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Ibong Adarna: Characters

The document summarizes the plot of the Filipino folk story "Ibong Adarna". It involves three princes - Don Pedro, Don Diego, and Don Juan who are tasked by their father King Fernando to find a magical bird called Ibong Adarna to cure the king's illness. Don Juan succeeds in his quest and rescues his brothers, but they later betray him. The story follows Don Juan's further adventures as he saves princesses and finds his true love.

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Ibong Adarna: Characters

The document summarizes the plot of the Filipino folk story "Ibong Adarna". It involves three princes - Don Pedro, Don Diego, and Don Juan who are tasked by their father King Fernando to find a magical bird called Ibong Adarna to cure the king's illness. Don Juan succeeds in his quest and rescues his brothers, but they later betray him. The story follows Don Juan's further adventures as he saves princesses and finds his true love.

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Ibong Adarna

      Characters:

     King Fernando                                 Donya Juana

     Queen Valeriana                              Donya Leonora

     Don Pedro                                       Donya Maria Blanca

     Don Diego                                       King Salermo

     Don Juan

Summary of Ibong Adarna:

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom named, Berbania. It was ruled by King Fernando
and Queen Valeriana who had three sons – Don Pedro (first born), Don Diego (second)
and Don Juan (the youngest).

One night, King Fernando had a bad dream. He saw that his youngest Prince and his
favorite, Don Juan was thrown away in a creepy deep well. The King started to get weak
for some unknown reasons. It seemed that nothing could bring back his healthy
condition. His medical advisors told him that the only cure to his unexplained sickness is
a lullaby sung by the Adarna bird.

So King Fernando tasked his three sons to hunt the magical bird. Don Pedro went first
but he wasn’t successful. He may have reached Mount Tabor and the tree of Piedras
Platas where the Adarna bird nested but the prince fell asleep after hearing the bird’s
song. Worse he turned into a stone when the lovely bird pooped on him. The second
prince, Don Diego went to hunt next. Unfortunately, he had the same bitter chance like
his older brother. The kingdom was counting on Don Juan, so he went next.

The youngest prince has climbed through Mount Tabor. He met a very old sick man who
gave him tips about the magical tree of Piedras Platas and catching the Adarna bird.
Don Juan successfully caught the bird and helped his two brothers to be human again.
Because of envy and greed of power, the two joined forces to beat Don Juan to death
and throw him in a deep well. The two then returned home with the Adarna. However,
the king’s illness went worse because the bird never sang a single song.

Luckily, Don Juan’s strength returned. He has been healed by the poor old man he
helped in the mountain. He came back to the Kingdom of Berbania. King Fernando has
known the truth when the bird started singing after seeing Don Juan. The King went well
and stronger than ever. He wanted to punish his two sons but Don Juan asked his father
to just forgive them. The King granted his request and asked the three princes to guard
the Adarna bird. Because of Don Pedro, the bird flew away and escaped. Don Juan went
away from the kingdom so the king won’t punish his brother.

King Fernando asked the two princes to look for Don Juan. They found him in the
kingdom of Armenia. They decided to live there. One day they found an interesting well.
Only Don Juan went down inside successfully. He found two lovely princesses, Donya
Juana and Donya Leonora captive by a giant serpent. Because of his skills in fighting, the
mighty prince has killed the serpent and saved the two princesses. Don Pedro envied
the young prince. He cut the rope when the prince went down inside the well to get the
ring Donya Leonora has forgotten. Anyway, it was easy for Don Diego to make Donya
Juana to fall in love with him. So when they came back to Berbania, they married. On the
other hand, Don Pedro did everything to pursue Donya Leonora but he failed.

An enchanted fox helped Don Juan and he was quickly healed. The Adarna bird
appeared suddenly and told him about the princess of Reyno delos Cristales, his love
destiny. He immediately searched for the princess and found out about the cruel King
Salermo. In spite of the obstacles the cruel king has given him, he faced them all and
succeeded with the help of Maria Blanca, daughter of King Salermo. Because of the
selfish king, the two tried to escape. Maria Blanca was cursed to be crawling like a snail
and be forgotten by the prince Don Juan.

Don Juan has returned to Berbania where he was welcomed by his mother, Queen
Valeriana and Princess Leonora. He has forgotten about Maria Blanca because of
Princess Leonora. Don Juan and Princess Leonora were scheduled to wed. At the day of
the wedding, Maria Blanca visited wearing the emperatris. She tried to bring back all the
memories and remind Don Juan about their love. Finally, Don Juan and Princess Maria
Blanca got married while Princess Leonora married Don Pedro. In the end, Don Pedro
became the new king of Berbania while Don Juan became the king of Reyno delos
Cristaless.

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