Proverbs

 Actions speak louder than words.

Explanation: Actions are better reflection of one's character
because it’s easy to say things but difficult to act them and follow
through.
 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single
step.
Explanation: You must begin something if you hope to finish it;
something that takes a long time to finish begins with one step.
 If you play with fire, you’ll get burned.
Explanation: If you get involved in something dangerous or
beyond your abilities, you will probably experience negative
consequences.

Riddles

 What has to be broken before it can be used?

-An egg

 Jimmy’s mother had three children. The first was

called April, the second was called May. What
was the name of the third?
-Jimmy

 You can hold it without using your hands or your

arms. What is it?
-Your breath.
Poetry
 But For the Grace of God - I Don't Believe
God have mercy on my atheist friends,
but Lord, have far greater mercy on me.
For all I ever gave or showed between us
was judgment, and some rote bible verses.
What hell can there be in store for them,
that doesn't burn twice as hot for me?
I 'prayed' and feigned Your obedience,
Your burning Word revealed my hypocrisy.
Not in the pew, (that was comforting),
void of all 'Fear of God', full of 'sociable sin'.
Preaching, "It's for the ministry's sake,
and, omg, it keeps the money rolling in!"
So I will pray for my atheist friends,
but now, even more so for me.
"Deliver us from those damn 'Money-
Preachers',
that we not share their burning shame in
eternity."

Insights: The world today is facing many problems. One example for it is the political corruption. Instead of
praying for ourselves, we now tend to pray for those “corrupt” political officials who are been doing illegal.

 Warned
-Sylvia Stults
The sands of time have rendered fear
Blue skies on high no longer clear
Stars were bright whence they came
Now dimmed, obscured, pollution's haze
Crystal clear our waters gleamed
Fish abundant, rivers streamed
Ocean floors sandy white
Now littered, brown, pollution's plight
Trees towered high above
Trunks baring professed love
Birds chirping from sites unseen
Gone, paper joined pollution's team
One can't blame pollution alone
As they say, you reap what you've sown
So let us plant a better seed
Tear out old roots, cultivate, weed
Protect what has been given for free
Our waters, skies, wildlife and trees
For once they're gone, don't you say
Consider yourself warned of that fatal day

Insights: Because of the advancement of many things, its effect can be obviously seen in the environment.
Humans had lost their thoughts in everything that they forgot to conserve Mother Earth. It is sad to know
that nature can survive without us but we can’t survive without nature

 Life without technology…

(1)Isn’t really a life (2)Critical thinking (3)A home (4)Our updated
at all because is Is now just a statuses have
nowadays no longer a button we press drowned out the
technology is life. necessity. To escape the mess Muttered sounds
Why chat in person Reality is now of a of different
when I can chat confined in an Multi-tasking conversations.
online? Eighty inch by forty establishment.
After all, I have inch HD TV. It’s as if we’ve
more friends on We walk past one been chipped
Facebook than I do We can’t see. another And had our hearts
in “real life.” As if human ripped out
We are blinded by interaction is And replaced by
Our world is so the light that Outdated, different bits
digital. comes from our Overrated. And pieces of
phones. 140 spaces, animatronic gears.
(5)I fear that we (6)A virus that’s (7)But I can just (8)The mornings
will crawling its way to face-time to have gotten dark
never hear our replace and cold,
The rustling of God-given hard The old-fashioned But we’re too
papers and leaves drive. face-to-face social distracted by the
Because we’ll be We have forgotten interaction apps on our
too busy typing what it feels like to That my phones.
away live our lives generation had We’re mesmerized,
At our keyboards. offline. erased from their hypnotized,
lives. satisfied
Before, children We can no longer By a two-by-four
used to play recall We can no longer block of metal that
outside, The sound of shoes recall sits in our pockets.
In the snow and in against the asphalt The sound of We settle for
the sand. Because by the cracking branches something that
But now, kids half time we’re out the before they fall cannot love us
my age door, Because we’re too back.
Do those same We’re already busy watching Emotion is the one
things on an iPad. listening to our videos go viral. thing that
iPods. technology lacks.
Kids will never We tweet one
learn to surf the We only converse another As humans, we
ocean waves with Siri: More than baby were born with this
Because they’re “Speak to text”, birds tweet for quality,
too busy surfing “search the web”, their mothers. But our brains
from page to page “can you give me We stare into have been
On the World Wide directions?” Windows and programmed to
Web. I’ve shunned both communicate believe
It’s like a spider Mother Nature through Apple That technology is
that has injected and Father Time in Instead of staring our reality.
its venom, the face. out of windows
and giving each
other apples.

