THE WITCH
THE WITCH
by Edilberto K. Tiempo
by Edilberto K. Tiempo
The story is all about a woman named Minggay Awok. The term Awok is the word for witch in Southern Leyte.
The story begins with a boy who about twelve years old of age. This boy went to Libas, where Minggay Awok lived, in order to visit his favorite uncle, Tio Sabelo. His uncle is the head teacher of the barrio school there.
Upon going to Libas, the boy heard so many strange stories about Minggay even though he had not seen her personally.
On the other hand, Minggay was not only known as witch. People also called her as “wakwak” and “sigbin” which probably untrue.
Meanwhile, Minggay lived in a small low hut by the bank of the creek isolating the barrios of Libas from Sinitan. The hut leaned drastically to the side where the creek’s water ate away the large chunks of the earth on rainy days. Minggay hut had two small openings, a small door where she likely to lean forwards and a window facing the creek.
People didn’t know what precisely inside her house. Therefore, one man who crowed of having gone inside her house while she is out in her clearing on a hill. According to the man, he had seen dirty stoppered bottles hanging from the bamboo strips of the cogon roof. The man said that some of the bottles contained insects like scorpions, centipedes, beetles, bumble bees, and many more.
Minggay lived by herself. Her companions were a lean, barrow sow and few animals that make people feared to her.
In the next morning, the boy decided to catch a fish in the river to bring for his mother. On the silence, a boy didn’t observe that someone is looking at him out there. A woman who about fifty years of age who makes laundry in her things. When the boy has a poor catching of a fish, a woman told the boy in surprise to go over the river and there he can find many fish, crabs and shrimps.
The old woman was not wrong, without the knowledge of the boy, though he is afraid of Minggay, the boy perfectly catch many shrimps. After catching, he went back to the old woman and thanking her. But when the woman introduced herself, that she is Minggay Awok, the boy started to fear of her. He then goes away from the river and when he is far away from Minggay, he run away and stop. As he walked again, the string of shrimps kept brushing again the side of his leg. So he detached it from his belt except for the three small ones because those are not belonged to Minggay. Angrily, he hurled those shrimps back in the river.
The story begins with a boy who about twelve years old of age. This boy went to Libas, where Minggay Awok lived, in order to visit his favorite uncle, Tio Sabelo. His uncle is the head teacher of the barrio school there.
Upon going to Libas, the boy heard so many strange stories about Minggay even though he had not seen her personally.
On the other hand, Minggay was not only known as witch. People also called her as “wakwak” and “sigbin” which probably untrue.
Meanwhile, Minggay lived in a small low hut by the bank of the creek isolating the barrios of Libas from Sinitan. The hut leaned drastically to the side where the creek’s water ate away the large chunks of the earth on rainy days. Minggay hut had two small openings, a small door where she likely to lean forwards and a window facing the creek.
People didn’t know what precisely inside her house. Therefore, one man who crowed of having gone inside her house while she is out in her clearing on a hill. According to the man, he had seen dirty stoppered bottles hanging from the bamboo strips of the cogon roof. The man said that some of the bottles contained insects like scorpions, centipedes, beetles, bumble bees, and many more.
Minggay lived by herself. Her companions were a lean, barrow sow and few animals that make people feared to her.
In the next morning, the boy decided to catch a fish in the river to bring for his mother. On the silence, a boy didn’t observe that someone is looking at him out there. A woman who about fifty years of age who makes laundry in her things. When the boy has a poor catching of a fish, a woman told the boy in surprise to go over the river and there he can find many fish, crabs and shrimps.
The old woman was not wrong, without the knowledge of the boy, though he is afraid of Minggay, the boy perfectly catch many shrimps. After catching, he went back to the old woman and thanking her. But when the woman introduced herself, that she is Minggay Awok, the boy started to fear of her. He then goes away from the river and when he is far away from Minggay, he run away and stop. As he walked again, the string of shrimps kept brushing again the side of his leg. So he detached it from his belt except for the three small ones because those are not belonged to Minggay. Angrily, he hurled those shrimps back in the river.
12 comments:
What is the problem in the story??
Why did he throw the shrimp back into the creep?
Because he believed that there js something in the fish because its from the witch, Minggay. He is somewhat afraid that there is something bad happen to him if he take the shrimp.
What is the irony in the story??
Why did he not deny or confirm the existing of the witch
Is this the summary?
What was inside the hut?
What was it used for?
Describe a witch based on what you know.
Why did the narrator like it in Tio sabelos housa?
Why the boy gets angry?
What is the relationship boy and minggay?
what is the relationship between boy and minggay?
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