Philippine
Folk Tales
by Mabel Cook Cole
Christianized
Tribes
- Introduction
- The
Monkey and the Turtle
- The
Poor Fisherman and His Wife
- The
Presidente Who Had Horns
- The
Story of a Monkey
- The
White Squash
- The
Creation Story
- The
Story of Benito
- The
Adventures of Juan
- Juan
Gathers Guavas
- The
Sun and the Moon
- The
First Monkey
- The
Virtue of the Cocoanut
- Mansumandig
- Why
Dogs Wag Their Tails
- The
Hawk and the Hen
- The
Spider and the Fly
- The Battle of the Crabs
The
Spider and the Fly
(Visayan)
MR. SPIDER wanted to marry Miss Fly. Many times he told her of his love and begged her to become his wife, but she always refused for she did not like him.
One day when she saw Mr. Spider coming again Miss Fly closed all the doors and windows of her house and made ready a pot of boiling water. Then she waited, and when Mr. Spider called, begging her to allow him to enter, she answered by throwing boiling water at him. This made Mr. Spider very angry and he cried:
"I will never forgive you for this, but I and my descendants will always despise you. We will never give you any peace."
Mr. Spider kept his word, and even today one can see the hatred of the spider for the fly.
Cole,
Mabel Cook. Philippine Folk Tales. London:
Curtis Brown,
1916.
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