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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People

Title: Awog
Year: 1935
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Fulltext: Tim YOl''.'iG CITIZEN ' ~~-M ANY years ago in the island of Siquijo1· there lived in its mountains a strange person. He was known among the people of the place by the name of Awog. He had the powers of a magician, but he was a very good and kind man. Thieves were very much afraid of him. He wa,; thei1· enemy. But the honest people of the mountains loved him, because he pl'Otected then· carabaos, goats, chickens, coconuts, and other things from robbers. Many stories we1·e told about Awog. There was once a man who climbed a coconut tree to steal the nuts. After getting as many coconuts as he could carry, he came down and started to run away with them. But he found that his legs became very weak and heavy. Much to his surp1·ise, his feet could only take him round and rouna the tree. Something seemed to hold him right at the trunk of the coconut tree. He could not explain why he could not move away at all. He put clown his load of nuts, and started to 1·un. But alas! his efforts proved useiess. He went on jogging around the t1·ee until he got tired and fell weakly to the gl'Ouncl. Morning came. The owner of the tree passed by and saw the thief lying down on the ground with a cluster of coconuts at his side. Everybody who heard about the happening knew that the great .An Old Legend A ID 0 y By T. P. Alvarico • THE GREAT MOUNTAIN GOD AWOG PUNISHED ALL EVILDOERS IN THE ISLAND OF SIQU!JOR man Awog had come unseen to help the farmer. At another time a dating band of thieves entered a house and stole all the valuable · things they could find there. The occupants of the house were then attending a fiesta in a neighboring town. As they passed out through the back door with the things they had stolen, the robbers felt happy. But the great man Awog was dis.pleased with this bad deed. At the foot of the stairway, the robbers, became weak and helpless. They found themselves running round and round the house as if they were tied to it by an invisible rope. At last the people came and caught the bad men. Awog had done another good work. (Please htrn to pOff<! 77) April 19J5 At once he ran to the door towards the guards, slapping each one as he passed by. Each guard, thinking that the fellow near him did the mischief, lost no time in returning the blow. Thus started a free-for-all and the garden was in commotion while Felipe sped his way towards Menia's castle. Nobody saw him. He was invisible. He ran up the steps and was soon in Menia's 1·oom. On the table Jay the tiny box. He snatched it - and ran back to his room. Then he got the stone from his mouth and put it in his pocket. He was visible again. Then he went to the Count's room and gave him the box. The Count smiled and said. "I have been waiting for a long time and now you are here. I am very happy." "Cosco," he said addressing the queer-looking servant, "send for my daughter and tell all the THE YOUNG CITIZEN people to assemble in the gar .. den." When Menia came, the Count look her and Felipe to the garden. There he told his people that he was already old and could no longer carry on the work of a ruler. "Here is my successor," he added presenting Felipe. "He has proven himself to be brave, strong, honest, and trustworthy. Love him as you love me for he will make you happy." Then and there Felipe and Menia were married amidst the shouts of joy of all their subjects. Not long after that, the Count died and Felipe became the ruler of the city. However, he had not forgotten to send for his foster father and mother; and when they came, he gave them a house and furnished them with everything that they needed. What Do You Know About Nature? (Cont. from pffge 72) not always wet with w8.ter, kind of lumber. It is easy to tangile lumber lasts for a long work with ordinary tools, such time. But when this wood is as knife, saw, plane, and chisel. placed outdoors 01· is pnt on the It is easy to carve. Its grain ground it does not last long:. shows the figure of a ribbon Tangile is a kind of timber which we can see clearly when very often us1~d for making we divide the lumber. The holes tables, chairs, and other pieces or pores of the wood are quite of furniture. It is easily colored fine. Tangile is quite shiny with any kind of stain. Do you when made into boards. It is know what stain is? Stain is not heavy. the color ca1·penters put in a piece of wood. It is different from paint because paint covers the surface of the wood. Stain ·does not cover the surface at all. ·It simply sinks into the wood and gives it a natural color. For instance, if we want tangile chairs to look yellow, we put a yellow stain on the tangile. In the United States there is a kind of timber called mahogany. Tangile looks like mahogany. This is the reason that tangile is called Philippine mahogany. Tangile luml>er is usually large and long. You do not find many cracks and other defects in this The Philippines has exported to the United States much tangilc timber. Many American makers of furniture use it instead of mahogany. For this reason, in many places in the United States merchants are not allowed to call tangile by .the name of Philippine mahogany. Leaming To Use New Expressions (Continued froni page 72) (Answers) drive into drive away drive drive Awog (Continued from page 62) 77 Some old people today are fond of telling the strange story of the man who bravely tried to steal eggs from a back yard. 'When he started to run away with the eggs, he was surprised to find that he could not even reach the fence. Every time he would move a few steps forward, he found himself back to the place where he stole the eggs. Soon he became hungry. He took three eggs from the bag under his arms and ate them. An hour later he felt an unpleasant movement in his stomach. He had pains all ove1· his body. He became sick and dizzy. Then something tickled his throat. All at once, three chicks came out of his mouth. That was the punishment he received from Awog. COMMUNITY EDUCATOR (Jn Tum Volumes) No school and personal library in the Philippines can afford to be without copies of this work. It is in a way an encyclopedia of useful information on agriculture, industry , health and sanitation, civics, government, busi~ ness, economics, and allied subjects. Nothing like this has yet been produced in this country. Every lectitre or article appearing in this work is a product of a recognized authority- on the subject. Hundreds of copies have already been sold to different schools. (Approved by the Bureau of Education.) Send your orders to Community Publishers, Inc. 405 P. Faura, Ermita Manila Tel. 5-76-86