Kingdom Berbanya

King-Don Fernando
He is very fair and equal.

Queen-Donya Valeriana
She has 3 sons.
Don Pedro-oldest
Don Diego-middle
Don Juan-youngest (main character)

The king gave choices to his sons to either be a king or a priest.

They wanted to be a king.

The king had a bad dream. Don Juan would be killed by two men and would be thrown
into a well.
The king was sick. He was sick because of the nightmare. They called a quack doctor
which was
the only person who knew the cure. It was the Ibong Adarna.

Don Pedro volunteered to look for the Ibong Adarna. It took him 3 months where the
Ibong Adarna was.
He rode a horse. His horse died because he was very selfish. He reached Bundok
Tabor.
He found the tree Piedras Platas. He did not know that it was the tree where the
Ibong Adarna lived.

He was very tired so he rested under the Piedras Platas.

The routine of the Ibong Adarna will fly from one place to another and return to
its home.
After that, it will sing seven times and it will change its color every time it
changes song and
poop. If a human touches its poop, it will get turned to stone.
Don Pedro got turned to stone.

Don Diego took 5 months to reach the area. Don diego also decided to rest under the
tree.
Don Diego waited for it to come back. The Ibong Adarna came back and sang.
Don Diego saw the Ibong Adarna but could not get up because he was too tired.
After that, the Ibong Adarna pooped and Don Diego got turned into stone.

Don Juan asked his father to allow him to look for his brothers and Ibong Adarna.
His father denied his request because his nightmare might come true.
Don Juan insisted further and begged his father. His father finally allowed him to
look.

Don Juan did not use a horse unlike his brother. While he was on his way, he prayed
to Mary. After that,
He met the first ermitanyo. He brought 5 pieces of bread. He already consumed 4 of
his bread.
The first old man was Ketong. He begged for food. Don Juan gave it.
The old man told him where the Ibong Adarna was.
He was told to look for a nipa hut and the person there would tell how to capture
it. It took him 7 months.

He found the second old man. He saw the bread that he gave to the first old man.
The old man gave a labaha(knife), dayap(lemon) and sintas(shoe lace). The song of
the Ibong adarna makes people sleep.
Every time the Ibong Adarna will sing, he will need to slice his palm and pour a
lemon on the wound. He did this seven times.
He dodged the poo. After that, he caught the Ibong Adarna with the shoe lace.

He wanted to save his brothers. He was given water and was instructed to pour it.
They were saved.
The oldest son was very angry that he did not capture the Ibong Adarna. He wanted
to kill Don Juan.
Don Diego suggest that they should injure him and leave him to die.

They brought the Ibong Adarna back but it was very malnourished. Don Juan prayed to
Mary that he can survive.