Reading Diary A [Philippines]

The Three Friends

• A monkey, a dog, a a carabao were tired of city life and moved to the country. 
• A bungisngis- a strong man who is always laughing
• The bungisngis kept beating them up for their food
• He eventually killed the dog and the monkey got away
• When the man finally found him, the monkey was playing with a boa constrictor. He asked him not to kill him if he gave the man, his belt. 
• The man agrees and had the "belt" placed around his waist. It ended up being the snake and it killed the bungisngis. 

Three Brothers of Fortune:

• Afraid to go back to their town, the brothers wandered. 
• They bought a book that can revive the dead, a mat that can have them travel in the air, and two stones that can unite things of a similar kind. 
• They brought back a young woman to life (book), brought her with them (mat) and went on a ship that had broken planks (stones). 
• The brothers than started to fight over the woman and took the argument to the king who said that the woman would be divided into three parts.
• The other two brothers threw her away because she was useless but Suan took the discarded pieces with his own and used the stoned to bring her back to life. 

The Clever Husband and Wife:

• A husband and wife came up with a plan to scheme the doctor and his sister they work for out of money. They both claimed that each other was dead. 
• When the doctor and the sister fought over who was really dead they decided to come to their house. They found that both were dead but in closer inspection found they were just feigning death. 
• The doctor thought the joke was so funny, he let them stay in his house with him.
• Jokes on him.

Chonguita:

• Three sons of a king set off to find their own fortunes. 
• Don Juan marries Chonguita asks to meet his brothers in the forest. Her mother tells him to take Chonguita with him. 
• We find out that Chonguita is a monkey and the brothers were surprised and went back to the palace.
• The king was displeased with the monkey and asked the wives to do certain tasks. failure to do so would be death. Chonguita did every task and Don Juan became King.
• Upset that he had to dance with his wife, he killed her, but she turned into a beautiful woman. 
• What just happened?

Cochinango:

• Cochinango was known as a fool but a palmer predicted that he would marry a princess and become King. 
• He played the guitar until the princess consented to marry him. 
• The next day they were married, 
• When the king died, he took the reign. 
• If all our enemies got over our quarrel by dancing, the world would have an epic party. 

The Wicked Woman's Reward

• Why must you kill someone instantly without hearing the whole story?
• The woman's deceitfulness got her murdered too. The king was too rash in his decision to kill the woman who bore his son. I mean, what exactly did he think was up with the cat?
• His son eventually grew up to be the King.