The Legend of Banana How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife Nanking Store

1. The Legend of Banana

2. Long ago, t he spirit s and
ghost wer e everywhere. They
are in caves, hidden in t he
ant hills and t ree t r unks. I n t he
night t heir presence was f elt ,
somet imes t heir t iny voices can
be heard but t hey wer e never
seen.

3. There was a spirit who has a
limit ed t ime on Eart h. He must
leave Eart h when his t ime is up but
he f ell in love t o a beaut if ul woman.
There was a girl who has bold and
daring named Raya and she was
never af raid of spirit s. She would
walk in t he f orest s bringing a
light ed candle.

4. One day she met a handsome man
named Sag-in and he was a spirit who
f ollowed her and Sag-in conf essed t hat
he had f allen inlove wit h Raya. When t he
t ime comes, sag in disappeared and lef t a
f ruit t hat shaped like a heart and raya
was wondering and t hinking could t his be
Sag-in’s heart and t he f ruit slowly
opened, a long golden f ruit s sprout ed
f rom it and Raya picked, peeled it and bit
it , by t hat t ime she heard Sag-in’s voice

5. I have reappeared t o show you
t hat I will never f orsake you and
our child. Take care of t his plant ,
and it will t ake care of you in
ret urn. I t ' s t runk and leaves will
give you shelt er and clot hing. The
heart and f ruit s will be your f ood.
And when you sleep at night , I will
st and and wat ch by your window. I
will st ay by your side f orever!"

6. How My Brother Leon Brought
Home a Wife
By:Manuel E. Arguilla

7. (Nagrebcan, J une 17, 1911
– Beheaded, Manila Chinese Cemet ery,
August 30, 1944) was an I lokano
writ er in English, pat riot , and mart yr. He
is known f or his widely ant hologized short
st ory "How My Brot her Leon Brought
Home a Wif e," themainstoryinthecollection "How My
Manuel Estabilla
Arguilla

8. I n t he st ory of “How My Brot her
Leon Brought Home a Wif e” Leon
arrived wit h his wif e in t he count ry
meet ing Leon' s brot her f or t he f irst
t ime. They t ook a surprising rout e
home f or Leon, but it was meant as a
t est f or t he wif e t o see if she could
endure t he sacrif ices she made and
meet her new f amily.

9. The wif e of Leon st ill manages t o
overcome even t hough t he f act t hat
t he count ry is dif f erent f rom t he cit y
because she t ruly love Leon even
t hough t he consequence is t o leave in
t he cit y and live where Leon came
f rom.

10. The wif e admit s t o having some
f ear, but also shows clearly it did not
st op her. This is why t he t heme is
relat ed t o how one may have t o give up
some t hings in order t o f ind happiness
in lif e or at least t he best happiness
t hat can be f ound in t hat part icular
lif e.

11. Nanking St oreBy: Macario D.
Tiu

12.
MACARIO D. TIU has a doctorate in
education, teaches literature at the Ateneo
de Davao University, has three Palanca
golds for Short Story in Cebuano, and is a
recipient of the National Book Award in
2005 for Davao: Reconstructing History
from Text and Memory. Now he writes

13. The story is all about this two
Chinese lovers who weren’t meant
for each other because in the years
that they were been together, they
haven’t produce a child which is bad
in their culture, because in the
Chinese culture, it is very important
to have a child in the group of the

14. In the story, Peter was the only hope
of the Zhin family to carry their
name to the next generation. Peter’s
mother was very unhappy and she
was not in favor for Linda that’s
why she always scolded and slapped
Linda in public Unfortunately, Peter
died in a car accident and had two

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