This is a good folk tale and there is truth in what it says. Gifts should be considered worthy as long as they are given in good faith and love. Whether it is something that you need or not is not the question, but whether the gift is given in friendship.

Thank you for sharing.

What i really like about folk story is there’s always something that we could learn.

For me , it can be a reminder for us about good value and attitude that will bring better to us the the others 🙂

I managed to get a translation to that poem:

From Filipino to English using Alta Vista Babel Fish Translator:

The following binalabay dinihon’s friend Roming Labadia Arcenal from Iloilo declared on his Facebook account. This poem, he hibobun-up and reaction happening in the political and elections in the country of the Philippines. He wrote on…[Read more]

@lookat I have written lots of short stories. To read them you will have to visit my blog http://dawnwriters.blogspot.com/

Here are a  few of my favourite ones:
The Butterfly Wings
Shoe-Shine…a short story about honesty
The Worth of Education
Maria and the Baby
Yasmeen’s Prayers
I look forward to your comments and opinion.

Well, if you are too curious to read it. I have some local stories published in my local dialect website, Tumandok. Feel free to read them and it is up to you to decipher those words, phrases written in Ilonggo.

I  don’t know if Google could translate them. Anyway, just to satisfy your curiosity. You may proceed to visit my blog site, Tumandok.…[Read more]