children's literature_finalkaye

Compilation of

Children’s

Literature

Submitted by;

Kayce Joy l. Saliendrez

BEEd III-Scorpio

Submitted to:

Mrs. Annie Rose S. Vitto

Kayce Joy L. Saliendrez

Table of Contents LEGENDS

The Legend of the Pineapple .................................................................. 5

Legend of the Firefly .............................................................................. 7

Legend of the Dama de Noche ................................................................ 9

The Legend of Mount Kanlaon .............................................................. 11

The Legend of Mangoes ....................................................................... 12

BIBLE STORIES

The Story of Adam and Eve .................................................................. 14

The Healing at the Pool ........................................................................ 16

The Healing Of the Poisonous Food ...................................................... 16

David and Goliath ................................................................................ 17

The Parting of the Red Sea ................................................................... 20

POEMS

Young and Old ..................................................................................... 22

Where Go the Boats? ~Robert Louis Stevenson .................................... 23

What Does the Bee Do? ........................................................................ 24

What is Pink?....................................................................................... 24

Two Little Kittens ................................................................................ 25

NURSERY RHYMES

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star ................................................................... 27

Wee Willie Winkie ................................................................................ 28

Hush Little Baby .................................................................................. 29

Little Miss Muffet ................................................................................. 30

Do You Know The Muffin Man ............................................................... 30

FABLES

The Lion & the Mouse........................................................................... 32

The Fox & the Grapes ........................................................................... 33

The Two Goats ..................................................................................... 34

The Heron............................................................................................ 35


The Cock & the Fox .............................................................................. 36

MYTHS

How the World Was Made .................................................................... 39

Origin( Bagobo,Mindanao) ................................................................... 42

The Creation( Igorot) .......................................................................... 43

How the Moon and the Stars Came to Be .............................................. 43

Bukidnon (Mindanao) .......................................................................... 44


The Legend of the Pineapple

Once upon a time, there was a woman who lived with her daughter Pina in a tiny

hut in the village. They were poor, and the mother worked day and night to make

both ends meet. No matter how hard she worked, though, she never got any help

from her daughter. Pina was a lazy, spoiled kid who liked to play in the backyard all

day. Whenever her mother asked for help around the house or tried to send her on

an errand, she would always find an excuse by saying she can’t find the object that

was needed to complete that task. If her mother asked her to sweep the house, for

example, she would say she cannot find the broom, even if it was right there in

front of her. Needless to say, her mother always ended up doing the work herself.

One day, her mother became very ill. She called out to Pina, who as usual was

playing in the backyard.

“Pina! Pina! Come over here, anak. I am very sick. Can you cook some porridge

for me please? I am too weak to get up.”

Pina ignored her mother and continued to play.

“Pina, come over here this very instant, or else!” Pina’s mother mustered all

her strength just to say this, but it worked. Pina grudgingly stopped playing and

went inside the house. She poked her head inside her mother’s room.

“What do you want, Nanay (mother)? You really expect me to cook for you?

That’s too hard,” protested Pina, pouting and stomping her feet.

“Pina, it is very simple. Just put some rice in a pot and add water. Once the

water boils, let it simmer for awhile. Stir it occasionally with a ladle. Everything you

need should be right there in the kitchen.”

Pina reluctantly left and went to the kitchen. Her mother could hear her

banging the drawers and cabinets. Then her mother heard her open the back door

and sneak out into the backyard. Her mother waited and waited. Finally, she called

out to Pina again.

“Pina, did you cook like I told you to?”

“No,” was the defiant response.

“And why not?” was her mom’s exasperated response.

“Because I could not find the ladle,” was her flippant reply.

“Oh, you lazy child! You probably did not even bother to look for it! What am I

going to do with you? Here I am, sick, and I cannot even count on you!”


Her mother wept bitterly. In her anger, she shouted, “I wish you would grow a

thousand eyes all over your head! Then you can find what you’re looking for. Maybe

then you won’t have any more excuses.”

As soon as she said this, there was complete silence. Her mother thought, “She

is trying to be quiet so I will forget about asking her again.” She sighed.

She waited a little bit to see if Pina would come back. Realizing the wait was

futile, she wearily got up to do the cooking herself. When she looked out into the

backyard, Pina was nowhere to be found. She sighed again and said to herself,

“That lazy kid probably went to a friend’s house so she did not have to do any more

errands for me.”

Exhausted from the exertion, she soon went back to her room for a much-

needed rest. Weak as she was, she just tried to do everything by herself, having

given up on any help from Pina. Hours passed by, and then days. Still no sign of

her wayward daughter. With a heavy heart, she thought that Pina had ran away for

sure.

When she finally recovered from her illness, the first thing she did was look for

Pina. No one had seen or heard from her. It was like she disappeared into thin air.

Months passed and still no sign of her. The mother felt bad for her angry outburst,

and she feared that she might probably never see her daughter again.

One day, she was sweeping the backyard where Pina used to play. For months

now, she had noticed this strange plant growing on the very spot where she last

saw Pina. By this time, the leaves of the plant had fully opened. Inside, she saw

this strange yellow fruit that resembled a child’s head with a thousand eyes. A

thousand eyes…

She suddenly remembered the spiteful words she used that fateful day. With

horror, she realized that in the same way her mother’s love had spoiled her

daughter, so did her anger unwittingly curse her. Somehow, her daughter had

been turned into this plant.

To honor the memory of her beloved daughter, she named the fruit Pina.

