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    The Legend of Mt. Arayat tells the story of two giants who engaged in a contest of strength by moving mountains, leaving Mt. Arayat and the Candaba Swamps as evidence of their feats. The giants later quarreled and threw boulders at each other, changing the landscape of Mt. Arayat. The story also features Sinukuan, an enchanter who lived on Mt. Arayat and helped lost travelers with food and gifts that were mysteriously transformed into gold.

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    The Legend of Mt. Arayat tells the story of two giants who engaged in a contest of strength by moving mountains, leaving Mt. Arayat and the Candaba Swamps as evidence of their feats. The giants later quarreled and threw boulders at each other, changing the landscape of Mt. Arayat. The story also features Sinukuan, an enchanter who lived on Mt. Arayat and helped lost travelers with food and gifts that were mysteriously transformed into gold.

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    The Legend of Mt. Arayat tells the story of two giants who engaged in a contest of strength by moving mountains, leaving Mt. Arayat and the Candaba Swamps as evidence of their feats. The giants later quarreled and threw boulders at each other, changing the landscape of Mt. Arayat. The story also features Sinukuan, an enchanter who lived on Mt. Arayat and helped lost travelers with food and gifts that were mysteriously transformed into gold.

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    The Legend of Mt.

    Arayat

    Once upon a time, there were two giants who met


    in the central part of Luzon. Each boasted of
    his own strength, and each tried to show that he
    was stronger than the other. One of the two
    said. “Can you do this”? and pulled out a
    mountain near the town of Candaba, Pampanga, and
    transferred it to the site near the town of
    Arayat. That mountain since then has been called
    Mt. Arayat. The hollow ground from which it was
    removed became known as the Candaba Swamps. The
    other giant could not do something like that
    which made him mad. And so, he went home to
    Zambales mountains, hating his competitor.
    The
    The Legend of Mt. Arayat
    Then one day, the Arayat giant met the Zambales
    giant again, and quarrel between them started.
    They threw huge stones at each other. The Arayat
    giant hurled several boulders at the Zambales
    giant mountains which broke it into many parts.
    The Zambales was able to throw only two big
    rocks. One hit the top of Mr. Arayat which
    flattened it; the other hit the summit and broke
    into the sides. Mr. Arayat’s once beautiful
    round form was made irregular and ugly to look
    at.
    An old man live on top of Mr. Arayat. His
    name was Sinukuan. He had three daughters who
    took care of their home which was made of white
    rock. His daughters would sometimes go down to
    the lowlands to exchange rice bran for rice. The
    neighbors laughed at the man for such a foolish
    act. But the next morning the poor man
    discovered that the rice bran was converted to
    gold.
    Sinukuan was greatly love by the hunters and
    woodsmen. Whenever the hunters lost their way in
    the mountains of Arayat, Sinukuan and his
    daughters would conduct them to their home and
    entertain them with abundant food. Aside from
    the food the tired hunters would be given
    precious gifts made of gold upon their
    departures.
    Today some people along the mountain sides of
    Arayat believe that Sinukuan still lives in the
    mountains. Those who climb Mt. Arayat do not
    point to any bird, insect, flower, animal, or
    tree for they believe by doing so will offend
    Sinukuan they are very careful when they are
    hunting or when they are cutting trees, for they
    do not want to disturb the peace of the old man,
    Sinukuan.
    Exercise 1

    Look at the pictures below and study it very well.


    Think of possible questions people would ask the
    President in “Magtanong Sa Pangulo.” Use the different
    interrogatives to begin the questions.

    Exercise 4

    Work with a partner. Study the picture very


    carefully. Then, agree on questions that you want to
    ask about the picture. Make sure to begin with the
    different interrogatives. Write the questions down on a
    piece of paper.
    Using Homonyms Correctly

    A.Encircle the correct word to complete each line of


    the stanza.

    It isn’t the thing you do, (deer, dear)


    It’s the thing you (leave, live) undone
    That gives you a (bit, beat)of headache
    At the setting of the (son, sun)
    The tender words forgotten
    The letter you di not (write, right)
    The flower you did not send, dear,
    Are your (hunting, haunting) ghost tonight.

