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    This document is a summary of a short story in Tagalog titled "Ang Saksi ay Ebidensya at Napatunayan Nagkasala" by Kristian Sendon Cordero. The summary is in 3 sentences: The story describes various corpses found in strange conditions - some looking like vegetables while others are piled together in a pit. It also mentions children catching lizards to feed to Arowana fish and a legend of a lizard whose mother was turned into by a young man to give to his lover. The excerpt uses surreal and graphic imagery to depict a dark and mysterious scene.

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    This document is a summary of a short story in Tagalog titled "Ang Saksi ay Ebidensya at Napatunayan Nagkasala" by Kristian Sendon Cordero. The summary is in 3 sentences: The story describes various corpses found in strange conditions - some looking like vegetables while others are piled together in a pit. It also mentions children catching lizards to feed to Arowana fish and a legend of a lizard whose mother was turned into by a young man to give to his lover. The excerpt uses surreal and graphic imagery to depict a dark and mysterious scene.

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    21st Century Translating A Poem

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    This document is a summary of a short story in Tagalog titled "Ang Saksi ay Ebidensya at Napatunayan Nagkasala" by Kristian Sendon Cordero. The summary is in 3 sentences: The story describes various corpses found in strange conditions - some looking like vegetables while others are piled together in a pit. It also mentions children catching lizards to feed to Arowana fish and a legend of a lizard whose mother was turned into by a young man to give to his lover. The excerpt uses surreal and graphic imagery to depict a dark and mysterious scene.

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    WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY- PHILIPPINES

    Name: Joanne Crishna B. Miguel


    Section: 11-Socrates
    Subject: 21st Century Literature
    ANG SAKSI AY EBIDENSYA AT THE WITNESS WAS TESTED AND
    NAPATUNAYANG NAGKASALA by PROVEN GUILTY by Kristian Sendon
    Kristian Sendon Cordero Cordero

    Titigan ang mga mata ng nabubulok Stare into the rotting eyes
    na pinya. Salatin ang tuyong balat of pineapple. Touch the dry skin
    ng palakang ginawang pitaka. of a frog-made purse.

    May mga bangkay na hitsurang talong Some corpses look like eggplant that was
    ang natagpuan sa luwasan. May mga nalunod found in the rescue. Some drowned
    na mukhang singkamas ang kanilang mukha. that their face looks like a turnip.

    At may ilang labi na pinagtagpo-tagpo And there are a few corpses that come together
    sa isang hukay. Hindi matiyak ang bilang in a pit. The number is uncertain
    ng mga bangkay gayong alam natin na ang sunod of corpses even though we know the next

    sa isa ay dalawa, tatlo, apat, lima, anim, hanggang in one is two, three, four, five, six, to
    mapagod tayo sa pagbibilang—tapusin ang we get tired of counting — finish hiding.
    taguan. And this is the only thing that breeds: rotting
    At ito lamang ang dumarami: nabubulok na flesh.
    laman.
    The number was made for us to die one by one.
    Ginawa ang numero para isa-isa tayong mamatay. Children catch lizards to feed
    Nanghuhuli ng butiki ang mga bata para ipakain in Arowana. Chickens are the value of the lizard
    sa arowana. Piso ang bili sa butiki sa lugawan. in the field.

    Sinasabi sa alamat na pinatay ng binatang Legend has it that the young man was killed
    naging butiki ang kanyang nanay para ibigay his mother became a lizard to give
    ang puso nito sa kanyang nililigawan. its heart to her suitor.

    Kutoban: na ang nanay ng butiki ay ang arowana. Have a hunch: that the mother of the lizard is the
    Pansinin: hawig sa karit ni Kamatayan ang Arowana.
    tandang Notice: the rooster resembles the sickle of Death
    pananong. Pugot na ulo ang tuldok. question. The dot is beheaded.

    Sabi: dating tenga ng reyna ang sandok na Said: the spoon used to be the queen's ear
    ginagamit in cooking rat-ears. While in our
    sa pagluluto ng tengang-daga. Samantalang sa mountains continue to inhabit the king
    ating
    mga bundok patuloy na nananahan ang haring giant looking for his colorful coward,
    shades of the rainbow. Here is an inexhaustible
    higante na naghahanap ng kanyang makulay na one
    bahag, corn from the road. It may have worked
    na kakulay ng bahaghari. Narito ang isang di-
    inubos of a child has shaken by taste or rat suddenly
    na mais mula sa kalsada. Maaaring gawa ito interrupted so the drilling did not end.
    Or it may just be like this, the bone is not formed.
    ng isang batang naumay sa lasa o daga na biglang
    ginambala kayâ di natapos ang pagsiba. Notice the teeth. Find the secret
    O maaaring ganito lamang ito, di nabuo ang buto. of the blade. Righteousness must be seized
    before the bile sizzled in the dark.
    Pansinin ang mga ngipin. Hanapin ang lihim
    ng talim. Kailangang hulihin ang katuwiran
    bago sumirit ang apdo sa dilim.

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