There was this place name Kaayo in the Philippines. It was full of big trees. In the middle of the trees was this small flowing river with clear water. In the banks were sands and rocks. The rocks were of variety of hues like brown and gray with different sizes and shapes. The water looked so fresh and so enticing to emerge and swim. Along the right side of the river bank, there was this circle area. The circle was bordered with beautiful ornamental plants that had variety of colorful flowers. There were these yellow dancing lady orchids that were calling your attention to be admired .Oh! How pretty these ladies on long skirts?
Then there was this young girl named Raphaella, she was only 9 years old. She had a younger sister, Julia. Julia was only 5 years old. The sisters loved to play together. Because Raphaella was the older sibling her mother whom they called Nanay asked her to fetch water. Nanay was a single mother because her husband left her. Nanay relied mostly of her older daughter to help around the house. So every time Nanay called Raphealla to assist her, the girls had to stop playing. Raphaella was kind and obedient daughter. She learned to manage her time well because she loved to spend time playing with her sister. When she was asked to fetch water, Raphaella had to walk 1/2 a mile before she could get to the water well. Every time Raphaella went to the well to get water she had to pass this beautiful circle. Raphaella had 2 pails that she carried with her on her way to the well. On her way back she decided to take a moment to rest. She never had a chance to really look and admire the small area. So this time she made up her mind to see the place. As she was getting close to it, she was surprise to see small people playing inside the circle. There were 4 of them. At first she was so scared because it was the first time to see that kind of people. The four brothers were happy to see her. They were friendly and invited her to join them with their games. She introduced herself and one dwarf said that his name was Koykoy, the other was Marco, Filipo, and the youngest one was Asocaro. Raphaella thought that their names were so unique. Since, she met them she would always stop by and play with the dwarfs every time she takes a break from getting water from the well. The dwarfs knew well Raphaella. They knew she came from a poor family. They knew that her mom was farming and had to sell the harvests to the market. Sometime Nanay had meager revenue from the sales. The money she earned was just enough to buy food for the family. Or sometimes nothing at all. Life for them was hard. But their mother tried her best to provide for the family.
One day when Raphaella went to fetch water from the well, she took her younger sister with her because she wanted Julia to meet the dwarfs, but they were surprise because they could not find the 4 dwarfs. Raphaella had been telling Julia about the 4 brothers. So Julia was excited to meet them. Julia was dismayed knowing that they were not in the circle. While they were calling their names and kept searching for them, Raphaella found a sack by the dancing lady orchid. She took a peak of it. Julia on the other hand was running away from a bug and hit her sister Raphaella who was holding a sack. Consequently, the sack fell off and coins of gold were everywhere. A small note was on the ground. Raphaella picked up the note that read “Dear Raphaella you were such a great friend and we enjoyed playing with you. We wanted to give you these gold coins to help your family. We thank you for your friendship. Love Dwarfs”
Raphealla and Julia went home. They were excited to see and tell their Nanay the gifts the dwarfs gave them. They were so happy and thankful of the dwarfs’ generosity.
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