Si malakas at si Maganda
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Si Malakas at si Maganda
When the world first began
there was no land
only the sea and the sky
and between them was a crow.
One day this crow
which had no where to land
grew tired of flying around
so it stirred up the sea
until it threw its waters
against the sky.
The sky in order to restrain the sea
showered upon it many rocks
until it could no longer rise
but instead flew back and forth
making a tide.
Then, the sky ordered the bird
to land on the islands
to build her nest
and to leave the sky in peace.
Now, at this time the land breeze
and the sea breeze were married
and they had a child
which they named Bamboo.
One day when this Bamboo
was floating about on the water
it struck the feet of the bird
that was on the beach.
The bird angry that if anything
should strike it
pecked at the Bamboo
until it split in half.
Out of one section a man
named Malakas the strong one
and from the other half a woman
named Maganda the beautiful one.
The two got married and from them
came the different races of people.
After a while the parents
the parents grew very tired
of having so many idle and useless
children around they wished
to get rid of them
but they knew of no other place
to send them off to.
Time went on and the children
became even more numerous
that the parents enjoyed no peace.
One day, in despiration
the father seized a stick
and began beating the children.
This so frightened the children.
Now it happened that
those who went into the hidden rooms
of the house later then became
chiefs of the island or called Maharlika.
And those who concealed themselves
in the walls became slaves
also called Alipin.
While those who ran outside
were free men also called Timawa.
Those who hid in the stove
became dark-skinned people
the Negritos and the Aetas.
Those who fled to the sea
were gone many years
and when their children came back
they were white people.