The legend of Maria Makiling
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- Many prisoners did not last long from the tortures the Spanish had inflicted upon them. One night, Captain Lara and Joselito secretly spoke with the prisoners.
- The next day, Juan was blamed for the burning of the Spanish cuartel. “I did not do it!” cried Juan. But the prisoners pointed at him because Captain Lara and Joselito frightened them.
- I did not do it!
- The soldiers brought Juan to the plaza. In front of hundreds of people, Juan was shot as the enemy of the Spaniards. He was killed even though he didn’t commit any wrongdoing. But before he died, he managed to shout out loud Maria’s name. It was heard by the diwata so she quickly went down her mountain.
- Maria
- But Juan was already dead when Maria arrived. Tears falling down her face, she embraced tightly his lifeless body. Afterwards, she faced the crowd. “Why did you not take care ofhim?” she shouted. Meanwhile, Captain Lara and Joselito fled to Manila because they were afraid of Maria. When she learned of this, she cursed the two. She also cursed those men who cannot accept failure in love. Soon, the curse took effect. Joselito suddenly became ill. There was no cure for his illness.
- Why did you not take care of him!
- Captain Lara, on the other hand, was called back to Laguna when the Filipinos revolted against the abuse that the Spaniards had inflicted upon them. The revolution quickly spread to many parts of the Philippines. The revolutionary Filipinos killed Captain Lara.
- From then on, Maria never let herself be seen by the people. Every time somebody got lost on the mountain, they remember the curse of the diwata. They remember the great love of Maria Makiling.
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