Insights: The world runs now with technology. We may not notice but technology really changed a lot in our
environment. The important things in the past were forgotten because of the emergence of technology.
Technology may do things all in instant but we can’t deny its negative effects

Song:
Bayan Ko
-Freddie Aguilar
Ang bayan kong Pilipinas Ibon mang may layang Ibon mang may layang
Lupain ng ginto't bulaklak lumipad lumipad
Pag-ibig na sa kanyang Kulungin mo at umiiyak Kulungin mo at umiiyak
palad Bayan pa kayang sakdal- Bayan pa kayang sakdal-
Nag-alay ng ganda't dilag dilag dilag
At sa kanyang yumi at Ang 'di magnasang Ang 'di magnasang
ganda makaalpas makaalpas
Dayuhan ay nahalina Pilipinas kong minumutya Pilipinas kong minumutya
Bayan ko, binihag ka Pugad ng luha at dalita Pugad ng luha at dalita
Nasadlak sa dusa Aking adhika Aking adhika
Makita kang sakdal laya Makita kang sakdal laya...
Insights: The song “”Bayan Ko” (or “My Country”) describes in so many ways a person’s loyalty to one's
country, like that of a person who is in a far-off place facing sacrifices and challenges. For those who are
not well versed with the song and therefore couldn't relate with its message, in view of language barrier, it
doesn't really matter but for those who may be curious to know what it is all about, the song simply refers
to nationalism and loyalty to one's country.
Oral Narrative
 Fable

THE TORTOISE AND THE DUCKS

The Tortoise, you know, carries his house on his back. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot leave
home. They say that Jupiter punished him so, because he was such a lazy stay-at-home that he would not go
to Jupiter’s wedding, even when especially invited.

After many years, Tortoise began to wish he had gone to that wedding. When he saw how gaily the
birds flew about and how the Hare and the Chipmunk and all the other animals ran nimbly by, always eager
to see everything there was to be seen, the Tortoise felt very sad and discontented. He wanted to see the
world too, and there he was with a house on his back and little short legs that could hardly drag him along.

One day he met a pair of Ducks and told them all his trouble.

“We can help you to see the world,” said the Ducks. “Take hold of this stick with your teeth and we
will carry you far up in the air where you can see the whole countryside. But keep quiet or you will be sorry.”

The Tortoise was very glad indeed. He seized the stick firmly with his teeth, the two Ducks took hold
of it one at each end, and away they sailed up toward the clouds.

Just then a Crow flew by. He was very much astonished at the strange sight and cried:

“This must surely be the King of Tortoises!”

“Why certainly——” began the Tortoise.

But as he opened his mouth to say these foolish words he lost his hold on the stick, and down he fell
to the ground, where he was dashed to pieces on a rock.

 Legend

The Legend of Bayabas

A long time ago, there's a king who ruled a rich, prosperous island. He had all the things a king could
ever ask for: the power, the wealth, and all the delicious foods one could only imagine.The king's name was
King Barabas.

King Barabas is a rude king and overweight, indulging himself to all the foods available, hesitant to
share to anyone. And his castle is starting to become filthy. He would spend most of his time sitting and
eating with his bare hands. As he eats, he drips food on the floor and smile mockingly at the people around
him, specially his servants.

People in the kingdom would approach with requests for his help, but he would always refuse. As he
neglected his kingdom, people started to complain and starve.

After some time, an old hunched-back woman showed up at the castle begging for food while the
king was eating. The old lady asked for food as she was starving.

"Go away! I don't have anything to give. Can't you see I'm eating?" said the king.

"Please, my king," begged the old woman. "I'm asking for anything, anything you could give me as I
am so hungry. Even a little piece of bread or fruit would do."

"Get out at once! You disgust me," the king belittled the old beggar.

The old woman stood up straight, casting aside her stooped posture. "I've heard much about you
and how your kingdom is suffering." The tone of her voice had changed. It was no longer the voice of a
weak, old woman. "I asked for help, and you shoved me away. You have a lot for yourself, but when I only
asked for a little food, you belittled me. You are selfish. No one loves you and no one will remember you
when you are gone!"

