Philippine Legends – Philippines Alamat: Alamat ng Gubat
Philippine Legends – Philippines Alamat
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The Alamat ng Gubat (Legend of the Forest) is a 2004 novel which was the fourth book published by Bob Ong, a Filipino contemporary author noted for using conversational Filipino to create humorous and reflective depictions of life as a Filipino.[1] Among Bob Ong’s works, it is notable for being the first one to be a self-contained straightforward narrative rather than a collection of anecdotes.[2] Bob Ong later came up with another book written as a straightforward narrative, MacArthur, but it is a very different work because it does not have Bob Ong’s signature humorous tone.
The story is about a little crab named “Tong” searching for a banana heart to cure his father from sickness. While he begins his journey he finds he and his friends also fight the evil animals in the forest.
Main Characters
Tong
Tong is a small crab who is looking for a banana heart in the forest to cure his sickly father. He is the son of the king of the sea, along with his siblings who are not assigned to the quest. He is engaged to a fish named Dalagang. Tong is pinkish red and is the youngest in the pack of their crab family.
Pagong
Pagong is a tortoise who is helping Tong in his adventure. He amazes Tong with his collection of turtle eggs. Pagong is an enormous tortoise that is very slow. He is also confused with his sayings and is said to be wisely stupid.
Aso
Aso is a wild dog . He is a lost dog living in a forest (which he likes). He also helps tong to find the banana heart, the whole forest will likely die. Aso has a spot on his left eye and is a little confused with everything he says.
Kuneho
Kuneho is mostly described as a Filipino version of Rabbit (Winnie the Pooh). He also joins Tong in his adventure in finding the banana heart. Kuneho is a little demanding on everything he says and is a little of always angry . He is tall and gray.
Villains
Buwaya
Buwaya is a crocodile who at the end, eats Tong’s friends and Tong left behind. He announces Tong his “best friend”. But Tong doesn’t agree. Buwaya joins an evil gang in the forest which includes Leon and Berdie girl, the gang leader and Maya, a small innocent bird who is someone you can’t understand: if he is good or evil.
Daga
Daga, a rat living in the woods of . He is the tiny sidekick of Leon, Leon influenced Daga to Roar like lions and now, Daga is a part of the gang of evil animals in the forest.
Leon
Leon is a lion and is the leader and the founder of the evil packed gang. He influenced Tong’s brother, Katang, in joining the evil gang of animals in the forest. Now, him and his gang is an obstacle to Tong’s journey in finding the banana heart and saving his beloved father.
Maya
Maya is a sparrow which has his own mystery in the book : Good or Evil . Still, even at the end of the book, no one knows what side is he. But he so , he is also the sidekick of Buwaya, and is always eaten by Buwaya and escapes free and still is the sidekick of Buwaya.
Katang
Katang is the brother of Tong and decided to join the gang because of Tong. He is planning revenge for Tong because of Tong tricking him that getting deficated on an Adarna bird was good for his asthma. Now he has stolen Tong’s is now part of the gang. But at the end, he got squashed by a bamboo stick .
Plot
Tong and his friends help find the banana heart in the forest. When Tipaklong won as the new leader of the forest, he got squashed by an animal. And also, they are being threatened by a gang of evil animals. So Tong, Pagong, Aso ang Kuneho fight for the forest and are planning to save Tong’s father. But when Tong’s friends were eaten by Buwaya, Tong is left behind. Will Tong ever get the banana heart without killing the whole forest?
Blurb
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE! Samahan si Tong at ang kanyang mga kaibigan sa napakasayang alamat ng kahayupan sa Saging Republic. Magkibahagi sa kuwentong garantisadong Hindi kapupulutan ng aral. At salubungin ang napakagandang bukas na naghihintay sa ating lahat! Alamat mo. Alamat ko. Alamat ng Gubat. ANG LIBRONG PAMBATA PARA SA MATATANDA![3]
Philippine Legends – Philippines Alamat
