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    Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin
    Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin
    Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin
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    Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin

    By Mary Hazelton Wade

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    ON the farther side of the great Pacific Ocean are the Philippine Islands. These form one of the many island groups that hang like a fringe or festoon on the skirt of the continent of Asia. Like most of the islands in the Pacific, the Philippines are inhabited by people belonging to the brown race, one of the great divisions of the family of mankind.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublisher s11838
    Release dateJun 20, 2014
    ISBN9786050308587
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      Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin - Mary Hazelton Wade

      Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin

      By

      Mary Hazelton Wade

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Preface

      CHAPTER I. THE NEW BABY.

      CHAPTER II. HIS FIRST PARTY.

      CHAPTER III. THE CHRISTENING.

      CHAPTER IV. THE BUILDING OF THE HOUSE.

      CHAPTER V. FOUR-FOOTED FRIENDS.

      CHAPTER VI. THE BUFFALO HUNT.

      CHAPTER VII. THE RICH MAN'S HOME.

      CHAPTER VIII. TAPPING FOR TUBA.

      CHAPTER IX. FOREST AND STREAM.

      CHAPTER X. A SWARM OF LOCUSTS.

      CHAPTER XI. THE NEW HOME.

      CHAPTER XII. IN THE FOREST.

      CHAPTER XIII. CROCODILES.

      CHAPTER XIV. TONDA'S STORY.

      CHAPTER XV. STRANGE NEIGHBOURS.

      CHAPTER XVI. THE STOUT-HEARTED SAILOR.

      ALILA

      Preface

      On the farther side of the great Pacific Ocean are the Philippine Islands. These form one of the many island groups that hang like a fringe or festoon on the skirt of the continent of Asia. Like most of the islands in the Pacific, the Philippines are inhabited by people belonging to the brown race, one of the great divisions of the family of mankind.

      The Philippines are shared by many tribes, all belonging to the same brown race. People of one tribe may be found on one of these islands; those of a different tribe are living on another; or one tribe may live in a valley and its neighbour in the hills; and so on to the number of eighty tribes. Each tribe has its own customs and ways. And yet we shall call these various peoples of the brown race our cousins; for not only are they our kindred by the ties which unite all the races of men in this world; they have been adopted into the family of our own nation, the United States of America.

      The people of these islands are many of them wild and distrustful children. They have no faith in us; they do not wish to obey our laws. If we are in earnest in our wish to do them good, and not harm, we must learn to know them better, so that we may understand their needs. That is one reason why we are going to learn about our little Philippine cousin, Alila of Luzon.

      CHAPTER I.

      THE NEW BABY.

      Alila is such a strong, active boy now, it is hard to imagine him in his babyhood,—he was such a tiny brown tot!

      His nose was so flat one would hardly have noticed there was a nose at all, except for the wideness of the nostrils. His big black eyes seemed to be moving around all the time, as much as to say:

      I must find out everything I can, and just as fast as I can, about this queer place in which I find myself.

      His hair was straight and coarse and black, even on the day he was born. It was quite warm (in fact, almost all the days are warm in the Philippines), yet the doorway was carefully covered and the windows closed tightly.

      Now, why do you suppose Alila found himself shut up in a close room like that when he first entered this big round world of ours, while there was such a soft gentle breeze outside as scarcely to move the tops of the cacao-trees in the garden?

      The fact is, Alila's father, who is not afraid of the wild buffalo nor the boa-constrictor, nor even the huge cayman, is constantly dreading the evil that bad spirits may bring to him. And now he had a darling boy of his very own! According to the beliefs of his people, no evil spirit must be allowed to enter a home when a child is born, or the little one might be troubled by the spirit for the rest of his life.

      So the loving parent walked back and forth over the roof waving a bolo in his hand, as much as to say:

      Look out, spirits, or you may get your throats cut. Keep away from here. Do not try to get inside to trouble my little one.

      He did this very earnestly in the first hour of Alila's life, although he was shown the

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