[Translation] Legend of the Eurasian Tree Sparrow
The Legend of the Eurasian Tree Sparrow
(Ang Alamat ng Ibong Maya)
Rita was an extremely naughty child. She was so naughty her mother was often irritated and annoyed by the antics and tricks her daughter did, antics that most children did not do.
One day, Rita's mother was pounding grain to make rice. Rita looked on, watching her mother. Having just arrived home from playing, she was very, very hungry. When her mother finally pounded about a kilo of rice, Rita started to eat. The rice had been put in a large covered basket. While Rita was eating, she was hidden by the cover of the basket. Her mother didn't notice that her daughter was nowhere to be seen. When Rita's mother was finished pounding, she called for the little girl to help her in storing the crushed rice. There was no answer. So the mother looked for her daughter in every possible hiding place, but didn't find her.
When the mother lifted the basket full of rice, out popped a little brown bird. It was eating the rice. The bird was Rita, the bird we now call the 'maya'.
(Original from: http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Other_Language_Activities_(Intermediate_Readings)/ibong%20maya/mayafs.htm)
(Ang Alamat ng Ibong Maya)
Rita was an extremely naughty child. She was so naughty her mother was often irritated and annoyed by the antics and tricks her daughter did, antics that most children did not do.
One day, Rita's mother was pounding grain to make rice. Rita looked on, watching her mother. Having just arrived home from playing, she was very, very hungry. When her mother finally pounded about a kilo of rice, Rita started to eat. The rice had been put in a large covered basket. While Rita was eating, she was hidden by the cover of the basket. Her mother didn't notice that her daughter was nowhere to be seen. When Rita's mother was finished pounding, she called for the little girl to help her in storing the crushed rice. There was no answer. So the mother looked for her daughter in every possible hiding place, but didn't find her.
When the mother lifted the basket full of rice, out popped a little brown bird. It was eating the rice. The bird was Rita, the bird we now call the 'maya'.
(Original from: http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Other_Language_Activities_(Intermediate_Readings)/ibong%20maya/mayafs.htm)