She took such loving care of it like it was her own daughter. The fruit flourished so

well that it bore more and more fruits, and became popular among the village and

the entire country. Its name later evolved to pinya, or pineapple in English. That’s

how the pineapple came to be, according to folklore, named after a spoiled child

who was cursed with a thousand eyes


Legend of the Firefly

Once, along time ago, in the valley of Pinak in Central Luzon, one of the

islands in the Philippines. There was a deep large lake rich with fish. There, the

people of Pinak fished for their food, and always, there was plenty for all. Then

suddenly, the big river dried up. In the shallow mud, there wasn't a fish to catch.

For months, there were no rains. Out in the fields, the land turned dry. The rice-

stalks slowly withered. Everywhere in Pinak, there was hunger. Night after night,

the people of Pinak prayed hard.

"Dear Bathala," they would recite together in their small and poorly-built chapel, "

send us rains, give us food to eat. For the people are starving, and there is want

among us!"

Then one black and starless night, the good Bathala answered the prayers of the

faithful people of Pinak. For suddenly up in the dark skies appeared a blaze of gold!

A beautiful chariot of gold was zooming thru the sky. The people started to panic

but a big booming voice came from the chariot soothing them with words.

" I am Bula-hari, and I have come with my wife, Bitu-in. We are sent to the

heavens to rule Pinak from now on. We have come to give you good life!" As Bulan-

hari spoke, the black skies burst open. The rain fell in torrents. Soon the dry fields

bloomed again. The large lake rose and once again was filled with fish. The people

were happy once more under the rulership of Bulan-hari.

Soon Bulan-hari and Bitu-in had a daughter. She grew up to be a beautiful maiden.

Such long dark hair! Such lovely eyes under long curling lashes! Her nose was

chiselled fine. Her lips like rosebuds. Her skin was soft and fair like cream. They

named her Alitaptap for on her forehead was a bright sparkling star.

All the young, brave handsome men of Pinak fell in love with Alitaptap. They

worshipped her beauty. They sang songs of love beneath her windows. They all

sought to win her heart.

But alas! the heart of Alitaptap wasn't human. She was the daughter of Bulan-hari

and Bitu-in, who burst from the sky and were not of the earth. She had a heart of

stone, as cold and as hard as the sparkling star on her forehead. Alitaptap would

never know love.

Then one day, an old woman arrived at the palace. Her hair long and dirty. her

clothing tattered and soiled. Before the king Bulan-hari, Balo-na, the old, wise

woman whined in her sharp voice... that she had come from her dwelling in the

mountains to bear the king sad news. The news being that she saw the future in a

dream and it betold of their fate... the warriors of La-ut are coming with their


mighty swords to conquer the land, the only solution is to have a marriage between

Alitaptap and one of the young men, so as to have a heir to win the war.

At once Bulan-hari pleaded with his daughter to choose one of the young men in

their village. But how could the beautiful maiden understand? Alitaptap's heart of

stone merely stood in silence. Bulan-hari gripped his sword in despair... "

Alitapatap!" he bellowed in the quiet palace, "You will follow me, or you will lay

dead this very minute!"

But nothing could stir the lovely young woman's heart. Bulan-hari blind with anger

and fear of the dark future finally drew his sword. Clang! the steel of his sword's

blade rang in the silence of the big palace. It hit the star on Alitaptap's lovely

forehead!

The star burst! Darkness was everywhere! Until a thousand chips of glitter and light

flew around the hall. Only the shattered pieces of the star on Alitaptap's forehead

lighted the great hall, flickering as though they were stars with tiny wings.

Alitaptap, the lovely daughter from the heavens lay dead.

And soon, Balo-na's prediction had come true. Riding in stamping wild horses, the

warriors of La-ut came like the rumble and clashes of lightning and thunder. They

killed the people of Pinak, ruined crops, poisoned the lake. They spread sorrow and

destruction everywhere.

When it all ended, the beautiful, peaceful valley of Pinak had turned into an empty

and shallow swamp. At night, there was nothing but darkness. But soon, tiny

sparkles of light would flicker and lend glimmers of brightness in the starless night.

And so, the fireflies came about. Once, a long time ago, they were fragments from

the star on the forehead of Bulan-hari's daughter, the beautiful Alitaptap.


Legend of the Dama de Noche

A thousand years ago, there was a rich maharlika, or nobleman, who spent his

early bachelor days recklessly, wining and dining in the company of nobility. He

drank the finest wines, ate the most delectable food and enjoyed the company of

the loveliest, perfumed and bejewelled women of the noble class.

After years of this kind of life, the maharlika finally felt it was time to settle down

and marry the woman of his choice. "But who is the woman to choose?" he asked

himself as he sat in the rich splendour of his home, "All the women I know are

beautiful and charming, but I am tired of the glitter of their jewels and the richness

of their clothes!" He wanted a woman different from all the women he saw day and

night, and found this in a simple village lass. She was charming in her own

unaffected ways, and her name was Dama.

They married and lived contentedly. She loved him and took care of him. She

pampered him with the most delicious dishes, and kept his home and his clothes in

order. But soon, the newness wore off for the maharlika. He started to long for the

company of his friends. He took a good look at his wife and thought, she is not

beautiful and she does not have the air of nobility abouther, she does not talk with

wisdom. And so the maharlika returned to his own world of glitter and splendor. He

spent his evenings sitting around with his friends in their noble homes , drank and

talked till the first rays of the sun peeped from the iron grills of their ornate

windows.

Poor Dama felt that she was losing her husband. She wept in the silence of their

bedroom. "I cannot give my husband anything but the delights of my kitchen and

the warmth of my bed. He is tired of me." She looked to the heavens. "Oh, friendly

spirits! Help me. Give me a magic charm. Just one little magic charm to make my

husband come home again, that he will never want to leave my side, forever!"

It was midnight when the maharlika came home. He opened the door of their

bedroom and called for Dama to tell her to prepare his nightclothes. "Dama! Dama,

where are you?" he called. He shouted all around the bedroom. He sarched the

whole house. Still the nobleman could not find his simple wife. Finally the nobleman

returned to their bedroom, tired and cross. But, as he opened the door, he stopped.

