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| Florante and Laura, Flerida and Aladin, in a 2015 stage production (website) |
Note: Two sets of lovers meet in a forest, reminiscent more of Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night's Dream?) than a long 19th century Filipino poem!
Get Ready: How big a role do you think coincidence plays in our lives, and how much is "fate"?
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| An Itneg village (Wikimedia) |
Note: I love this Filipino tale, in which a lazy man succeeds with a little (or a lot) of help from his friends.
Get Ready: Is it okay to be lazy if you're clever enough?
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| The Adarna Bird (Wikipedia) |
Note: This is one of the few works of Filipino literature that virtually every schoolchild knows. Sadly, it's not widely available online in English.
Get Ready: Can you think of any stories where the third son (or pig, or...) emerges victorious where the first two have failed?
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