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Mrs. Rosa is a widow, and she had a 10 year old daughter, she is Penang.

She really
love her daughter so much. and she wanted her to grown up expert on household
chores. So, she teaches Penang everything she knew about household works.

Since she's the only child, Penang didn't wanted to work, she keeps on saying that
she already knew everything whatever her mother told. So her mother just leaved
her.

One day Mrs. Rosa got sick, she can't stand and she cannot work in the house.
Penang was force to do the house choirs. Her mother told her to cook porridge. She
left to play while she was making the porridge. Because of being negligence, the
bottom part of the oats got stock in the pot. Mrs. Rosa considered it patiently at
least even though Penang served her.

The old woman stays in bed in a few more days. Penang still was forced to do the
house choirs. One day while preparing the food to cook, she can't find the ladle.
She come close to her mother and asked. Her mother was already so annoyed for she
always asked. "Haayyy, Penang! I hope you can have so many eyes, so you can see
everything, and you won't keep on asking!"

Since, her mother was angry she left silently to find the ladle. It's already night
Mrs. Rosa felt worried, since Penang was not yet been able to come home. She was
force to get up and eat. She tried to call her daughter, but no one answered her.

One morning while she was sweeping at the surroundings, she noticed a rare plant
that grows under the house. She pulled it up and planted it in her garden. Not so
long, it grew and bears fruit. Mrs. Rosa was startled when she saw the features of
the fruit. It shaped like a head of a person that was being surrounded with so many
eyes.

She suddenly remembered what she had said to her gone daughter that she can have so
many eyes so she can see what she's looking for. She silently mourned and then she
realized that what she said affected Penang. So then Mrs. Rosa takes good care of
the plant and named it Penang to remember her daughter. In the long run the fruit
was called "Pineapple"

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