collection of folk stories told by Alapo Malibay
courtesy of Gyla Vsarde
2. Da Pip-itok ken Tangtanggapo
The story of pip-itok who, out of despair, went out to look for someone to blame for the breakage of her The moral of the story : with courage and wits comes justice
3. Nan Nagapuan di Biding
It's a legend about a girl named biding who was deprived of her desire to eat few palays by her own mother. Her insistence caused her to become a bird.
The moral of the story : ;Aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo
4. Nan Nagapuan di Intapik
Intapik is a small bird which usually makes the sound intapik .IT's one of the endangered bird species in Bila that is nowadays very seldom heard of seen. It's about the story of Basog-o whos insist that he did his part of job and gave the apako he picked to his younger step-brother.
The moral of the story ";isn't honesty is the best policy"
5. Da Ginang-an ken Allan
An adventure of a young man named ginang-an who onced kidnapped by a group of Allan, managed to escape and finally tried to drive away the Allans from persistently envading his home
Moral of the story is "with courage and wits comes freedom"
6. Da juan ken Pedro (dad-at Alapo version)
Note: most of the stories I heard when I was young is already somewhat vague in my mind....Please help me recall those pieces...anyone???? let's preserve those treasure..