLES, MYTHS AND FAIRY TALES

      Retold by Liana Romulo

      Illustrated by Joanne De Leon

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      TUTTLE Publishing

      Tokyo | Rutland, Vermont | Singapore

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      Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of

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      Text copyright © 2019 Liana Romulo

      Illustrations copyright © 2019 Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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      Contents

       Why Mosquitos Buzz Around Our Ears

       The Terrible Giant

       The Hermit and the Two Worms

       The Battle of the Wind and the Rain

       Alunsina

       A Feast of Gold

       The Runaways

       The Magic Lake

       The Deer and the Snail

       A Bridge of Flowers

       Why the Cock Crows

       The Battle of the Sea and Sky

       The Prince’s Bride

      Why Mosquitos Buzz Around Our Ears

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      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