The document summarizes the story "An Pagbalhin ha Tagpuro" or "The Move to Tagpuro". It describes the story following the family of Tintin as they move from their tent to a new concrete house in Tagpuro. The family explores their new home which has bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchen and other amenities. They feel safe in their new home compared to their tent. The parents plant crops outside while the children feel joy in their new community. The document also provides background information on the Gahî book series and Amandiwing Books which published the story.

1. GINSURAT NI Firie Jill T. Ramos
GINDROWING NI Jodalyde G. Gaspay
An Pagbalhin ha Tagpuro

2. An Pagbalhin ha Tagpuro
Copyright © 2015 ni Firie Jill T. Ramos
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form
without written permission from the publisher and the author.
ISBN 978-621-8020-03-0
Firie Jill T. Ramos is a native of Tacloban City and teaches children to
read, write, and count. She writes poems and children’s stories. She
earned her M.A. degree in Education (Major in SPED) from the UP
Diliman and her B.A. Communication Arts from UP Visayas Tacloban
College. Firie is a faculty member of the graduate and undergraduate
school of the Leyte Normal University.
Jodalyde G. Gaspay is a native of Tacloban City. She is a self taught
artist who became an illustrator of children’s books by serendipity.
Jodalyde finished a degree in Interior Design. She also does Digital 3D
Modeling and Digital Architecture designs.
Book design by Mayanne A. Wenceslao
Printed in Tacloban City, Philippines.
This book belongs to
The Publisher
Leyte Normal University is a government institu-
tion of higher learning. It is the leading teacher
training institute in the Eastern Visayas Region. As a
university it is mandated to perform the four-fold
functions of instruction, research, extension, and
production.
Leyte Normal University offers undergraduate and graduate
courses in the fields of education and other related degree courses.
LNU further provides higher professional and special instructions in
education, management, and other related disciplines.
The university has been serving the people of
Eastern Visayas since 1921.

3. Ginsurat ni Firie Jill T. Ramos
Gindrowing ni Jodalyde G. Gaspay
2015
THE MOVE TO TAGPURO
An Pagbalhin ha Tagpuro

4. Ha sinirangan, samtang nagkakanap an
bulawan nga adlaw, ngan nagsasabrag
hin kalamrag, nagkagawas ha ira tent hi
Tintin, hi Kuya Dondon, an ira puto nga
hi Kakay, kaupod hi Tatay Pido, ngan hi
Nanay Ansing.
In the east , while the golden sun was crawling, spreading
lights up the horizon, Tintin, Kuya Dondon, little Kakay,
Tatay Pido, and Nanay Ansing stepped out of their tent.

5. Mabaya na hira hini nga tent nga ira anay gin-ukyan
ha sulod han damo nga mga bulan. Nagkasakay hira
Tin-tin han trak nga naghuhulat ha ira.
They will now leave this tent, where they have lived for many moons.
Tintin and her family rode on the truck that was waiting for them.

6. Kadungan han tugaok han mga sunoy, nagdadalan ha
Maharlika an trak, tipasaka ngadto ha Tagpuro.
As the roosters crowed, the truck run the lengths of Maharlika, going up the
roads to Tagpuro.

7. Gintatapo hira han berde nga
lasang, mga rubas nga mga puno
nga nanunubo ha kawanangan,
ngan mga magkalain lain nga mga
bukad nga namumungko ha ligid
han highway.
They were met by green fields, sturdy trees
that stood all over, and different flowers
that grew by the road.

8. Pag-abot nira ha Tagpuro, mahayag na an adlaw.
Ginbiling ni Tatay Pido an balay nga may numero 5.
When they reached Tagpuro, the day was bright. Tatay Pido looked for the
house marked number 5.

9. “Mga anak, amo inin it' aton bag-o nga balay,” siring ni Tatay Pido.
“Children, this is our new house,” said Tatay Pido.

10. Agidaw kahusay! Mahusay ngan madig-on an ira bag-o
nga balay, kay bato ini nga balay nga kolor gatas, sim an
atop, ngan salamin an bintana.
Agidaw! Their new house was beautiful and sturdy for it was made of
concrete and painted in white; it had a tin roof; and glass windows.

