"We'll kahit matanda pumapatol kami." Ngising saad nong isa.  "Owws? Talaga?" Tumawa naman ako ng pagak at unti-unting nilapitan yong babaeng nag sabi non. Ngumisi ako sakanya habang nakataas ang kilay.   "Baka pag nasapak kita mag susumbong ka lang sa nanay mo." Dahan-dahan itong umatras hanggang sa wala na syang ma atrasan. Na corner ko siya at ramdam ko ang kaba nito ngayon kahit hindi nya masyadong pinapahalata 'yon.  "Anong akala mo sakin b-bata?!"Nag lakas loob pa talaga syang makipag titigan sakin ah. Ang tapang naman ng batang to, ang sarap-sarap nyang tirisin.  "Bakit? Hindi ba? Mukha ka ngang preschool sa suot mong yan." Dinig ko namang natatawa yong isa nyang kasama at yong isa naman ay di na talaga napigilang tumawa.  "Tatawa-tawa kayo dyan mga punyeta   pareho lang naman tayo

Nagsi tawanan kaming umalis don at nagsimulang mamili. "Vee! Tignan mo oh, ito bagay sayo!"Sabay may pinakitang isang violet na dress si Wendy. "Hindi Vee mas bagay sayo to oh, tignan mo pwedeng-pwede pang date kapag kasama mo boyfriend mo!" May ipinakitang dress din si Elena na kulay yellow. Napangiwi ako. "Excuse me? Boyfriend? Meron ba ako non?" "Ay, oo nga pala wala." Sabay-sabay pa talaga nilang sabi at sabay din na nagtawanan. "Pinag t-tripan nyo yata ako eh, tsk!"Nang aasar talaga sila eh, lalo na don sa damit na pinakita nila. Lalong-lalo na yong kulay eh, ampapangit kase hindi ko bet yong kulay. Alam na alam naman nilang ayoko sa kulay violet at yellow hayst! "Ouyy James baka may gusto kang bilhin? Libre ko na sayo." Saad ni Jenna kay James na kanina pa nakatayo dito sa tabi ko. Hmm, yang mga t

The king and queen wished for nothing better than that their daughter marry into such a great and powerful family, and received the ambassador with every sign Of welcome. They even wished him to see the princess Desiree, but this was prevented by the fairy Tulip, who feared some ill might come Of it,'And be sure you tell him,' added she, 'that the marriage cannot be celebrated till she is fifteen years Old, or else some terrible misfortune will happen to the child.'So when Becasigue, surround by his train, made a formal request that the princess Desiree might be given in marriage to his master's son, the king replied that he was much honoured, and would gladly give his consent; but that no one could even see the princess till her fifteenth birthday, as the spell laid upon her in her cradle by a spiteful fairy, would not cease to work till that was past, The ambassador was greatly surprised and disappointed, but he knew too much about fairies to venture to

"Hoy ka rin pangit! Pareho lang naman yon bleeee!" "Oh, tama na yan wag na kayong mag away dyan." Awat ko sakanila. "Sige kayo hindi ko na itutuloy yong pag kwento." Tumigil naman sila. "Anong pamagat po ng susunod na story??" "The golden branch."_Once upon a time there was a King who was so morose and disagreeable that he was feared by all his subjects, and with good reason, as for the most trifling offences he would have them punished, This King Grumpy, as he was called, had one son, who was as different from his father as he could possibly be. No prince equalled him in cleverness and kindness of heart, but unfortunately he was most terribly ugly. He had crooked legs and squinting eyes, a large mouth all on one side, and a hunchback, Never was there a beautiful soul in such a frightful little body, but in spite of his appearance everybody l

Now though the Princess Sunbeam appeared to be only a poor shepherdess, she never forgot that she was a real Princess, and she was not at all sure that she ought to marry a humble shepherd, though she knew she would like to do so very much.So she resolved to consult an Enchanter of whom she had heard a great deal since she had been a shepherdess, and without saying a word to anybody she set out to find the castle in which he lived with his sister, who was a powerful Fairy. The way was long, and lay through a thick wood, where the Princess heard strange voices calling to her from every side, but she was in such a hurry that she stopped for nothing, and at last she came to the courtyard of the Enchanter's castle.The grass and briers were growing as high as if it were a hundred years since anyone had set foot there, but the Princess got through at last, though she gave herself a good many scratches by the way, and then she went into a dark, gloomy hall, wher