Si malakas at si Maganda

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.