11. Sumulod hira ha ira bag-o nga balay.
Solido an mga poste, may alkuba, ug semento an
salog. Mayda duha nga kwarto, ngan kasilyas ha
sulod han balay. Mayda pa gud lababo ngan gripo.
They went inside their new house.
The posts were solid, it had a ceiling, and a concrete floor.
There were two bedrooms, and a comfort room built
inside the house. There was also a sink with a faucet.

12. Yana pala hi Tin-tin makakaukoy
hin balay nga may kasilyas ha
sulod mismo, ngan mayda pa gud
kwarto.
An ira bag-o nga balay diri na
mahuhuyop ug marurun-og, ngan
an atop in diri na malalaknit hit
makusog nga hangin.
This is the first time that Tintin will live in
a house with a comfort room inside, and
bedrooms too.
Their new house wo’nt be blown away or
crushed, and its roof wo’nt be torn away by
the strong wind.

13. “Wow, kahusay han aton balay.
Diri na kita mabakwit kun maraot
an panahon,” an siring ni Tin-tin
“Oo anak, talwas dinhi kay
harayo ha peligro han dagat, kun
nahahangit an langit,” an baton
ni Nanay Ansing.
“ Wow our new house is pretty! We wont
have to evacuate when the weather is bad,”
said Tintin.
“Yes, my child, we are safe here, and away
from the dangers of the sea,” answered
Nanay Ansing.

14. Kinabuwasan sayo nagmata an pamilya.
Gintanom ni Nanay Arsenia an iya dara nga panhauli ha
ira libong. Ginbuligan hiya ni Tintin.
“Ini nga tanom magtatambal han mga kasakit nga aton
gin-agian,” an siring niya kan Tintin.

15. The next day, the family was up early.
Nanay Arsenia planted the panhauli, in their front yard.
Tintin helped her.
“This plant will heal our pains away,” she told Tintin.

16. Didto ha luyo naglalong naman hi Tatay Pido han mga liso
nga iya dara . Ginbuligan hiya ni Kuya Dondon.
While Tatay Pido planted seeds in their backyard. Kuya Dondon helped him.

17. “Dinhi magpapatubo kita hin marigoso, okra, ug tarong pati
ganas, alugbati, ngan kamalunggay,” an siring ni Tatay Pido.
“Here we will raise amplaya, okra, and eggplant, as well as kamote, alugbati,
and malunggay,” said Tatay Pido

19. Ngan didto han ira bago nga balay, ha bungtod han Tagpuro,
umabat hi Tintin hin kalipay nga humapon ha iya dughan. Ngan
naabat niya nga tikang yana mas maupay an mga maabot nga
adlaw ha ira kinabuhi.
In their new house, on the hilltops of Tagpuro, Tintin felt joy fluttered in her heart.
She felt certain that from now on many good days will come to their lives.

20. Gahî is a three book series developed by the Amandiwing Books for
the Leyte Normal University. Amandiwing Books is the children’s
literature component of the KATIG Writers Network Inc.
Gahî means seeds for planting. In producing and publishing this
series, the Leyte Normal University sows the seeds of memory, and
hope for genuine recovery of both land and its people.
Through this series, LNU ensures that the future will never
forget the catastrophe that changed our lives forever. It beckons us
to relearn to live in harmony with the land, and heal it, that we may
bestow to our children a livable world. Lastly, the series captures
the hope that propelled the people of Eastern Visayas to rise above
the adversity of Super Typhoon Yolanda.
Other titles under the
Gahî Children's Book Series
AMANDIWING BOOKS
pioneered the quest of
bringing the treasure trove
stories of the Eastern
Visayas islands to the
children and readers in the
region, and the rest of the world. Each story is
written, and illustrated with utmost care by local
authors and artists, and embodying the cultural
tradition of the people of Ibabao and Kandaya.
Above all, Amandiwing Books hope to plant
the love of reading in young children, that they
grow to become aware of who they are, and
their role in the greater community. An Pagbalhin ha Tagpuro ISBN 978-621-8020-03-0