Simple Pleasures |
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If his father happened to be tending to his trees, he would let the child ramble around in search of twigs and bugs and fallen leaves; and when he thought Chisco had played quite enough, he would pick a fruit from a random tree and bid the child to eat it under the shade of a stout kamagong, Chisco’s favorite of all his father’s trees. The boy would lie sprawled upon the ground underneath its branches and eat the pick of the day - aratelis, or mango, or mabolo, or santol, or rambutan, or lanzones, or guava. |
Kung maaabutan niya ang ama sa plantasyon, hahayaan siya nitong mamulot ng mga sanga, kulisap, at mga tuyong dahon. Kapag napagod, ipipitas niya si Chisco ng kahit anong bunga para kainin ito sa lilim ng isang matabang kamagong na siyang pinakapaboritong puno ni Chisco sa buong plantasyon. Hihilata ang bata sa lupa at sa lilim ng mga sanga, kakainin niya ang mga bungang bagong pitas ng kaniyang ama – minsa’y aratiles, mangga, mabolo, santol, rambutan, lanzones o bayabas. |
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