The Legend of Pinya

The story of Alamat ng Pinya (The Legend of the Pineapple): In a small village, there lived a young

girl named Pinya. She was a beautiful and kind girl, but she was also very lazy.

She would rather sleep or play than help her mother with household chores. One day,

her mother asked her to help with the cooking, but Pinya refused. She said she was

tired and wanted to rest. Her mother asked her again and again, but Pinya continued

to refuse. Fed up with Pinya's laziness, her mother wished that Pinya would

have a thousand eyes so she could see all the work that needed to be done around the

house. Pinya's mother was not literally wishing harm on her daughter, but rather trying