A long time ago on a fruit plantation, there was a pretty little girl called Pina, who lived

with her hardworking mother. Pina was spoiled, who got everything she wanted, and
never did any chores. She would just play all the time. Every time Pina's mother asked
her to do a chore, she started but would stop halfway and lay it aside for tomorrow.
But tomorrow never came. Instead, she started to play and gave excuses for not
finishing what she was asked to do. One day, Pina's mother asked her to get her shoes
under the hut. When Pina went down to look for the shoes, she found a doll and
started to play with it. When her mother asked her again for the shoes, Pina replied, "I
can't see them." This made her mother upset and say harsh words. She said, "May you
grow dozen of eyes!" After saying that, Pina was nowhere to be found. Trying to find
Pina, everyone in the plantation looked for her, having no luck. Pina's mother, losing
hope, sat on her backyard and cried. Then, she noticed a new plant growing there. She
looked closer and saw that the fruit was the size of a child's head and was covered
with many eyes. She then realized that this plant is Pina, who was transformed
because of her own curse. Then, the mother called this plant "pinya" from her
daughter's name.

The Legend of the Pineapple

A long time ago on a fruit plantation, there was a pretty little girl named Pina, who
lived with her hardworking mother. The mother of Pina worked day and night to make
both ends meet. No matter how hard she worked, she never got any help from her
daughter. Pina was a lazy, spoiled kid who liked to play in the backyard all day;
whenever her mother asked for help around the house or try to send her on an errand,
she would find an excuse by saying she cannot find the object that was needed to
complete that task. When her mother asked her to sweep the floor, she would say she
cannot find the broom even if it was right in front of her. Needless to say, her mother
always ended up doing the work by herself.
One day, her mother became very III. She called out to Pina, who was playing in the
backyard as usual, "Can you cook some porridge for me, please? I am too weak to get
up,"
Pina Ignored her mother and kept on playing. "Pina, come over here! This is very
urgent!" Pina's mother gathered all her strength just to say this, and it worked. Pina
grudgingly stopped playing and went inside the house. She poked her head inside her
mother's room.
"What do you want, Nanay? You really expect me to cook for you? That is too hard,"
protested Pina, pouting and stomping her feet. "Pina, it is very simple. Just put some
rice in the pot and add water, Once the water bolls, let it simmer for a while. Stir
occasionally with a ladle. Everything you need should be right there in the kitchen."
Pina reluctantly left and went to the kitchen. Her mother could hear her banging the
drawers and cabinets. Then, her mother heard her open the backdoor and sneak out
into the backyard. Her mother waited and waited. Finally, she called out to Pina again.
"Pina, did you cook like I told you to?"
"No," was the defiant response.
"And why not?" was her mother's exasperated response.
"Because, I could not find the ladle," was her reply.
"Oh, you lazy child, you probably did not even bother to look for it! What am I going to
do with you? Here I am, sick and cannot move. I hope you grow a thousand eyes so
you can find whatever I ask you to find."
After a long time, the mother noticed that Pina never replied and that their house was
very silent and she started to cry for her daughter, but only the neighbors were the
ones that responded.

Days passed by, Pina's mother asked everyone on the fruit plantation about her
daughter, but no one knew where she was. One day while cleaning the backyard, the
mother noticed a fruit of the size of a child's head that sprung from the ground, and
thought it was funny that this fruit had a thousand black eyes. When she saw it a
little bit closer, she thought it was Pina who was transformed for the curse she put on
her that day. And so, to honor her memory, the mother decided to take the seeds of
the fruit and planted them, and when they bore lots of fruits, she gave them away to
the neighbors.