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Da Sendo ken Pembo

Da Sendo ken Pembo Sarsarita Para-ubbing Ni Jaime M. Agpalo, Jr.          No asino ti immuna, isunto met laeng iti maud-udi, ket daydiay maudi, isunto met laeng iti umuna. Ta iti lubong, inawaten dagiti aglaplapusanan iti gunggunada…          Uray iti lubong dagiti ikan, adda latta dagiti tumaud a nalalaing, na...

TEOFILO AND THE TIKBALANG

Translated from Filipino by Dempster P. Samarista Copyright 2004 In Barrio Tomana Este, there lived a boy named Teofilo. Teofilo was a diligent, dutiful, bright and brave boy.  His parents were too poor to send him to school even though he truly wanted to study.  Instead, they had him do chores in the land they farmed. Teofil...

Dagiti Sangaili Iti Lubong

DAGITI SANGAILI ITI LUBONG Sarsarita Para-ubbing ni Ma. Theresa B. Santos               Aggayyem dagitoy a dua a bayog a naregregen iti kalendario ti edadda. Natarakida nga agpadpada. Agtayagda a dua iti lima a kadapan ken walo a pulgada. Nasabang iti panagbarbarukongda. Namsek dagiti maselda iti kayumanggi a kudil. Â...

Dagiti Kamatis Ni Titser Annie

  Sarsarita Para-ubbing ni Jaime M. Agpalo, Jr. AWAN duma ti mannalon iti titser. Ti mannalon, isagana a naimbag ti talon a pagtuboan ti bukel nga itukitna. Ti titser, isaganana met a nalaing ti utek ti adalan a pagtuboan ti bukel ti sirib nga itukitna. Ti titser pagtaudan ti panagbalbaliw, saan laeng a ti ugali no dipay ket [...

Marapait*: Ti Kapintasan A Sabong

Sarsarita Para-ubbing Ni Jaime M. Agpalo, Jr. PINARABURAN ti Namarsua ti kabambantayan ti Benguet kadagiti nagduduma a sabong. Nagduduma a banglo. Nagduduma a maris. Ni Benguet Lily, nakapudpudaw. Ni Petty Mini Rose, nakalablabbaga a babassit a sabong ti rosas. Ni Baby’s Breath, kakasla bituen dagiti babassit a sabong a kunam...

Life is a Performing Art

AN INVISIBLE HAND turned an unusually bright spotlight upon a darkened stage. Out of nowhere, a figure stepped onto the platform, with no idea how he got there or where he came from. Neither did he know what to do. But in his mind, he seemed to be hearing a voice fainter than a whisper, giving him [...]...

Princess Success and her Balls of Chance

Nestled between two majestic mountains was an enchanted valley blessed with heartwarming sunrise and inspiring sunset. From these mountains were eternal springs pouring into a river that flowed down to the rolling fields of a magnificent kingdom. The kingdom, Happiness, was magical. Rainbows colored the flowers and the trees in ...