Tuesday, 31 March 2009
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How The Rice and Corn Came to Us
Summary:
Kenogolagey and his wife Kenogen, ate only camote and cassava. One day, an old man visits them and tells them of a better food, the rice and corn that can only be gotten from castle of a fierce giant in the middle of the sea. Kenogolagey sends his two friends, the cat and his dog, to get the food. As the giant sleeps, the cat takes rice grains into his mouth and the dog a pair of corn ears. Swimming back to the shore, the dog drops his corn ears into the bottom of the sea, and the cat, unable to help him because it had rice grains in its mouth, delivers the grains in the shore and swims back to get the corn ears at the bottom of the sea. The dog gets the grain and heads for home, claiming glory for itself. The cat survives, finds its way home with the ears of corn. The cat reveals the truth about the dog, the dog jumps at the cat, to tear it apart, but the cat nimbly runs away. Although the adventure brought rice and corn to the Tiruray, it also caused the permanent enmity between dogs and cats.
Interpretation:
Our interpretation to this literary work is that because of the old man, the cat, and the dog, the rice and corn came to the Tirurays and it caused enmity between cats and dogs. For us, the dog was a liar because the cat’s really the one who brought rice and grains and the corn. But it will not be possible without the help of the dog for getting the pair of corn ears in the giant.
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