DOCISENT ISSUE ID 199 926 FL 009 892 AUTHOR Laygo, Teremito Comp. TITLE The Well of Time. EighteenShort Stories from Philippine Contesporary Literature. 11STITOTION Asian American BilingualCenter, Berkeley, Calif. SPURS AGlOCV Office of Bilingual Educationand Minority Languages Affairs (ED), fashington,D.C. PUB DATE 78 NOTE 236p.: Icor a related docusent,see FL 009 893. AVAILABLE FROM National Dissemination andAssessment Center, School of Education, California State University,5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles,CA 90032 ($4.95) EDRS PRICE mr01 Plus Postage. PC'Not Availablefrom EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Anthologies: Bicultdralism: *BilingualEducation: Cultural Activities: CulturalAwareness: *English (Second Language): *Literature Appreciation: Secondary Education: SecondLanguage Instruction: Short Stories IDENTIFIERS Bilingual Education Act 1968:*Filipinos: Secondary Education Act 1967_ ABSTRACT I collection of eighteen short storiesby Filipino writers is presented. The selectionsrepresent a variety of images of Filipino culture, both urban andrural, and-life styles in northern and southern Philippines. The ais ofthe anthology is that tbe student will learn to empathize withexperience rendered in language, appreciate the Filipino writer's artand crtft, and understand the short story as a literary form. Themestories are intended to be taught in grades 9-12 ina bilingual education setting. 7.1e book is divided into four sections: (1)Hom and Country, (2) Of Identity and Fasily, (3) A Sense of History, and(4) Of Change and Values. Stories by the following authorsare included: Narciso G. Reyes, Carlos IP:flowing Bionvenido N. Santos, EV.M. Gonzales,Manuel E. krguilla. Aida Rivera Ford, Roman 1. de laCruz, Rogelio R. Sikat, J. Eddie Infants, Nick Joaquin, J. C. DionisiocGilda Cordero-Fernando, E. P. Patanne, Andres Cristobal Cruz, Arturo'B. Rotor, Amador T. Daguio, J. C. Tuvera, and Gregorio C. Brillantes.(ABM *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRSare the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** c4 _0111.- -^ THE WELL OF TIME Eighteen Short Stories from Philippine ContemporaryLiterature Compiled by TeresitoM. Laygo "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS U I DEPAETNIENT Of HEALTH, MATERIAL HAS SEEN GRANTED 13Y EDUCATION*glom", NAT/ONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION TortS DOC _WENT PTAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTeNJAS RECEIVED PROM TNE PERSON OR ORGANtrZAT )0N ORSGM. 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Secondary Education Act of 1965. 197S Pubhshed and Disseminatedby National Dissern:r)ationand Asse:sment Center Califotniz StateUniversity, Los Angeles :Los Angeles, California90032 CopylOt 1977 by 1.3rkv:cy Unified SchoolDistr;c: 3 Acknowledgements Thanks are due the fokwing kr permission to me copyright mina! in Ms COAKtiOn 1. The Estate of Manuel E. Awl& for "How My Brother Leon Brought Homea ham How My Brother Leon Brought Homea Wile and aher Stories by Manual E. Argulk. Mania. Philp*. Book Guild. 1940. Used bypennission of Prot Remick* Mon 2. Gragorio C for "What Sisal We Do When We Ag Gooutrfrom The Dwane* to Andromeda and Other Stories, Manila, Elenipayo Press, 1960. Copyright 1960 by Gravel° C. Beigantes. Reprinted by permission of the author. 3. University of %Whin.= Press, for "Why Had I Left HOMer hum Americais it, the Heart by Carlos &keen. Seattle, Washington, University of Washington Preas, 1973. Copyright 1946, Harcourt, Brace. Inc. Used bypermissior of the Unkrersity of Waehington Preen 4. Aids Rhira Ford. for "Love in the Corohusks," from Now and at the Hour by Akio L Rivers, Manik Benipsyo Press. 1957. Copyright 1957 by Aida L. Rivera. Reprinted by permidan of the author. Mrs. Estella F. Deguiti, for "Wedding Dena.," by Amador T. DagUio, from Modem Philippine Short Storich, ed. Leonard Carper, Albuquerque, N.M., University of New Mexico Press, 1962 First published in Stanford Stories 1953, eds. Wallace Sewer and Richard Scowcroft, Stanford, Stanford UrrWersity Press. Copyright by, the Board oi Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. Repthied by permiseion of Mrs. Fatale F. Baguio. 6. Andres Crisiobal Cruz, for "The Oid Welt" tranekied from Tagalog by Patricia Melendres, from Literature East and West Vol 13. 3.4 (Dec. 1969). Reprinted by permission of the author. 