Week 7 Story: Animal buddies who wanted to be humans (The Three Friends: the Monkey, the Dog, and the Carabao)
Once upon a time in Cagayan region of the Philippines, there were three animal friends. The three animal friends were monkey, dog, and carabao.
The monkey was the smartest animal of the three friends because he had the biggest brain resembled that of humans. The three animal friends disliked the humans because humans regarded them as mere food source and didn't treat them as equal creatures. Thinking they could be as smart and clever as humans, the animals decided to learn how to speak a language.
The monkey came up with a common language for three animals, so the animal friends started to communicate one another like humans. Besides speaking like humans, they wanted to behave like humans because they were always jealous that humans could store food for later use and cook for better taste.
One day, monkey sneaked in the middle of the night and stole a frying pan from a human household.
Monkey bragged the frying pan to the friends, "Guess what I got. The frying pan!"
Completely taken by the awe, the animal friends yelled, "This is human stuff!! Where did you get this?"
The monkey replied, "I snuck into an old couple's house in the middle of the night and stole it like all monkeys do! Haha."
Then the monkey told carabao, "Hey my friend, close your eyes for 15 seconds. I have a special gift for you."
The cunning monkey suddenly and quickly took apart some of carabao's flesh. The monkey needed meat to grill in the frying pan. Carabao screamed in extreme pain, but he was the biggest of all three animals. Carabao had the most meat in his body.
Unlike humans, the animal friends were only capable of either-or thinking, so they were decisive in carrying out the cruel action.
There was another animal Buñgisñgis who was jealously looking at this cook-out scene at a distance. When monkey and dog went away from the cook-out scene to bring some dishes for grilled carabao meat, Buñgisñgis decided to act. Buñgisñgis attacked the poor, injured carabao and took away the grilled meat. Buñgisñgis devoured it in seconds.
The monkey and dog came back, but they saw no meat on the table. The cruel monkey and dog finally killed the carabao and grilled it again for the taste of cooked meat.
They smiled, "We love meat. It's awesome! We'll try human meats next time! Hahaha."
Bibliography:
Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler (1921).
The monkey was the smartest animal of the three friends because he had the biggest brain resembled that of humans. The three animal friends disliked the humans because humans regarded them as mere food source and didn't treat them as equal creatures. Thinking they could be as smart and clever as humans, the animals decided to learn how to speak a language.
The monkey came up with a common language for three animals, so the animal friends started to communicate one another like humans. Besides speaking like humans, they wanted to behave like humans because they were always jealous that humans could store food for later use and cook for better taste.
One day, monkey sneaked in the middle of the night and stole a frying pan from a human household.
Monkey bragged the frying pan to the friends, "Guess what I got. The frying pan!"
Completely taken by the awe, the animal friends yelled, "This is human stuff!! Where did you get this?"
The monkey replied, "I snuck into an old couple's house in the middle of the night and stole it like all monkeys do! Haha."
Then the monkey told carabao, "Hey my friend, close your eyes for 15 seconds. I have a special gift for you."
The cunning monkey suddenly and quickly took apart some of carabao's flesh. The monkey needed meat to grill in the frying pan. Carabao screamed in extreme pain, but he was the biggest of all three animals. Carabao had the most meat in his body.
Unlike humans, the animal friends were only capable of either-or thinking, so they were decisive in carrying out the cruel action.
There was another animal Buñgisñgis who was jealously looking at this cook-out scene at a distance. When monkey and dog went away from the cook-out scene to bring some dishes for grilled carabao meat, Buñgisñgis decided to act. Buñgisñgis attacked the poor, injured carabao and took away the grilled meat. Buñgisñgis devoured it in seconds.
The monkey and dog came back, but they saw no meat on the table. The cruel monkey and dog finally killed the carabao and grilled it again for the taste of cooked meat.
They smiled, "We love meat. It's awesome! We'll try human meats next time! Hahaha."
Carabao in the Philippines. Source: Carabao
Bibliography:
Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler (1921).
Author's Note: I re-created this story of The Three Friends: the Monkey, the Dog, and the Carabao in my own version of the story. Original content may be different from my re-created story, so you are advised to visit the website in my bibliography for the original content of the story.
Hey Peter! This is a really interesting story. How did the Monkey, Dog, and Carabao end up becoming friends in the first place? I feel sorry for that poor Carabao, they didn't deserve to be killed by their friends! That must have been quite a shock to even be targeted in the first place, I'm surprised they didn't attack Monkey out of rage and anger. I was also curious about who Bungisngis was, it would have been nice to see a little history of who that is in the Author's Note. All in all, I enjoyed your take on this story!
ReplyDeleteHey Peter. I liked the fact that you used the monkey as your smart animal. They do resemble humans the most out of those animals. Also the fact that you made the monkey take meat from the Carabao and said the reason behind it was because animals were cruel and didn't think things out made a lot of sense as well.
ReplyDeleteHi Peter. Your story is really interesting. It is sad that they are all friends but they want to eat each other so badly. I wish the authors note would have had a little background of the original story so I could compare the two. It is nice that you have the website to it on your here though. Either way, you wrote a nice story and I enjoyed reading it. Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteHello Peter,
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting story. I like how you have the animals communicating in a human like way but I think there should be more to your story. There did not seem to be any history between the characters. I think the story would be even better if you included a build up to how the animals know each other. I am also curious about what/who Bungisngis is. Explain that in your Author note.
Hi Peter! I feel so bad for carabao at the end, but I feel like your story really shows the intelligence (or lack thereof) of the other animals. I thought it was funny how much they want to be like humans even though they hate them. What type of animal is Buñgisñgis? I have never heard of it before! I think it would be interesting to see a picture of one in your story.
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