Pilandok and The Crocodiles
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I. Title: Pilandok and the Crocodiles
II. Author: Victoria Añonuevo
III. Publisher: Adarna House
A. Year and Place of Publication: 1994 – 1st Edition, Metro Manila
2001- 2nd Edition, Metro Manila
B. No. of Pages: 26 pages
IV. Summary
A. Characters: Pilandok and the leader of the Crocodiles
B. Setting: At the river going to the village of Mabunga
C. Summary:
One morning, his mother asked Pilandok to pick mangoes in the village of
Mabunga, Pilandok had to cross a river. But the bridge had collapse and the river
was home to large crocodiles.
Pilandok asked the leader of the crocodiles permission to cross the river
but the leader told him that they eat whoever crosses the river. Pilandok
thought of a plan to cross the river safely. He asked the leader how many
crocodiles are there, and the leader answer twenty. Pilandok pretended to count
and say that they are only ten crocodiles. The leader shouted “that’s impossible,
we’re twenty all in all.”
Pilandok calmly said to the crocodile to line up so that he could count
them all to be sure that no one is missing. The crocodiles followed Pilandok’s
suggestion and line up side by side. Pilandok step on each crocodile’s backs as he
counts. Pilandok hopped onto the other side of the river before finally shouting
“Twenty!”
Pilandok hurriedly picked the mangoes and filled his bag with ripe, big,
and sweet mangoes. He even ate some and fell asleep after eating. It was
afternoon when he woke up and was delighted when he saw the river quiet and
without any crocodiles.
When he reached the middle of the river, the crocodiles suddenly
appeared. “We will eat you, we want your liver,” growled the leader of the
crocodiles. “Wait,” said Pilandok “I left my liver at home because it is bad for my
liver to get wet.” Pilandok jumped onto the back of the crocodile and said, “Take
me to the other side and I will get my liver from our house.” When they reached
the shore, Pilandok quickly hopped off the back of the crocodile and ran home.
Twice, Pilandok succeeded in tricking the hungry crocodiles in the river.
The crocodiles were foolish enough to believe that a person could leave behind
his own liver.
Pilandok returned with a piece of wood and asked the crocodiles who has
the largest mouth so that he could give his liver for it grew big when he left it at
home. The leader of the crocodiles opened his mouth to the fullest and Pilandok
put the piece of wood inside his wide-opened mouth. It was too late for the
crocodile to realize that he had again been deceived by the clever Pilandok, who
could not close his big mouth because of the piece of wood.
V. Analysis:
I like the story because it is a good story. It teaches me to become strong in
times of trouble. I like Pilandok because he is so clever to think of ways to escape
from the crocodiles.
VI. Lessons Learned:
I learned in this story that the weak but wise wins over the strong but foolish. I
also learned that being intelligent helps you to escape dangers. But we also need to
understand that intelligence should be used in a good ways not in a bad ways.
