Have you ever dream to become a

princess or prince?

Have you ever dream to fly?

Do you know the reason why the sky is

high?
 LEGEND
IT IS A STORY FROM THE
PAST THAT IS BELIEVED BY
MANY PEOPLE BUT CANNOT
BE PROVED TO BE TRUE
1. sloppily -not careful
2. pestle - tool for pounding
3. venison- meat of a deer
4. marrow - substance of spinal cord
5. expulsion forcing someone to
leave
 Why the Sky Is High (Tagalog)
In the early days, when the sky was still low, two brothers named
Ingat and Daskol lived with their parents on earth. As their names
indicate, Ingat was careful in everything he did and was therefore his
fathers right hand man. He was always helping with the work in the
field and his parents were very pleased with him. On the other hand,
Daskol did his work sloppily. In the absence of a daughter in the
family, the house work came to be Daskols responsibility. He fetched
water, cleaned the house, and did the cooking. He also did the
pounding of the palay that his father and Ingat harvested. Even in
pounding, Daskol lived up to his name. Half of the grain he pounded
scattered and fell to the ground. Being naturally lazy and impatient,
he did not like the work of pounding rice.
One day, Daskol had to pound a greater
quantity of palay than usual. He was
irritated because every time he raised the
pestle higher, and every time it hit the sky,
the sky would be raised. In his hurry, Daskol
did not notice that the sky was rising. When
he finished pounding the rice, he looked up
and discovered that the sky had risen and it
is where it is today.
 Why the Sky Is High (Iloko)
In the olden days, the only people on earth were a man and a woman.
One day, they ate venison which the man had brought home from
hunting. But because the bones were very big and they wanted to eat
the marrow, they thought of pounding the bones. The woman
removed her comb and necklace and hung them on the low sky. But
whenever she pounded, she would hit the sky. So she requested the
sky to rise higher. It thundered and the sky rose higher. Still the pestle
hit the sky. So the woman again asked the sky to go higher. It
thundered and the sky rose higher. Still the pestle hit the sky. So the
woman again asked the sky to go higher. Again it thundered and the
sky rose as high as could be. When the woman remembered what she
had hung, it was too late. They became the moon and the stars.
 Why the Sky Is High (Hiligaynon)
In the olden days the sky was so low---so low that it could be reached
by a stick of ordinary length. The people in those days said that God
had created the sky in such a way that he could hear his people when
they called to him. In turn, God could send his blessings to earth as
soon as men needed them. Because of this close connection between
God and his subjects, the people were provided for, and they did not
need to work. Whenever they wanted to eat, they could simply call
God. Before their request was made, almost, the food would be on the
table; but after the expulsion of Adam and Eve, God made men work
for their own living. With this change in their condition came the
custom of holding feasts, when the men would rest from their labors.
One day one of the chiefs, Abing by name, held a
feast. Many people came to enjoy it. A sayao, or
native war-dance, was given in honor of the men
belonging to the chief, and it was acted by men
brandishing spears. While acting, one of the actors,
who was drunk, tried to show his skill, but he forgot
that the sky was so low. When he darted his spear,
he happened to pierce the sky, and one of the gods
was wounded. This angered God the Father: so he
raised the sky as we have it today far from the earth.
Copy the Venn diagram below on a whole sheet of paper. This will help you compare and
contrast the three versions of the legend. Write the similarities on the overlapping areas of the
circles and write the differences on the part outside the overlap. Be ready to present your work.
1. What does the sky symbolize in
the three selections?
2. Is the rising of the sky a
punishment? Why or why not?
3. What are the consequences of
having a high sky?