A are scent, sweet and fragrant, drifted to him. It was a scent he had never smelled

before. He entered the room and crossed to the window where the scent seemed to

be floating from. A strange bush was growing outside the window. Some of its thin

branches had aleady reached the iron grills and were twisting around. And all over

the bush were thousands of tiny starlike, white flowers, from which burst forth a

heavenly, enchanting scent!


He stood there, completely enraptured by the glorious smell. "Dama..." he

whispered softly, onderingly, could this be Dama? The rich maharlika sat by the

window, and waited for the return of his loving simple wife. But she did not come

back. She never returned to him again. Only the fragrance of the flowers stayed

with him, casting a spell over his whole being.

In the moonlight, Dama of the night, or Dama de Noche would be in full bloom,

capturing the rich maharlika, making him never want to leave her side, forever.


The Legend of Mount Kanlaon

There once lived on the island of Negros a princess named Anina who lived a very

sheltered life.

One day, Anina overheard her father talking to the kingdom's chief priestess. The

priestess was frantic about a report that they could not find a single maiden who

was unblemished.

Later, Anina asked her father what it was all about, and the king finally broke down.

There had long been a seven-headed dragon threatening the kingdom, and the

monster could only be appeased if an unblemished maiden was sacrificed to it.

In fear, all the women in the kingdom had cut themselves to disqualify themselves

from the sacrifice. Parents cut their own baby girls so as to spare the infants from

the sacrifice. But the king and the queen couldn't bring themselves to mar their

daughter's beauty, and so Anina was the only remaining unscarred female in the

kingdom.

Anina did not weep. Instead, she willingly offered herself for the sacrifice.

Fortuitously, on the day she was to be brought to the mountain where the dragon

lived, a man calling himself Khan Laon appeared. (Khan in his language meant a

noble lord.) He said he came from a kingdom far away in order to slay the dragon

and spare Anina's life.

No one believed the dragon could be killed, but Khan Laon insisted that his ability

to talk to animals would help him. He asked the help of the ants, the bees and the

eagles.

The ants swarmed over the dragon's body and crept under its scales to bite its soft,

unprotected flesh, while the bees stung the fourteen eyes of the dragon till it was

blind. The largest eagle carried Khan Laon to the mountain where he was able to

easily chop off the seven heads of the writhing beast.

In gratitude, the king gave Khan Laon his daughter Anina to be his bride, and the

people named the mountain after the noble lord.

And that is how, according to the story, Mount Kanlaon got its name. That it is a

volcano is because of the spirt of the dead dragon.


The Legend of Mangoes

Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Ben who had a

wonderful heart. He is the son of Maria and Juan. Ben’s a kind and helpful

young lad who was nurtured well by his parents who have good hearts as

well.

One day, Ben saw a very old beggar and he took pity on him. So, Ben

decided to invite the old beggar into their humble home and he cooked food

and fed the old beggar until he could not eat anymore. Ben was not a rich

boy but that did not stop him from helping this old beggar by serving him

with the type of food that Ben’s family could only afford. After a sumptuous

meal, the beggar thanked the young lad and bade him farewell.

On another day, while Ben was looking for fire woods, he passed by an

old man who was also very hungry. Ben took pity on him once more and

without a doubt in his mind, he invited the old man back to their home and

gave him food and some clothes that his father does not use anymore. Ben’s

parents were happy that they have a son who has a heart of gold like Ben.

Unfortunately, the time came that Ben suddenly got very ill. His

parents were troubled and didn’t know what to do. But despite that, they

persisted to have their son treated but to no avail, Ben died. His parents

mourned over the loss of their only son. The next day, after Ben’s death,

a beautiful fairy came to Ben’s wake and talked to his parents. She asked

them to give her Ben’s heart. They agreed and gave it to her. The fairy

then flew away and in a mountain, she dug and buried Ben’s dead heart. It

then turned into a fruit-bearing tree whose fruits were in the shape of a

heart and whose taste was so sweet. People were amazed upon discovering

this new type of fruit and when they tasted it they were happy as it’s the

sweetest fruit they have ever tasted.

From then till now, people enjoy the benefits of this wonderful fruit.


The Story of Adam and Eve

God took some clay from the ground and made the shape of a man. Then He

breathed gently into the shape. The man's eye's opened and he began to live. God

called him Adam.

The Lord made a beautiful garden for him to live in. The garden, called Eden, was

full of many wonderful things. Beautiful flowers grew everywhere. Birds sang in

the trees, streams flowed through the valley and animals roamed across the fields.

God had made the man in His image to keep Him company and look after the

world.

God brought all the animals to Adam one at a time to be given their names.

"Elephant", he would say, or "Tiger", or "Porcupine".

But God felt sorry for Adam. "None of these animals is really like him," thought

God, "he needs someone to share his life. Someone who cares for him and who he

can care for."

That night, God took a rib from Adam's side and made a woman. When Adam

awoke the following morning, he found a wife, Eve, lying asleep beside him. Adam

was so happy. He took her hand and she woke up. She looked up at him and

smiled.

God told the man and woman that it was their job to take care of their new home.

God blessed them, saying, "All this is for you. Help yourself to anything you like.

But never touch the tree in the middle of the Garden. That tree gives knowledge of

good and evil. The day you eat its fruit, you will die."

God did not mean that Adam and Eve would drop down dead the moment they ate

the fruit from the tree. He meant that in time they would die without His Spirit

dwelling in them.

One day, Adam and Eve were gathering berries for dinner when she heard a silky

voice behind her.

