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| [[Article By: Apple Lance Oscar]]
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| Tagalog Paper No. 571.
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| MAGIC TALES FROM MALOLOS.
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| By: Felipe Cruz.
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| Manila
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| January 18, 1925.
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| '''The Priests and The Dwarfs.'''
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| 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:
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| 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.
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| "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."
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| "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.
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| "Well, we will save and guide you with the utmost care that you will not die," replied the dwarfs.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| This story happened in the town of Baliuag, Bulacan near the bank of the river.
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| '''The Mysterious Saint.'''
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| In the barrio of Santo Cristo, Malolos, the patron was supposed to be possessed of super-human power that many people from the different sections of the province paid a visit or rather a homage to the chapel. The Saint was considered to be mysterious because of the fact that he suddenly became black and produced smoke through His mouth just immediately after the New Year's Eve. The people thought he had the power of making himself black and produced smoke, and from this observation, they inferred that he could do whatever he wanted to do. There was a small pond just back of the chapel. It was believed that any sick people could easily be cured if they took a bath in that dirty pond. Wonderful enoughs, most people got well when they bathed in it.
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| There was a woman who happened to be praying that she wished to have a husband so that they could have a child. She was so sincere in her prayer that the next day, a very short fellow began to love her. Thinking that the man was sent by God represented by Santo Cristo, she accepted him even if he appeared undesirable. They were, therefore, married, but unfortunately many years had gone by without raising any child. She again prayed in the same chapel asking the saint to make her a mother to any kind of child he might give her. She, however, succeeded in
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| her prayer because the next night she gave birth to a very tiny child, as small as a grain of rice. The mother was so happy that she instantly kissed the child, but unfortunately she inhaled the tiny child through her nose. She therefore, lamented for the loss of her only child.
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| ==<h3>References</h3>==
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| https://nlpdl.nlp.gov.ph/OB01/NLPOBMN0037016571/home.htm?fbclid=IwAR2sm-cLsb_lztvtJ6SbA91HwtG-nwnxQnM3UE6UWSw5TGjNoyA74MfxEKc
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