7. Roman A de la Crux, for "Dime Pieces ol Bread" from Alone Mango LonelyRoad by Roman A. de liCroz, Xalibo, Aldart Copyright 1973 by Roman A de la Cruz. Reprinted by permission of the author, & J. C. Dionisio, for "A Summer in an Alaskan Salmon Cannery," gist publishedin the Mapping Messing Repined by permission of the author. 9. Gilda Cordaro-Fernando, kw "People in the War" from:The Butcher, the Baker,. the Candianick-maker, Manila; Benipayo Press, 1962. Copyright1962 bit Gide Cordaro-Fernando. Reprinted by permission of the 10. N.M. Gonadic, for "The Tomato Game" from Ask,- nes Leader, June 16, 1972. Repeinted by permission of the author. 11. J. Eddie Wants, for "The Stuff of Heroes" from OM Phppines, My Philippines by J. Eddie Infants, Mange, 1976. First published in the Philippines Free Prue, 1967. Copyright 1976 by J. Eddie Infante. Repriled by permission of the &Whet 12. Nick Joaquin, for "A Pggrim Yankee's Progress" from 2"11)11e and Poems by Nick Joaquin, Manila, Albedo S. Fiorentino, 1963. Copyright 1963 by Nick Joaquin. Reprinted by permon of the autkit 13. E. P Patantie. kr "The Bomb" fromManik Review (Vol. 1, No. 4). Reprinted by parmision of the" author.. I4. Ambassador Narcio G. Reyes, fc'hly Native Land," translated by the author, 15. Arturo B. Rotor, for "Zitar froio llippirte Short Stories 1925,1940, ed. Leopoldo Y. Vibes, Queson City, University of the Philippines Presa. Copyright 1937 by Arturo B. Rolm Reprinted by permission of the author. 16. Blenvenido N. Santos, far "Scent of Api," from Modern Philippine Short Stories, ed. Leonard Casper, Albuquerque, New Mexico, University of Nev Mexico Press, 1962. Used- by parmision of the author. 17. Rogek R. Mat, for "The Prisoner," translated by the author, from Literature East and West Vol. 13, 3-4 (Dec. 1969), Used by permission. 18. J. C. Tuvera, for "Ceremony" from Fifty Great Oriental Stories, ed. Gene Z. Harwahan, N.Y., Bantam Books, 1965. First published in This Week Magazine, Manila Chronicle. Copyright 1955 by J. C. Tuvera. Reprinted by permision of the author. , CONTENTS PRErACE ME STORIES I. Home and Country Native Land 2 Narciso G. Reyes Why Had I Left Home 10 Carlos Bulosan Scent of Apples 29 Bienvenkio N. Santos The Tomato Game ao NVM. Gonzalez IL Of Identity andFamily How My Brother Leon BroughtHome a Wife Manuel E Aiguilla Love in the Comhusks 58 Aida Rivera Ford Three Pieces of Bread 65 Roman A. de la Cruz The Prisoner 71 Rogelio R. Sikat Ills A Sense of History The Stuff of Heroes J. Eddie Infante A Pilgtim Yankee's Progress 91 Nick Joaquin A Summer in an Alaskan SalmonCan- nery 123 J. C. Dionisio People in the War 130 Gilda Cordero-Femando The Bomb 146 E. P Patanne IV. Of Change and Values The Old Well 168 Andres Cristobal Cruz Zita 179 Arturo B. Rotor Wedding Dance 193 Amador T Daguio Ceremony 203 J. C. Tuuetu What Shall We Do When We All GoOut 215 Gtegorio C. Brillantes The Authors 225 PREFACE Water is a principalsource of life. It is a primary life-giving substance which is vital to the existence ofgenerations of people. Water, like the heart ofa man, pumps life to every living creature on earth. The well Ls a source of water. Itis usually found 41 the most central areas of a specific townor banjo. In most ca.Ses, it is the center of activities of a given community. Itis a place where people gather, some of themto fetch water cooking, washing, bathing, and forany number of o er uses. It is a place where people chat, make fun anddiscuss the most pressing issues in the community. It isa place for collective work ...collective experiences,.. that brings people, y6ungor old, together. There are wells that have withstood thetest of time. They have never dried up. They have beena basic source of peoples' needs, generation after generation. Inmost cases, they have been monuments to the histoN ofa people. They have served the past, are utilized in the present, and willprobably still be a resource in the future. It is with these thoughts in mind thatwe picked The Well of Timeas the title of this anthology. As a source of Filipino cultural heritage, The Wellof Time is in the form of a collection of eighteen (18) shortstories. These stories have a time frame of theirown. They are stories by several generations of Filipino writers. As writing, thestories have withstood the test of time. They have been readin the past and continue to be read in thepresent And the writers of these stories offer a variety of images of Filipino culture: urban and rural, life-styles in northern and in southernPhilippines as well. This variety in both subject and method allowsthe reader to adequately sample the experience of the Filipinopeople now over forty million.