"Has God told you that you can eat the fruit from all the trees?" the voice asked

softly. Eve turned around to see a snake talking to her.

"God has told us we can eat all the fruit except for what grows on The Tree of the

Knowledge of Good and Evil," Eve told the serpent.

"Oh come now, that's silly! I hardly think such a lovely fruit would do you any


harm," the serpent lied. "God knows that if you eat from The Tree of the Knowledge

of Good and Evil you'll become just like God, and will be able to decide for yourself

what is right and what is wrong."

The woman looked at the fruit and thought how tasty it looked. She thought how

wonderful it would be to be as wise and powerful as God. She believed the

serpent's lie and ate the fruit and also gave some to Adam, who was with her, and

he took a bite as well.

She felt a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach. She fidgeted and wondered

what was wrong with her. Suddenly she realized that she was feeling guilty -- she

had disobeyed God and knew she'd done something wrong.

As soon as they ate the fruit a change came over Adam and Eve. They became

unhappy and fearful of God.

Adam and Eve heard God calling them. Without thinking, they dived into the

bushes, but God knew where they were. When God asked them if they had eaten

from The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil that He had told them not to

touch, they blamed each other for their sins.

God was sad that Adam and Eve had disobeyed them. He told them that they had

to leave the Garden of Eden, "From now on you'll have to scratch a living from the

soil. You'll need to make clothes and grow food. Nothing will come easily -- not

even childbirth. And one day, you will die."


The Healing at the Pool

Jesus went to Jerusalem for a religious festival. Near Sheep Gate in Jerusalem

there is a pool with five porches; in Hebrew it called Bethzatha.

A large crowd of sick people were lying on the porches--the blind, the lame, and

the paralyzed. A man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.

Jesus saw him lying there, and he knew that the man had been sick for such a

long time; so he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

The sick man answered, "Sir, I don't have anyone here to put me in the pool when

the water is stirred up; while I am trying to get in. somebody else gets there first."

Jesus said to him,

"Get up, pick up your mat, and walk."

Immediately the man got well;

he picked up his mat and started walking.

The Healing Of the Poisonous Food

Once, when there was a famine throughout the land, Elisha returned to

Gilgal While he was teaching a group of prophets, he told his servant to put a big

pot on the fire and make some stew for them. One of them went out in the fields

to get some herbs. He found a wild vine and picked as many gourds as he could

carry. He brought them back and sliced them up into the stew, not knowing what

they were. The stew was poured out for the mane to eat, but as soon as they

tasted it they exclaimed to Elisha, “It’s poisoned!”—and wouldn’t eat it. Elisha

asked for some meal, threw it into the pot, and said, “Pour out some more stew for

them.“ And then there was nothing wrong with it.


David and Goliath

The Philistines gathered for battle in Socoh, a town in Judah; they camped at a

place called Ephnes Dammin, between Socoh and Azekah. Saul and the Israelites

assembled and camped in Elah, Valley, where they got ready to fight the Philistines.

The Philistines lined up on one hill and the Israelites on another, with a valley

between them.

A man named Goliath, from the city of Gath, came out from the Philistine camp to

challenge the Israelites. He was over nine feet tall and wore bronze armor that

weighed about 125 pounds and a bronze helmet. His legs were also protected by

bronze armor, and he carried a bronze javelin slung over his shoulder. His spear

was as thick as the bar on a weaver's loom, and its iron head weighed about fifteen

pounds. A soldier walked in front of him carrying his shield.

Goliath stood and shouted at the Israelites, "What are you doing there, lined up for

battle? I am a Philistine, you slaves of Saul! choose one of our men to fight me. If

he wins and kills me, we will be your slaves; but if I win and kill him, you will be

our slaves. Here and now I challenge the Israelite army, I dare you to pick

someone to fight me!"

When Saul and his men heard this, they were terrified.

David was the son of Jesse, who was an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah, Jesse

had eight sons, and at the time Saul was king, he was already a very old man. His

three oldest sons had gone with Saul to war. The oldest was Eliab, the next was

Abinadab, and the third was Shammah. David was the youngest son, and while the

three oldest brothers stayed with Saul, David would go back to Bethlehem from

time to time, to take care of his father's sheep.

Goliath challenged the Israelites every morning and evening for forty days.

One day, Jesse said to David, "Take a half-bushel of this roasted grain and these

ten loaves of bread, and hurry with them to your brothers in the camp. And take

the ten cheeses to the commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are getting

along and bring back something to show that you saw them and that they well.

King Saul, your brothers, and all the other Israelites are in Elah Valley fighting the

Philistines."

David got up early the next morning left someone else in charge of the sheep, took

the food, and went as Jesse had told him to.

He arrived at the camp just as the Israelites were going out to their battle line,

shouting the war cry. The Philistine and the Israelite armies took positions for


battle, facing each other. David left the food with the officer in charge of the

supplies, ran to the battle line, went to his brothers, and asked how they were

getting along.

As he was talking with them Goliath came forward and challenged the Israelites as

he had done before. And David heard him. When the Israelites saw Goliath, they

ran away in terror. "Listen to his challenge! King Saul has promised to give a big

reward to the man who kills him; the king will also give him his daughter to marry

and will not require his father's family to pay taxes."

David asked the men who were near him, "What will the man get who kills this

Philistine and frees Israel from this disgrace? After all, who is this heathen

Philistine to defy the army of the living God?" They told him what would be done

for the man who killed Goliath.

Eliab, David's oldest brother, heard David talking to the men, He became angry

with David and said, "What are you doing here? Who is taking care of those sheep

of yours out there in the wilderness? You smart aleck, you! You just came to

watch the fighting!" "Now what have I done?"

David asked. "Can't I even ask a question?" he turned to another man and asked

him the same question, and every time he asked, he got the same answer.

