PILANDOK’S TALE

Prepared by:Ricky P. DumpaPinky Rose B. Serino

ARMM The Autonomous Region in Muslim

Mindanao is an Autonomous region of the Philippines, located in the Mindanao island group of the Philippines, that comprises five predominantly Muslim provinces:

Provinces CapitalsBasilan Isabela

Sulu JoloTawi-tawi Panglima Sugala

Maguindanao Shariff KabunsuanLanao del Sur Marawi

BASILAN

SULU

TAWI-TAWI

MAGUINDANAO

LANAO DEL SUR

PHILIPPINE MOUSE-DEER

SOME OF THE TALES OF PILANDOK:

The Sang Kancil and Prince Parameswara

Pilandok and the Crocodiles

Pilandok and Prince Sumusong-sa-Alongan

Pilandok and the Kingdom Beneath the Sea

The Pilandok in Hari Ragat

There was once a kingdom, where a selfish, cruel, and greedy king ruled.

In that kingdom also live a young man named Pilandok, of whose great cleverness thought and made ways of fooling and getting even with the terrible Datu.

When the Datu spotted Pilandok in the kingdom, he ordered the guards to capture Pilandok, then the Datu placed a punishment upon him.

The palace guards were doing so, but the weather was hot and the sea was far away.

At that lucky instant, a merchant was passing by so Pilandok thought quickly of a clever idea. He cried and cried saying he doesn’t want to be married to the Datu’s daughter.

The merchant approached Pilandok and offered to trade places with him.

So the merchant freed Pilandok, exchanged clothes with him, and went inside the cage.

The guards only laughed at the merchant and they threw him into the deep blue sea.

After a few days, Pilandok returned to the kingdom, and the Datu was shocked.

Pilandok explained that when the Datu ordered for him to be thrown into the sea, Pilandok rather landed in a kingdom under the sea!

He also found out that the ruler of the Kingdom of Maranaw Sea was his long lost cousin, and who gave him lots and lots of riches.

Datu Usman immediately ordered his guards to prepare a cage for him, inside of which he will be thrown into the kingdom at the bottom of the sea.

What Pilandok did was he dove into the water, and when he surfaced, he was now carrying a beautiful giant pearl.

The Datu went inside his cage and ordered his guards to throw him into the sea.

He just reminded his guards to pull the cage’s rope when it moved.

When the roped suddenly stopped moving, the guards panicked.

They pulled the rope and were shocked upon seeing that the Datu was almost dead.

When the Datu awoke, he was mad and searched for Pilandok.

The clever Pilandok escaped once again, and had tricked once more the greedy Datu.