Title: Ibong Adarna

Major characters:
 Ibong Adarna (Adarna bird). An enchantress bird. It has a very long fancy
tail with numerous shiny metallic colors. It knows a total of seven songs that
are believed to lull anyone to sleep as well as cure any type of afflictions and
it changes its feathers into more colorful hues and shades after each song.
After the last song, it excretes waste, then finally, sleeps with its eyes wide
open. When Adarna bird is sad, it looks very ugly and hopeless. It is
believed that its droppings can turn any living things into stone.
 King Fernando. Great ruler of Berbania kingdom.
 Queen Valeriana. Faithful wife of King Fernando and a loving mother to her
three sons : Don Pedro, Don Diego and Don Juan.
 Don Pedro. Eldest son of the King and Queen. He is a deceitful man, very
envious and greedy of power.
 Don Diego. The second son, he does not have his own decision. He follows
whatever his older brother, Don Pedro tells him to do.
 Don Juan. The youngest of the siblings. He is a man of integrity and
compassion. These good qualities makes him the King’s favorite child.

Minor characters:

 Old leper. The old man who advices Don Juan to seek for the hermit’s
cottage and ask for an advise on how to get the Adarna bird without any
harm.

 Hermit. The old man who advices Don Juan on how to successfully get the
Adarna bird.
 Princess Juana. The princess whom Don Juan rescues from a giant who
holds her in custody.
 Princess Leonora. Younger sibling of Princess Juana. Don Juan also rescues
her from the serpent with seven heads.
 King Salermo. Ruler of the kingdom of De los Crystal with black magical
powers. He is the father of Donñ a Maria Blanca.
 Princess Maria Blanca. The princess of De los Crystal kingdom. She has
white magical powers, which is greater than her father, King Salermo.

Settings :

Kingdom of Berbania - This is where King Fernando, Queen Valeriana, Don Pedro, Don
Diego and Don Juan. And this is where the Adarna Bird sang its seven songs for the king.
Mountain of Tabor - This is where Don Juan met the old man in the mountain and the
old man gave some directions to the Hermit's house and the Hermit gave everything Don
Juan need to capture the Adarna Bird. And the Hermit instructed Don Juan that for every
song of the Adarna bird, Don Juan must wound his palm with a knife and drop some lime
juice on the wound so that the pain wouldn't let him sleep.

Kingdom of De los Crystal - This is where King Salermo, Princess Maria, Princess
Leonora and Princess Juana lived. And this where Princess Juana was captured by a
giant and Princess Leonora was prisoned by a serpent but Don Juan defeated the giant
and the serpent.

Summary:
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom named, Berbania. It was ruled by King Fernando and
Queen Valeriana who had three sons – Don Pedro (first born), Don Diego (second) and Don Juan (the
youngest).

One night, King Fernando had a bad dream. He saw that his youngest Prince and his favorite,
Don Juan was thrown away in a creepy deep well. The King started to get weak for some unknown
reasons. It seemed that nothing could bring back his healthy condition. His medical advisors told him
that the only cure to his unexplained sickness is a lullaby sung by the Adarna bird.

So King Fernando tasked his three sons to hunt the magical bird. Don Pedro went first but he
wasn’t successful. He may have reached Mount Tabor and the tree of Piedras Platas where the
Adarna bird nested but the prince fell asleep after hearing the bird’s song. Worse he turned into a
stone when the lovely bird pooped on him. The second prince, Don Diego went to hunt next.
Unfortunately, he had the same bitter chance like his older brother. The kingdom was counting on
Don Juan, so he went next.

The youngest prince has climbed through Mount Tabor. He met a very old sick man who gave
him tips about the magical tree of Piedras Platas and catching the Adarna bird. Don Juan successfully
caught the bird and helped his two brothers to be human again. Because of envy and greed of power,
the two joined forces to beat Don Juan to death and throw him in a deep well. The two then returned
home with the Adarna. However, the king’s illness went worse because the bird never sang a single
song.

Luckily, Don Juan’s strength returned. He has been healed by the poor old man he helped in
the mountain. He came back to the Kingdom of Berbania. King Fernando has known the truth when
the bird started singing after seeing Don Juan. The King went well and stronger than ever. He wanted
to punish his two sons but Don Juan asked his father to just forgive them. The King granted his
request and asked the three princes to guard the Adarna bird. Because of Don Pedro, the bird flew
away and escaped. Don Juan went away from the kingdom so the king won’t punish his brother.

King Fernando asked the two princes to look for Don Juan. They found him in the kingdom of
Armenia. They decided to live there. One day they found an interesting well. Only Don Juan went
down inside successfully. He found two lovely princesses, Donya Juana and Donya Leonora captive by
a giant serpent. Because of his skills in fighting, the mighty prince has killed the serpent and saved
the two princesses. Don Pedro envied the young prince. He cut the rope when the prince went down
inside the well to get the ring Donya Leonora has forgotten. Anyway, it was easy for Don Diego to
make Donya Juana to fall in love with him. So when they came back to Berbania, they married. On the
other hand, Don Pedro did everything to pursue Donya Leonora but he failed.

An enchanted fox helped Don Juan and he was quickly healed. The Adarna bird appeared
suddenly and told him about the princess of Reyno delos Cristales, his love destiny. He immediately
searched for the princess and found out about the cruel King Salermo. In spite of the obstacles the
cruel king has given him, he faced them all and succeeded with the help of Maria Blanca, daughter of
King Salermo. Because of the selfish king, the two tried to escape. Maria Blanca was cursed to be
crawling like a snail and be forgotten by the prince Don Juan.
 Don Juan has returned to Berbania where he was welcomed by his mother, Queen Valeriana
and Princess Leonora. He has forgotten about Maria Blanca because of Princess Leonora. Don Juan
and Princess Leonora were scheduled to wed. At the day of the wedding, Maria Blanca visited
wearing the emperatris. She tried to bring back all the memories and remind Don Juan about their
love. Finally, Don Juan and Princess Maria Blanca got married while Princess Leonora married Don
Pedro. In the end, Don Pedro became the new king of Berbania while Don Juan became the king of
Reyno delos Cristales.

NAIZA NOREEN C. LUCENI

GRADE 7- OLIVEIRA
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MS. JERMALYN GALENO

English Teacher

Submitted by:

NAIZA NOREEN C. LUCENI

Grade 7- Oliveira