Some men heard what David had said, and they told Saul, who sent for him. David

said to Saul, "Your Majesty, no one should be afraid of this Philistine! I will go and

fight him." "No," answered Saul. "How could you fight him? You're just a boy, and

he has been a soldier all his life!" "Your Majesty," David said, "I take care of my

father's sheep. Any time a lion or a bear carries off a lab, I go after it, attack it, and

rescue the lamb. And if the lion or bear turns on me, I grab it by the throat and

beat it to death. I have killed lions and bears, and I will do the same to this

heathen Philistine, who had defied the army of the living God. The LORD has saved

me form lions and bears; he will save me form this Philistine.

"All right," Saul answered. "Go, and the LORD be with you." he gave his own armor

to David for him to wear: a bronze helmet, which he put on David's head, and a

coat of armor. David strapped Saul's sword over the armor and tried to walk, but

he couldn't, because he wasn't used to wearing them. "I can't fight with all this." He

said to Saul. " I'm not used to it." So he took it all off. He took his shepherd's stick

and then picked up five smooth stones form the stream and put them in his bag.

With his sling ready, he went out to meet Goliath. the Philistine started walking

toward David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him. He kept coming

closer, and when he got a good look at David, he was filed with scorn for him

because he was just nice, good-looking boy. He said to David, "What's that stick


for? Do you think I'm a dog?" And he called down curses from his god on David.

"Come on," he challenged David, "and I will give your body to the birds and

animals to eat."

David answered, "You are coming against me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I

come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the Israelite

armies, which you have defied. This very day the LORD will put you in my power; I

will defeat you and cut off your head. And I will give the bodies of the Philistine

soldiers to the birds and animals to eat. The whole world will know that Israel has

a God, and everyone here will see that the LORD does not need swords or spears to

save his people. He is victorious in battle, and he will put all of you in our power."

Goliath started walking toward David again, and David ran quickly toward the

Philistine battle line to fight them He reached into his bag and took out a stone,

which he slung at Goliath. It hit him on the forehead and broke his skull, and

Goliath fell face downward on the ground. And so, without a sword, David defeated

and killed Goliath with a sling and a stone! He ran to him, stood over him, took

Goliath's sword out of its sheath, and cut off his head and killed him.

When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they ran away. The men of

Israel and Judah shouted and ran after them, pursuing them all the way to Gath

and to the gates of Ekron. The Philistines fell wounded all along the road that leads

to Shaaram, as far as Gath and Ekron. When the Israelites came back form

pursuing the Philistines, they looted their camp. David got Goliath's head and took

it to Jerusalem, but he kept Goliath's weapons in his own tent.

When Saul saw David going out to fight Goliath, he asked Abner, the commander of

his army, "Abner, whose son is he?" "I have no idea, Your Majesty," Abner

answered. "Then go and find out," Saul ordered.

So when David returned to camp after killing Goliath, Abner took him to Saul.

David was still carrying Goliath's head. Saul asked him, "Young man, whose son

are you?" "I am the son of your servant Jesse from Bethlehem," David answered.


The Parting of the Red Sea

Moses held out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back with a

strong east wind. It blew all night and turned the sea into dry land. The water was

divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water

on both sides.

The Egyptians pursed them and went after them into the sea with all their

horses, chariots, and drivers. Just before dawn the LORD looked down from the

pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw them into a panic. He made

the wheels of their chariots get stuck, so that they moved with great difficulty.

The Egyptians said, “The LORD if fighting for the Israelites against us. Let’s

get out of here!”

The LORD said to Moses, “Hold out your hand over the sea, and the water

will come back over the Egyptians and their chariots and drivers.”

So Moses held out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the water

returned to its normal level. The Egyptians tried to escape from the water, but the

LORD threw them into the sea. The water retuned and covered the chariots, the

drivers, and all the Egyptian army that had followed the Israelites into the sea; not

one of them was left.

But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water

on both sides.

On that day the LORD saved the people of Israel from the Egyptians, and

the Israelites saw them lying dead on the seashore.

When the Israelites saw the great power with which the LORD had defeated

the Egyptians, they stood in awe of the LORD; and they had faith in the LORD and

in his servant Moses.


Young and Old ~Charles Kingsley

When all the world is young lad,

And all the trees are green;

And every goose a swan, lad,

And every lass a queen; Then hey for boot and horse, lad,

And round the world away;

Young blood must have its course, lad,

And every dog his day.

When all the world is old, lad,

And all the trees are brown;

When all the sport is stale, lad,

And all the wheels run down;

Creep home, and take your place there,

The spent and maimed among:

God grant you find one face there,

You loved when all was young.


Where Go the Boats?

~Robert Louis Stevenson

Dark brown is the river,

Golden is the sand.

It flows along for ever,

With trees on either hand.

Green leaves a-floating,

Castles of the foam,

Boats of mine a-boating-

Where will all come home?

On goes the river,

And out past the mill,

Away down the valley,

Away down the hill.

Away down the river,

A hundred miles or more,

Other little children

Shall bring my boats ashore.


What Does the Bee Do?

~Christina Rossetti

What does the bee do?

Bring home honey.

And what does Father do?

Bring home money.

And what does Mother do?

Lay out the money.

And what does baby do?

Eat up the honey.

What is Pink?

~Christina Rossetti

What is pink? A rose is pink

By the fountain's brink.

What is red? A poppy's red

In its barley bed.

What is blue? The sky is blue

Where the clouds float through.

What is white? A swan is white

Sailing in the light.

What is yellow? Pears are yellow,

Rich and ripe and mellow.


Two Little Kittens

~Anonymous (circa 1880)

Two little kittens, one stormy night,

Began to quarrel, and then to fight;

One had a mouse, the other had none,

And that's the way the quarrel begun.

