Mud balls

August 18 | Thursday

Hello mga ferson! Have a drink muna oh!

How's your day? Has it been raining over there too? Whatever it is, I hope everyone's doing great!

Today, I want to do some storytelling. This story is about a place that I just recently visited, the Chocolate Hills. The place and the view are so fascinating that I got curious about how it was formed.

Then I remembered something from when I was a kid. My mother actually told me a story back then. And it was the legend of the Chocolate Hills!

The story goes like this...

Once upon a time, in the province of Bohol, there was vast dry land. Plenty of cracks appear during summer, but the whole area becomes muddy during the rainy season.

One day, two giants, coming from both ends of the island of Bohol, one Male and the other female, roamed around the province for the first time. The residents feared that both of them would cause trouble, but they are worried more that the two giants might ever cross paths, thinking that they would fight and cause damage to the village.

Their worries were heard from up above, for the two giants met. People sensed the tension and started fleeing from their homes.

It was a rainy day and the two giants finally had their standoff. The female giant yelled, "What are you doing here in my land? Get lost before I tear you into pieces!"

"Ha! I have been here for quite some time now and made this land my territory. Take your gibberish with you and leave my land at once", the male giant replied.

"If you want to stay here so bad then I shall grant your wish, but I'm going to bury you under the ground", warned the female giant.

"Save your energy, for I shall send you flying all the way to the neighboring island", the male giant replied with a laugh.

The female giant got so angry and started picking up huge chunks of muddy dirt and making giant mud balls out of them. She threw the mud balls at the male giant but her aim was so off. The male giant just kept dodging the mud balls and ran around the place, stomping over the houses and the crops that the villagers worked hard for. The mud balls scattered all over the field, forming into the hills that we can see now.

The villagers didn't know what to do, so they just prayed to Bathala that the two giants be punished and be gone so they can go back to their village and live in peace.

Bathala heard the villager's prayers. He struck the two giants with lightning, turning them into ashes, and blew them away into the air.

The villagers finally went home. They were able to fix their houses, but they had one problem. The vast plain fields where they planted crops had been covered with hills. Some of the villagers had no choice but to move away from the hills to the other areas on the island of Bohol where they could plant crops and start a new life.

The hills have now become the Chocolate Hills, earning its name from their chocolatey color during summer. Lots of tourists visit this place every year, and its name has been made known all over the world!

I really enjoyed listening to this story when I was a kid. Anyway, do you guys have similar stories that your parents shared with you when you were still kids?

This is it from me for now, buddies. I'm going to enjoy the cold weather on my bed this time. See you on my next blog!

Love you!

Until then.