asked how long it would take to reach the

house.
The Man with the coconuts
(A Philippine Folktale) The boy judged the load on the horse and then
answered that if the man go slowly, he will
ORIGIN OF THE FOLKTALE: arrive on the village very soon but if the man go
fast, he will take all day to deliver the coconuts.
Its a folktale originated from Tinguian.
The Tinguian is a tribe from the The man could not believe this strange speech,
mountain province of Abra. They call so he hurried his horse. But the coconuts fell
themselves Itneg. off and he had to stop to pick them up. Then he
One of the short stories and folktales hurried his horse all the more to make up for
gathered by Mabel Elizabeth Cook Cole lost time, but the coconuts fell off again. Many
(an anthropologist and author) and times he did this, and it was night when he
compiled in her book Philippine Folk reached home.
Tales, the first comprehensive popular
collection of folk tales of the islands. CONFLICT:
Originally titled as The Man with the
cocoanuts Man vs Himself
About MABEL COOK CALE Man vs Environment
Anthropologist and an author
She specialized in the study of ancient LESSON / MESSAGE:
man and in studying the people of
the Philippines. Never rush things if something is bound
Her books include The Story of Primitive to happen
Man, The Story of Man, Savage Work quickly and efficiently
Gentleman, and Philippine Folk Tales. Learn from your mistakes
Her collection Philippine Folk Tales,
published in 1916, was Coles attempt to REFERENCES:
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spent four years with the wild tribes of cole/
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hearing these tales while sitting around Retrieved July 29, 2017, from
a campfire or visiting with people, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Coo
put them down in print for posterity. k_Cole
About the PHILIPPINE FOLKTALES PHILIPPINE FOLK TALES. (n.d.).
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The man with the coconuts texts.com/asia/pft/pft23.htm
The boy
PLOT:
One day a man who had been to gather his PREPARED BY; RICHARD RHEY
coconuts loaded his horse heavily with the A.BARRAMEDA (BSECE-3A)
fruit. On the way home he met a boy whom he