This document discusses different types of stories, including those about magical creatures found in fantasy tales and those about real people and experiences. It also describes a 12-year-old boy's encounter with an old woman named Minggay Awok, who was rumored to be a witch living alone in a small hut near a creek. The boy realized she was the supposed witch everyone feared after talking with her while fishing. He then angrily threw back the extra shrimp she had helped him find.

1. These are stories about
fairies, witches, and
other magical creatures
such as talking animals
and waling plates and
utensils.

2. These are stories that
cannot happen in real
life and fall under
fantasy.

3. Meanwhile, there are
also stories about people
and their experiences,
which show reality.

4. Do you believe in
witches, wizards,
dragons?

5. Edilberto K. Tiempo
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6.  A twelve year old boy went to Libas, where Minggay Awok,
the speculated as a notorious witch, lived. She lived in a
small low hut nearby the creek separating the barrios of
Libas and Sinit-an. Her strange apperance and solitary life
feared people of Libas and the sorrounding Barrios.
Whenever strange things happened, they always blame to
her. They tried to murder her in oder to stop the curse of
allegedly place on them but in mysterious ways, she always
come out unharmed. One day, a boy who sometimes visit
his Uncle he met the old woman while fishing in the creek.
She had been considerate to direct him to spot where he can
get shrimps. They talk for a while until the boy finally
realized that the mere old lady was the witch that everyone
is talking about. He emmediately walked away and
detached the string of shrimps from his belt except for the
three for those are not belonged to Minggay. Angrily he
throw away those shrips back in the river.