"I'll have that mouse," said the biggest cat;

"You'll have that mouse? We'll see about that!"

"I will have that mouse," said the eldest son;

"You shan't have the mouse," said the little one.

I told you before 'twas a stormy night

When these two little kittens began to fight;

The old woman seized her sweeping broom,

And swept the two kittens right out of the room.

The ground was covered with frost and snow,

And the two little kittens had nowhere to go;

So they laid them down on the mat at the door,

While the old woman finished sweeping the floor.

Then they crept in, as quiet as mice,

All wet with the snow, and cold as ice,

For they found it was better, that stormy night,

To lie down and sleep than to quarrel and fight.


Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,

When the nothing shines upon,

Then you show your little light,

Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

Then the traveller in the dark,

Thanks you for your tiny spark,

He could not see which way to go,

If you did not twinkle so.

In the dark blue sky you keep,

And often through my curtains peep,

For you never shut your eye,

Till the sun is in the sky.

As your bright and tiny spark,

Lights the traveller in the dark.

Though I know not what you are,

Twinkle, twinkle, little star.



Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.





Wee Willie Winkie

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,

Upstairs and down stairs in his night-gown,

Tapping at the window, crying at the lock,

“Are the children in their bed, for its past ten o’clock?”

“Hey, Willie Winkie, are you coming in?

The cat is singing purring sounds to the sleeping hen,

The dog’s spread out on the floor, and doesn’t give a cheap,

But here’s a wakeful little boy who will not fall asleep!”

Anything but sleep, you rogue! glowering like the moon,

Rattling in an iron jug with an iron spoon,

Rumbling, tumbling round about, crowing like a cock,

Shrieking like I don’t know what, waking sleeping folk.

“Hey, Willie Winkie—the child’s in a creel!

Wriggling from everyone’s knee like an eel,

Tugging at the cat’s ear, and confusing all her thrums—

Hey, Willie Winkie—see, there he comes!”

Weary is the mother who has a dusty child,

A small short little child, who can’t run on his own,

Who always has a battle with sleep before he’ll close an eye

But a kiss from his rosy lips gives strength anew to me.


Hush Little Baby

Hush, little baby, don't say a word,

Mama's going to buy you

a mockingbird.

And if that mockingbird won't sing,


a diamond ring.

And if that diamond ring turns brass,


a looking glass.

And if that looking glass gets broke,

Mama's going to buy you a billy goat.

And if that billy goat won't pull,


a cart and bull.

And if that cart and bull turn over,


a dog named Rover.

And if that dog named Rover

won't bark,


a horse and cart.

And if that horse and cart fall down,

You'll still be the sweetest

little baby in town.


Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet,

Eating her curds and whey;

Along came a spider,

Who sat down beside her And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Do You Know The Muffin Man

Do you know the Muffin Man, The Muffin Man,

The Muffin Man?

Do you know the Muffin Man

Who lives in Drury Lane? Yes, I know the Muffin Man,

The Muffin Man,

The Muffin Man.

Yes, I know the Muffin Man

Who lives in Drury Lane.


The Lion & the Mouse

A Lion lay as leep in the forest, h is great head

rest ing on h is paws. A t imid l it t le Mouse came upon

h im unexpected ly, and in her fr ight and haste to get

away, ran across the Lion's nose. Roused from his

nap, the Lion la id h is huge paw angr i ly on the t iny

creature to ki l l her.

"Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "P lease let

me go and someday I wi l l sure ly repay you."

The Lion was much amused to th ink that a

Mouse could ever he lp h im. But he was generous and

f ina l ly let the Mouse go.

Some days later, whi le sta lk ing h is prey in the

forest, the Lion was caught in the toi ls of a hunter 's

net. Unable to free h imsel f , he f i l led the forest with

h is angry roar ing. The Mouse knew the voice and

quickly found the Lion struggl ing in the net. Running

to one of the great ropes that bound h im, she

gnawed it unt i l it parted, and soon the Lion was free.

"You laughed when I sa id I wou ld repay you,"

sa id the Mouse. "Now you see that even a Mouse can

help a L ion."

A kindness is never wasted.


The Fox & the Grapes

A Fox one day sp ied a beaut ifu l bunch of r ipe

grapes hanging from a vine tra ined a long the

branches of a tree. The grapes seemed ready to burst

with ju ice, and the Fox's mouth watered as he gazed

long ing ly at them.

The bunch hung from a h igh branch, and the Fox

had to jump for it . The f irst t ime he jumped he

missed it by a long way. So he walked off a short

distance and took a running leap at it , on ly to fa l l

short once more. Again and again he tr ied, but in

vain.

Now he sat down and looked at the grapes in

disgust.

"What a foo l I am," he said . "Here I am wear ing

myse lf out to get a bunch of sour grapes that are not

worth gap ing for."

And off he wa lked very, very scornfu l ly .

There are many who pretend to despise and belittle that

which is beyond their reach.


The Two Goats

Two Goats, fr isking gay ly on the rocky steeps of

a mountain va l ley, chanced to meet, one on each s ide

of a deep chasm through which poured a mighty

mountain torrent. The trunk of a fa l len tree formed

the only means of cross ing the chasm, and on th is

not even two squirre ls cou ld have passed each other

in safety. The narrow path would have made the

bravest tremble. Not so our Goats. Their pr ide wou ld

not permit e ither to stand aside for the other.

One set her foot on the log. The other did

l ikewise. In the midd le they met horn to hor n.

Neither wou ld g ive way, and so they both fe l l, to be

swept away by the roar ing torrent be low.

It is better to yield than to come to misfortune through

stubbornness.


