THE LEGEND OF PINEAPPLE
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- Pina, come over here this very instant, or else!
- Pina, I am very sick. Can you cook some porridge for me please? I am too weak to get up. anak !Pina! Pina! Come over here,
- What do you want, Nanay ?You really expect me to cook for you? That’s too hard
- Pina ignored her mother and continued to play.
- One day, her mother got very sick.
- When she finally recovered from her illness, the first thing she did was look for Pina. No one had seen or heard from her. It was like she disappeared into thin air. Hours passed by, and then days. Still no sign of her wayward daughter. With a heavy heart, she thought that Pina had ran away for sure.
- And why not?
- Oh, you lazy child! You probably did not even bother to look for it! What am I going to do with you? Here I am, sick, and I cannot even count on you!
- I wish you would grow a thousand eyes all over your head! Then you can find what you’re looking for. Maybe then you won’t have any more excuses.
- “Pina, did you cook like I told you to?”
- Pina reluctantly left and went to the kitchen. Her mother could hear her banging the drawers and cabinets. Then her mother heard her open the back door and sneak out into the backyard. Her mother waited and waited. Finally, she called out to Pina again.
- Because I could not find the ladle,
- No!
- One day, she was sweeping the backyard where Pina used to play. For months now, she had noticed this strange plant growing on the very spot where she last saw Pina.
- Inside, she saw this strange yellow fruit that resembled a child’s head with a thousand eyes. A thousand eyes…
- To honor the memory of her beloved daughter, she named the fruit Pina. She took such loving care of it like it was her own daughter. The fruit flourished so well that it bore more and more fruits, and became popular among the village and the entire country. Its name later evolved to pinya, or pineapple in English.
- She suddenly remembered the spiteful words she used that fateful day.
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