    B.Choose the correct word in the parenthesis.


    1.When goods are on (sail, sale) they are usually
    cheaper.
    2.Let us wait for the (reign, rain) to stop.
    3.We always (wrap, rap) our gifts.
    4.I (red, read) many stories when I was young.
    5.A young unmarried woman is something called a
    (made, maid).
    6.The (sea, sea) is a body of water.
    7.Sometimes, we (stair, stare) at people who we
    find attractive.
    8.Prayer is good for the (sole, soul)
    9.Little girls love to have long (hair, hare)
    10. The way a man walks is called (gait, gate)

    Read the dialog.

    Marigold: Hello, Jaime.


    Jaime: Hi, Marigold.
    Marigold: How are you?
    Jaime: Just fine, thank you. How about you?
    Marigold: I’m fine too.
    Jaime: Where are you going?
    Marigold: I’m going to the mall.
    Jaime: I’m going to the mall, too.
    Shall we go together?
    Marigold: Sure, let’s go.
    THE LITTLE HERDSBOY
    There once live a little herdsboy, name Ticoy in a
    barrio two kilometers away from town. One morning as he
    was tending his caraboas near a ricefield, a car
    stopped near the road. The man the in the car stepped
    out and approached Ticoy.
    “How far is the town from here?” asked the man.
    “Its about two kilometers, Sir,” answered Ticoy
    politely.
    “Will you ride with me to town?” answered the man.
    I’m in a hurry and I can’t afford to lose my way. I’ll
    pay you well, my boy.
    “I’m sorry, Sir,” said Ticoy. “But I cannot leave
    my carabaos. I’m Responsible to my father for these
    carabaos.”
    “Then get someone to get me town or someone to look
    after the carabao for you,” said the man.
    But Ticoy shook his head.
    “Don’t you trust me, boy?” asked the man.
    “How do I know that you will keep your word, Sir?”
    Ticoy asked. “Didn’t you try to make me break my word
    to my father?”
    The man laughed. Just then two men riding in a jeep
    came.
    “There you are, Sir,” they said. “We thought you
    were lost.”
    The man was a government official.
    After some years, a man came to see Ticoy. He asked
    Ticoy to go with him. The government official had sent
    for Ticoy. He offered Ticoy a job because he knew Ticoy
    could be trursted.
    Ticoy worked for the man and was happy in his job.
    Never once did he forget what he believed in since he
    was still a little herdsboy of his father’s carabaos.

    He was always honest in whatever he did and his


    employere trusted him.
    Not long after, Ticoy was promoted as manager of
    the company he worked in. But he remained trustworthy
    even whe he already occupied a high position. This was
    the legacy he left to his children when he was gone.
    Read each question then clap once if the question is
    asked with rising intonation and clap twice if it is
    asked with falling intonation.
    _______ 1. When did Magellan discover the Philippines?
    _______ 2. How many ships were able to return to Spain?
    _______ 3. Did Humabon and his family easily accept the
    Spanish?
    _______ 4. Where was the first mass in the country held?
    _______ 5. Was Magellan a Portuguese?
    Read the sentences and identify the meaning of the
    underlined words.
    1.The hollow ground from which the Mt. Arayat was
    removed became known as the Candaba Swamps.
    a.dull c. unfilled
    b.useless d. rounded
    2.The beautiful round form of Mt. Arayat was made
    irregular and ugly to look at.
    a.improper c. common
    b.clown d. vicious
    3.An old enchanter who lived at the top of the
    mountains gave food and gifts to hunters and
    woodsmen who lost their way.
    a.magician c. prophet
    b.clown d. fairy
    4.The old enchanter’s daugthers were disguised as
    poor girls.
    a.despised c. protected
    b.concealed d. distinguished
    5.Amazingly, the old man’s rice bran were converted
    into gold.
    a.dissolved c. added
    b.cooked d. changed
    6.Sinukuan’s daughters would conduct lost hunters and
    woodsmen to the safety of their home.
    a.behave c. deceive
    b.guide d. persuade
    7.They would entertain them with abundant food that
    these men have more than enough to eat.
    a.plenty c. delicious
    b.scant d. nutritious

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