The Heron

A Heron was walk ing sedate ly a long the bank of

a stream, h is eyes on the c lear water, and h is long

neck and pointed bi l l ready to snap up a l ike ly morse l

for h is breakfast. The c lear water swarmed with f ish,

but Master Heron was hard to p lease that morning.

"No smal l fry for me," he said. "Such scanty fare

is not f it for a Heron."

Now a f ine young Perch swam near.

"No indeed," sa id the Heron. "I wou ldn' t even

trouble to open my beak for anything l ike that!"

As the sun rose, the f ish le ft the shallow water

near the shore and swam below into the cool depths

toward the midd le. The Heron saw no more f ish, and

very g lad was he at last to breakfast on a t iny Snai l.

Do not be too hard to suit or you may have to be content

with the worst or with nothing at all.


The Cock & the Fox

One br ight evening as the sun was s ink ing on a

glor ious wor ld a wise old Cock f lew into a tree to

roost. Before he composed h imself to rest, he f lapped

h is wings three t imes and crowed loud ly. But just as

he was about to put h is head under h is wing, h is

beady eyes caught a f lash of red and a g l impse of a

long po inted nose, and there just be low him stood

Master Fox.

"Have you heard the wonderfu l news?" cr ied the

Fox in a very joyfu l and exc ited manner.

"What news?" asked the Cock very calmly. But

he had a queer, f luttery fee l ing ins ide h im, for, you

know, he was very much afra id of the Fox.

"Your fami ly and mine and a l l other anima ls

have agreed to forget the ir d if ferences and l ive in

peace and fr iendship from now on forever. Just th ink

of it ! I s imply cannot wa it to embrace you! Do come

down, dear fr iend, and le t us ce lebrate the joyfu l

event."

"How grand!" sa id the Cock. "I certa in ly am

del ighted at the news." But he spoke in an absent


way, and stretching up on t iptoes, seemed to be

look ing at something afar o f f.

"What is it you see?" asked the Fox a l it t le

anxious ly.

"Why, it looks to me l ike a couple of Dogs

coming th is way. They must have heard the good

news and—"

But the Fox did not wa it to hear more. Off he

started on a run.

"Wait ," cr ied the Cock. "Why do you run? The

Dogs are fr iends o f yours now!"

"Yes," answered the Fox. "But they might not

have heard the news. Besides, I have a very

important errand that I had a lmost forgotten about."

The Cock smi led as he bur ied h is head in h is

feathers and went to s leep, for he had succeeded in

outwitt ing a very crafty enemy.

The trickster is easily tricked.


How the World Was Made

This is the ancient Filipino account of the creation.

Thousands of years ago there was no land nor sun nor moon nor stars, and the

world was only a great sea of water, above which stretched the sky. The water was

the kingdom of the god Maguayan, and the sky was ruled by the great god Captan.

Maguayan had a daughter called Lidagat, the sea, and Captan had a son known as Lihangin, the wind. The gods agreed to the marriage of their children, so the sea

became the bride of the wind.

Three sons and a daughter were born to them. The sons were called Licalibutan,

Liadlao, and Libulan; and the daughter received the name of Lisuga.

Licalibutan had a body of rock and was strong and brave; Liadlao was formed of

gold and was always happy; Libulan was made of copper and was weak and timid; and the beautiful Lisuga had a body of pure silver and was sweet and gentle. Their

parents were very fond of them, and nothing was wanting to make them happy.

After a time Lihangin died and left the control of the winds to his eldest son

Licalibutan. The faithful wife Lidagat soon followed her husband, and the children, now grown up, were left without father or mother. However, their grandfathers,

Captan and Maguayan, took care of them and guarded them from all evil.

After a time, Licalibutan, proud of his power over the winds, resolved to gain more

power, and asked his brothers to join him in an attack on Captan in the sky above.

At first they refused; but when Licalibutan became angry with them, the amiable Liadlao, not wishing to offend his brother, agreed to help. Then together they

induced the timid Libulan to join in the plan.

When all was ready the three brothers rushed at the sky, but they could not beat

down the gates of steel that guarded the entrance. Then Licalibutan let loose the strongest winds and blew the bars in every direction. The brothers rushed into the

opening, but were met by the angry god Captan. So terrible did he look that they

turned and ran in terror; but Captan, furious at the destruction of his gates, sent

three bolts of lightning after them.

The first struck the copper Libulan and melted him into a ball. The second struck the golden Liadlao, and he too was melted. The third bolt struck Licalibutan, and his

rocky body broke into many pieces and fell into the sea. So huge was he that parts

of his body stuck out above the water and became what is known as land.

In the meantime the gentle Lisuga had missed her brothers and started to look for them. She went toward the sky, but as she approached the broken gates, Captan,

blind with anger, struck her too with lightning, and her silver body broke into

thousands of pieces.


Captan then came down from the sky and tore the sea apart, calling on Maguayan

to come to him and accusing him of ordering the attack on the sky. Soon Maguayan appeared and answered that he knew nothing of the plot as he had been asleep far

down in the sea.

After a time he succeeded in calming the angry Captan. Together they wept at the

loss of their grandchildren, especially the gentle and beautiful Lisuga; but with all

their power they could not restore the dead to life. However, they gave to each

body a beautiful light that will shine forever.

And so it was that golden Liadlao became the sun, and copper Libulan the moon,

while the thousands of pieces of silver Lisuga shine as the stars of heaven. To

wicked Licalibutan the gods gave no light, but resolved to make his body support a new race of people. So Captan gave Maguayan a seed, and he planted it on the

land, which, as you will remember, was part of Licalibutan's huge body.

Soon a bamboo tree grew up, and from the hollow of one of its branches a man and

a woman came out. The man's name was Sicalac, and the woman was called

Sicabay. They were the parents of the human race. Their first child was a son whom they called Libo; afterwards they had a daughter who was known as Saman.

