The Legend of

Barangay Balugo
Writer and Illustrator: RONA V. FRANCISCO
MICHELLE C. MIGUEL
Enhanced by: GERALD T. UBAG

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 In the early days, there
was a village located in one
of the mountains of Sibulan.
This place became well-known
because of its beautiful scen-
eries over-looking the sea.
 Aside from its majestic view,
the place was also popular be-
cause of the clean, clear, and
cool water flowing on its streams
which attracted not only the
villagers but also the people
from its neighboring places.
Along the stream, there grew a
tree with big and tall trunk, green
leaves, and fruits that looked like
Plums. The people there called the
fruits, “balugo.”

They thought that the “balugo”

fruits were poisonous and that is
why nobody has ever dared to eat
it.
 “These balugo trees are
amazingly big,” said Tinong.
“You are right, even the fruits
look delicious,” agreed Celio.
“Why don’t we try eating some
of the fruits?” suggested Alicia.
“No! No one has ever eat-
en those fruits because they are
poisonous!” exclaimed Loto Tasyo.
 One day, a child wandered along
the streams and happened to see
the fallen fruits. He picked and ate
them. The people were frightened.
“Why did you eat these
fruits? Don’t you know
that these are poisonous?”
asked Loto Tasyo worriedly.
 “Stop eating! Aren’t you
afraid of what might hap-
pen to you?” blunted Tinong.
However, the child seemed
to hear nothing. He contin-
ued eating the fruits. To their
surprise, nothing happened to
the child! They discovered that
the fruits were not poisonous.
 From that day on, many
people went to that stream to
pick some Balugo fruits. Be-
cause of the abundance of
balugo trees in that village,
the people named the place
“Kabaluguhan” which was later
called, “Barangay Balugo.”