And the beggar disappeared.

After a few more days, the king slowly weakened and became sick. No one knows what's wrong with
him. He got weaker and weaker and lost much weight. He looked older than his age. Soon after that, the
king died. As unfortunate and unexpected as it was, no one cried and nobody showed up at the king's burial.
He died alone.

And where the king was buried, his people noticed a strange plant growing, a plant they had never
seen before. The plant soon grew into a tree, which bore rounded fruits that turned yellowish when ripe.

People also noticed that the fruit seemed to have a crown as it develops, which reminded them of
their selfish, arrogant king. The flesh of the fruit tasted a bit sour, just like the sour personality of the king
towards them.

The people learned to eat the fruit, which helped them with starvation. And because the tree was
from the grave of their King Barabas and it has crown just like their king, they named the tree after him:
barabas, which in time they called bayabas.

The fruit is still called, as to this day, bayabas.

 Myth

Creation Myth

When the world first began there was no land; there was only the Sea and the Sky, and between
them flew a huge, beautiful Kite (a bird similar to a hawk). One day, the bird, which had nowhere to land
and rest, grew tired of flying about, and in frustration stirred up the Sky in a quarrel against the Sea. The Sky
threw rain, thunder, and lightning that reached the Sea, who in turn rose up and hurled waves and
hurricanes that reached the Sky.

In order to restrain its fury, the Sky showered a multitude of massive boulders down upon the Sea,
which became the islands that formed the Philippines. These islands prevented the waters from rising any
more - instead causing them to flow back and forth, and thereby creating the tides. Afterwards, the Sky then
ordered the Kite to light on one of the newly-formed islands to build her nest, and to leave the Sea and the
Sky in peace.

Now at this same time the Land Breeze and the Sea Breeze were married, and they had a child which
they named Bamboo. One day, when Bamboo was floating against the sea, it struck the feet of the Kite.
Shocked, hurt, and angered that anything should strike it, the bird furiously pecked at the bamboo until it
split in half. Out of one section came a golden-bronze colored man, named Malakas (Strong One) and from
the other half came a similarly hued woman, named Maganda (Beautiful One).

The earthquake then called on all the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea to see what should be
done with these two, and the animals decided that they should marry each other. Together, Malakas and
Maganda had many children, and from them eventually came all the different races of people.

After a while the parents grew very tired of having so many idle and useless children around. They
wished to be rid of them, but they knew of no other place to send them off to. Time went on and the children
became even more numerous that the parents could no longer enjoy any peace. One day, in an act of pure
irritation and desperation, Malakas seized a stick and began beating them on all sides.

This so frightened the children that they all fled in different directions; seeking some place to hide
both within and outside the house. Some of the children ran into hidden rooms in the house, several
concealed themselves within the actual walls, while others hid in the fireplace. Some ran outside and the
rest fled out to the sea.

Now it happened that those who went into the hidden rooms of the house later became the chiefs of
the islands (Maharlikas); and those who concealed themselves in the walls became slaves (Alipins). Those
who hid in the fireplace became the Negritos and the Aetas; and those who ran outside turned into free men
(Timawas). As for those who fled to the Sea; they were gone many years, and when their children eventually
came back, they had become the white foreigners.

 Fantasy

The Boy who became a Stone

One day a little boy named Elonen sat out in the yard making a bird snare, and as he worked, a little
bird called to him: “Tik-tik-lo-den” (come and catch me).

“I am making a snare for you,” said the boy; but the bird continued to call until the snare was
finished.

Then Elonen ran and threw the snare over the bird and caught it, and he put it in a jar in his house
while he went with the other boys to swim.

While he was away, his grandmother grew hungry, so she ate the bird, and when Elonen returned
and found that his bird was gone, he was so sad that he wished he might go away and never come back. He
went out into the forest and walked a long distance, until finally he came to a big stone and said: “Stone,
open your mouth and eat me.” And the stone opened its mouth and swallowed the boy.

When his grandmother missed the boy, she went out and looked everywhere, hoping to find him.
Finally she passed near the stone and it cried out, “Here he is.” Then the old woman tried to open the stone
but she could not, so she called the horses to come and help her. They came and kicked it, but it would not
break. Then she called the carabao and they hooked it, but they only broke their horns. She called the
chickens, which pecked it, and the thunder, which shook it, but nothing could open it, and she had to go
home without the boy.