The Origin of Rice Tagalog Version

Long ago, people did not go under crops or raise tools for food. They relied only on nature and their surroundings. They would live in plates where they could consider food. Some stayed in caves and lived on fruits and animal meat. Some stayed by river banks and the sea, so they could angle for their food. They would stay in a place until food got scarce and then walk out to slightly other place where food was bountiful. The couplet Bang and Danna belonged to a group who employ to live near the sea. They were looking for a spic-and-span place. A fierce rage had destroyed their houses near the sea. They fe bed the coming of another storm.Why do we always move our family? Bang asked Danna. l am commonplace of this kind of life. We cannot even have children because we prevail moving. Bang wished to separate from the lie down of the group and stay behind in a pleasant place. l want to bear our child there. Danna gave in to his wifes request. They chose a nice place in the mountains and create a simple house there. Their new alkali was tranquil and food was bountiful. nigh was a clear stream where Danna caught some(prenominal) fish. But then came a drouth. For a long time, no rain pretermit, and the commonwealth dried up. Plants and trees died,and birds and animals and disappeared.Fish perished in the dried stream. Danna traveled far to look for food. But the drought was merciless. He traveled until he reached the contiguous mountain. Still, he could not find food. enfeeblement caught up with Danna in the middle of a vast field. He lay among the grasses and fell asleep. Suddenly, the wind blew, and the grasses danced and sang. Danna woke up surprised. Danna listened to the song of the grasses. We are the hope of the people, Danna. Gather our grains. Our grains are honourable food. Danna noticed the promontory of the grains of the grasses. Each head was full of rosy grains. He picked a grain and bit it.Pound our grains to remove their golden covers, sang the grasses. Cook the white kernels privileged the grains to soften them. It is good food. Danna gathered the grains until his stand was full and then hurriedly went home to Bang. Now we have food, he merrily told Bang. He removed the golden covers of the grains, as the grasses had instructed him, cooked the grains, and then ate them. The next morning, Danna returned to the field, sow our grains, sang the grasses. Plant them on take down softened by rain. They exit grow, and you will take care of them. When you harvest, save some grains to plant again.