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Philippines. Wikipedia called it Bof bufo, or Common Toad. The Bofu bofu frog can u grows up to seven inches - truly big, and its skin full of pockmark warts crinkled t fish which had on its scales the attributes of an ocean rock. My skin morphed into that of a Bofu bofu frog one day, reminiscent of my on which my proclivity to naivety had taken its toll. Among the two of my close barrio mates, -smart, but the most
nave. And my naivety always court disaster, courtesy of Tabog and Pepit. Tabog and Pepit asked me one time to join them robbing guava fruits from Mang farm. While we were on top of the tree picking, we heard swishing of pellets coming from a slingshot. As I enjoyed feeling my belly bulged with fruits - I used my tucked shirt as basket - I continued filling it up, unmindful that two of my rascal friends
already climbed down and run away. Meanwhile, not far from the branch I was perching in, one pellet of the slingshot hit a beehive. When I looked down, I saw Mang Asyong waiting under the tree. I was given a choice. Who would I like to kill me first? I chose the bees. The bees feasted on my body not realizing Mang Asyong was a very patient man waiting under the tree.
happened with my skin, Mang Asyong smirked. He confiscated all the fruits tucked in my belly and let me go. I felt my face itchy, thick, and puffy. My eyes half closed. My torso bloated. Out of nowhere, as I walked away from the farm, Tabog and Pepit jumped out in front of me. Palakang Araneta and Pepit blamed me for not coming down early.
Several minutes after I came out from the pool, I felt my skin more expanded, and exceedingly bloated. Tabog and Pepit were aghast.
seek refuge on the bark of the Acacia tree nearby and scratch my back against it. My back got reddish like its burning; blood seemed oozing out. Tabog and Pepit panicked. apog disinfectant) Pepit was gone for a while and when he came back, he powdered my whole apog
When my mother
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body, she spouted off expletives, and asked me who did this horrible thing. I said, Tabog and Pepit.
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