MYTH

Cupid

This is one we all know, illustrating the magnitude of mythology. Cupid was the god of love and
desire. He was the son of Venus and usually depicted as a winged child carrying a bow and
arrows. His arrows could either draw people together or pull them apart.

LEGEND
The Legend of The Monkey and The Turtle

The Monkey and the Turtle is a perfect example of folktale short story written by Philippine
national hero Jose Rizal. The story focuses on the monkey and turtle who started as friends.
They both saw a floating banana plant on the water. They thought of splitting it so they could
plan it. The monkey chose the upper part of the plant for he thought it was better. Meanwhile,
the turtle got the bottom part with the roots so he grew an abundant plant. Since the turtle
couldn’t climb the tree to get the fruits, he asked the monkey to get it for him. Instead, the
monkey betrayed the turtle and ate every fruit. The turtle planned a revenge to him which
ended to the monkey’s death. The friends of the monkey also planned a revenge but they did
not win over the turtle.
 TALE
The Tail of The Two Candles

Once a wax candle and a tallow candle were having a conversation. The wax candle was very
vain and boasted, “I will be placed in a silver candle stand at tonight’s party.” The tallow candle
answered, “It is certainly better to be made of wax than of tallow but I am happy that I burn in
the kitchen where food is cooked.”

Suddenly, a rich lady came and picked up all the candles. Seeing the tallow candle along with
the wax candle, the lady gave it to a poor boy who was passing by.

The poor boy took the tallow candle home. Seeing the small cottage. the tallow candle thought,
“How lucky the wax candle is to be in its rich home.”

Meanwhile, the mother lit the tallow candle. One of the children said, “Oh, we have light in the
house today!” The tallow candle saw the joy in his eyes and was happy to be in the cottage and
did not envy the wax candle again.
 FABLE

The Fable of The Rabbit and the Turtle

One day a rabbit was boasting about how fast he could run. He was laughing at
the turtle for being so slow. Much to the rabbit’s surprise, the turtle challenged
him to a race. The rabbit thought this was a good joke and accepted the
challenge. The fox was to be the umpire of the race. As the race began, the rabbit
raced way ahead of the turtle, just like everyone thought.

The rabbit got to the halfway point and could not see the turtle anywhere. He was
hot and tired and decided to stop and take a short nap. Even if the turtle passed
him, he would be able to race to the finish line ahead of him. All this time the
turtle kept walking step by step by step. He never quit no matter how hot or tired
he got. He just kept going.

However, the rabbit slept longer than he had thought and woke up. He could not
see the turtle anywhere! He went at full speed to the finish line but found the
turtle there waiting for him.
 PARABLE
The Parable of A Box Full of Kisses

The story goes back some time ago. A man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll
of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to
decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.

Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for
you. Daddy."

The man was embarrassed by his earlier over reaction, but his anger flared again when he
found out the box was empty.

He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed
to be something inside?"

The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all.
I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl and he begged for her forgiveness.

Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept
that gold box by his bed for many years and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out
an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled
with unconditional love and kisses... from our children, family members, friends, and God.
There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.