4. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SECOND PERIOD
PREDICTING
QUESTIONS:
1.WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
ILLUSTRATION?
2.WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN IN THE
STORY BASED ON THE TITLE AND THE
ILLUSTRATION?
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READING PROPER
‘’MUTYA NG SAGING’’
IT WAS NIGHT AFTER SUPPER. THE CHILDREN WERE
GATHERED AROUND LOLO HUGO WAITING FOR HIS
NIGHTLY TREAT, A STORY. LOLO HUGO HAD A TRUNKLOAD
OF STORIES. HE HAD NEVER BEEN AT A LOSS FOR A STORY
HIS GRANDCHILDREN WOULD LOVE SO MUCH TO HEAR.
AND, VERY OFTEN, THE CHILDREN WERE LEFT IN
WISHFUL THINKING AFTER HEARING HIS STORY.
TELL US THE STORY OF JUAN TAMAD SAID FOUR-YEAR
OLD LITO, SITTING ON HIS GRANDFATHER’S LAP.
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WE HEARD THAT LAST NIGHT’
INTERRUPTED IMELDA. TELL US ABOUT
THE ASWANG OR THE TIKBALANG
PLEASE’, SHE CONTINUED. SHE ALWAYS
WANTED TO HEAR STORIES THAT WERE
SHIVERY AND HAIR-RAISING. IMELDA
WAS LOLO HUGO’S ONLY
GRANDDAUGHTER .
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TONIGHT, I’M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE “MUTYA
NG SAGING” . YOU MUST LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY
WHEN YOU GROW UP I WOULD LIKE YOU TO LOOK FOR
IT. IF YOU FIND IT, YOU WILL BE VERY PROSPEROUS
AND HAPPY ALL YOUR LIFE.
THUS GOES LOLO’S STORY:
THE MUTYA NG SAGING (MAGIC CHARM FROM THE
BANANA PLANT) IS CONSIDERED THE STRONGEST AND
THE MOST COVETED CHARM OF ALL. ONLY THE PATIENT
AND THE STOUT-HEARTED COULD FIND IT.
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THE CHARM CANNOT BE FOUND IN
ALL BANANA PLANTS. THIS PLANT
GROWS APART FROM OTHER
BANANA PLANTS. IT PRODUCES NO
YOUNG SUCKLINGS AROUND IT;
NOT EVEN WEEDS WOULD GROW
WITH IN THE SHADOW OF ITS
LEAVES.
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LOOK FOR THAT PLANT WHEN IT IS
ABOUT TO BEAR FLOWERS. YOU
WILL NOTICE THAT ITS PURPLE
HEART IS LIKE THAT OF ANY
OTHER BANANA PLANT. BUT IT
WILL OPEN ONLY A MIDNIGHT
WHEN THE MOON IS YOUNG. THIS
BANANA TREE WILL NOT
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BEAR FRUIT BECAUSE THE HEART
WILL FALL OFF WHEN THE CHARM IS
GONE. SO, YOU WILL WATCH, MIGHT
AFTER NIGHT UNDER THIS BANANA
TREE. AT SOMETIME BEFORE
MIDNIGHT WHEN THE HEART IS
ABOUT TO OPEN, THE BANANA
LEAVES WILL BE FLYING
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ABOUT AS IS TOSSED BY STRONG
WIND. WEIRD, ALTHOUGH THERE
IS NOT EVEN THE WHISPER OF A
WIND. WEIRD ANIMAL SHAPES
AND SHADOWS SHALL GATHER
AROUND THE BANANA AND
FRIGHTEN YOU AWAY.
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STAY BENEATH THE HEART AND
BE READY TO CATCH THE STONE
AS IT FALLS OUT. IF IT FALLS TO
THE GROUND, IT WILL SINK
IMMEDIATELY TO THE CENTER OF
THE EARTH.
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WHEN YOU CATCH THE STONE,
SWALLOW IT FAST BECAUSE THE
WEIRD CREATURES WILL TRY TO
WREST IT FROM YOU. THEY WILL
BITE YOUR HANDS, TEAR YOUR
MOUTH, CLUTCH YOUR NECK,
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AND CHOKE YOU WHEN YOU PUT
THE STONE INTO YOUR MOUTH.
YOU MUST FIGHT THESE
CREATURES UNTIL YOU HAVE
SWALLOWED THE STONE. IF YOU
SUCCEED, THE CREATURES,
GROANING AND CRYING, WILL
LEAVE YOU ALONE
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AND GO BACK TO WHERE THEY
CAME FROM. HENCEFORTH, LOVE
WILL BE YOURS FOR THE CHOOSING
. YOU WILL HAVE MANY FRIENDS,
AND LIFE WILL COME EASY AND
PLEASANT FOR AS LONG AS YOU
LIVE.
17. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
THIRD PERIOD
CLARIFYING
VOCABULARY (FIND THE MEANING OF THE
WORDS)
SUPPER WREST
PROSPEROUS CLUTCH
STOUT-HEARTED GROANING
TOSS PLEASANT
FRIGHTEN CHOKE
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QUESTIONING
1. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THE BANANA? HOW
DOES IT COMPARE TO OTHER SIMILAR
PRODUCTS IN TERMS OF TASTE AND
NUTRITIONAL VALUE?
2.WHY DO YOU THINK THE CHILDREN GATHERED?
3. ACCORDING TO THE STORY, ONE WHO GETS THE
MUTYA NG SAGING WILL BECOME WHAT?
