FLORES, RANIELLA ALLYSSA B.

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THE STORY OF PINA

Once upon a time there was a woman who lived with her daughter Pina in a tiny hut village. They were
very poor, and the mother worked very hard day and night.

Pina was a lazy girl who wanted to just play all the time. She didn’t want to do her school homeworks.
She didn’t want to help her mother at home. She just wanted to play. Whenever the mother asked for
help, Pina would always make excuses.

One day, the mother got sick. She called out Pina, “Pina, come here. I am very sick. Can you cook some
rice and soup for me, please?”

Very angry that her playing was interrupted, Pina went to her mother’s bedroom and said, “What do
you want, Nanay? You really expect me to cook? I can’t even find the rice!”

The mother felt very sad and asked instead if Pina could bring her a glass of water. Once again, Pina
became very annoyed at her mother and said, “Nanay, I can’t find where the glasses are!”

The mother was disappointed. And to her sadness she said, “I wish you would grow a thousand eyes!
Then you can find what you’re looking for. And maybe then you won’t have many excuses!”

The next day, the mother could not find Pina. She went all over the house and the backyard, but there
was no sign of Pina. She feared that her daughter might never come back.

She noticed that there is a plant growing in the garden. With horror, she remembered the angry words
she said to Pina. She realized that her anger cursed her daughter. Pina had turned into a plant with
many eyes.

To honor the memory of her beloved daughter, she named the fruit “pinya”. She took care of the plant
and the fruit flourished all over the town. It became popular in the village and then in the entire
country.
1. First Dimension: Knowledge or Literal Understanding

What is the title of the story?

Who are the characters of the story?

2. Second Dimension: Comprehension or Interpretation

What words you can describe Pina as a daughter?

What was Pina’s reason she didn’t cook the porridge?

3. Third Dimension: Application

Why is it important to help you mother on house chores?

If you were Pina, what would have done?

4. Fourth Dimension: Analysis

What does the writer want to convey on the story?

What happened in the story?

5. Fifth Dimension: Synthesis

What di you think the other things you could help your mother?

6. Sixth Dimension: Evaluation

Did Pina deserve to be a Pinya?

What is the moral lesson if the fable?