Pandaguan was a younger son and he had a son called Arion.

Pandaguan was very clever and invented a trap to catch fish. The very first thing he

caught was a huge shark. When he brought it to land, it looked so great and fierce that he thought it was surely a god, and he at once ordered his people to worship

it. Soon all gathered around and began to sing and pray to the shark. Suddenly the

sky and sea opened, and the gods came out and ordered Pandaguan to throw the

shark back into the sea and to worship none but them.

All were afraid except Pandaguan. He grew very bold and answered that the shark was as big as the gods, and that since he had been able to overpower it he would

also be able to conquer the gods. Then Captan, hearing this, struck Pandaguan with

a small thunderbolt, for he did not wish to kill him but merely to teach him a lesson. Then he and Maguayan decided to punish these people by scattering them

over the earth, so they carried some to one land and some to another. Many

children were afterwards born, and thus the earth became inhabited in all parts.

Pandaguan did not die. After lying on the ground for thirty days he regained his strength, but his body was blackened from the lightning, and all his descendants

ever since that day have been black.

His first son, Arion, was taken north, but as he had been born before his father's

punishment he did not lose his color, and all his people therefore are white.

Libo and Saman were carried south, where the hot sun scorched their bodies and

caused all their descendants to be of a brown color.


A son of Saman and a daughter of Sicalac were carried east, where the land at first

was so lacking in food that they were compelled to eat clay. On this account their

children and their children's children have always been yellow in color.

And so the world came to be made and peopled. The sun and moon shine in the

sky, and the beautiful stars light up the night. All over the land, on the body of the

envious Licalibutan, the children of' Sicalac and Sicabay have grown great in

numbers. May they live forever in peace and brotherly love!


Origin

Bagobo (Mindanao)

In the beginning there lived one man and one woman, Toglai and Toglibon. Their

first children were a boy and a girl. When they were old enough, the boy and the

girl went far away across the waters seeking a good place to live in. Nothing more

was heard of them until their children, the Spaniards and Americans, came back. After the first boy and girl left, other children were born to the couple; but they all

remained at Cibolan on Mount Apo with their parents, until Toglai and Toglibon died

and became spirits. Soon after that there came a great drought which lasted for three years. All the waters dried up, so that there were no rivers, and no plants

could live.

"Surely," said the people, "Manama is punishing us, and we must go elsewhere to

find food and a place to dwell in."

So they started out. Two went in the direction of the sunset, carrying with them

stones from Cibolan River. After a long journey they reached a place where were broad fields of cogon grass and an abundance of water, and there they made their

home. Their children still live in that place and are called Magindanau, because of

the stones which the couple carried when they left Cibolan.

Two children of Toglai and Toglibon went to the south, seeking a home, and they carried with them women's baskets (baraan). When they found a good spot, they

settled down. Their descendants, still dwelling at that place, are called Baraan or

Bilaan, because of the women's baskets.

So two by two the children of the first couple left the land of their birth. In the place

where each settled a new people developed, and thus it came about that all the tribes in the world received their names from things that the people carried out of

Cibolan, or from the places where they settled.

All the children left Mount Apo save two (a boy and a girl), whom hunger and thirst

had made too weak to travel. One day when they were about to die the boy crawled out to the field to see if there was one living thing, and to his surprise he

found a stalk of sugarcane growing lustily. He eagerly cut it, and enough water

came out to refresh him and his sister until the rains came. Because of this, their

children are called Bagobo.


The Creation

Igorot

In the beginning there were no people on the earth.

Lumawig, the Great Spirit, came down from the sky and cut many reeds. He

divided these into pairs which he placed in different parts of the world, and then he

said to them, "You must speak."

Immediately the reeds became people, and in each place was a man and a woman

who could talk, but the language of each couple differed from that of the others.

Then Lumawig commanded each man and woman to marry, which they did. By and by there were many children, all speaking the same language as their parents.

These, in turn, married and had many children. In this way there came to be many

people on the earth.

Now Lumawig saw that there were several things which the people on the earth

needed to use, so he set to work to supply them. He created salt, and told the inhabitants of one place to boil it down and sell it to their neighbors. But these

people could not understand the directions of the Great Spirit, and the next time he

visited them, they had not touched the salt.

Then he took it away from them and gave it to the people of a place called Mayinit. These did as he directed, and because of this he told them that they should always

be owners of the salt, and that the other peoples must buy of them.

Then Lumawig went to the people of Bontoc and told them to get clay and make

pots. They got the clay, but they did not understand the molding, and the jars were

not well shaped. Because of their failure, Lumawig told them that they would always have to buy their jars, and he removed the pottery to Samoki. When he told

the people there what to do, they did just as he said, and their jars were well

shaped and beautiful. Then the Great Spirit saw that they were fit owners of the

pottery, and he told them that they should always make many jars to sell.

In this way Lumawig taught the people and brought to them all the things which

they now have.

How the Moon and the Stars Came to Be


Bukidnon (Mindanao)

One day in the times when the sky was close to the ground a spinster

went out to pound rice. Before she began her work, she took off the beads

from around her neck and the comb from her hair, and hung them on the

sky, which at that time looked like coral rock.

Then she began working, and each time that she raised her pestle into

the air it struck the sky. For some time she pounded the rice, and then she

raised the pestle so high that it struck the sky very hard.

Immediately the sky began to rise, and it went up so far that she lost

her ornaments. Never did they come down, for the comb became the moon

and the beads are the stars that are scattered about.

children's literature_finalkaye

Documents

kayce joy

legend of mangoes

saliendrez page

little kittens

legend of mount kanlaon

saliendrez beed

hush little baby

little miss muffet