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Article by [[Apple]] [[Oscar]] [[Lance]]

During the Spanish administration, a short myth was handed down to me by one of my older relatives. Many people believed this short story to be true, but I doubt the sincerity of its originator. The story is as follows:
    One Sabbath night, while a Spanish curate was going on his way home, he saw a glimpse of two moving figures at alight distance near the bank of a river. As he gradually approached the objects, he finally found out that they were the two dwarfs dancing amidst joy and laughter.
    "Mr. Curate", asked the dwarfs, "We are inviting you to dive with us under the water and we will show you the grandeour of the palace of our dwarf king."
     "How could I dive in the water without losing my life when I could not stay under it more than a minute?" asked the curate. 
      "Well, we will save and guide you with the utmost care that you will not die," replied the dwarfs. 
       After a few minutes of hesitation, he reluctantly consented to go with faltering steps. When he reached the palace,the king offered him the best food they had and then showed him the most beautiful places of the palace. He was given the best opportunity to enjoy the companionship of the dwarfs so that he did not even dare to come back to his convent wherein his service was needed by the Catholic people especially. Many years had passed but the curate was never seen to come back to his old home. 
    It was said that many people who had been diving in the same place were trying to discover the secret of the dwarf's place, but most of them might have either seen the place or died. Those who dived and fortunately came back said that they had seen the door of the palace. 
    It was believed that the curate, have been enchanted by the beauty of the palace, was induced to stay and even married the dwarf princess and now they thought him to be the ruler of the place. It was even said that any one who succeeds in getting in the said place should be possessed of an eternal life. The general belief is that the curate had founded a strong and stable kingdom with himself as a king. 
    This story happened the town of Baliuag, Bulacan near the bank of the river.


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