2. Directions: Read and study the short story below and fill-in the chart.

THE STORY OF THE FIRST DURIAN

(The Hermit’s Three Wishes)

Barom-Mai was an old and ugly king who lived in a kingdom called Calinan

in the Visayas hundreds of years ago. Although he was powerful, he was helpless

when it came to winning the love of his young bride, Madayaw-Bayho (daughter of

Tageb, king of the pirates).

Barom-Mai asked his advisers to help him win his bride’s love, and Matigam

(the wisest of advisers) told him about Impit Purok, a hermit who lived in a cave in

Mt. Apo.

They went to the hermit and he asked for three things: the egg of the black

tabon bird, twelve ladles of fresh milk from a white carabao without blemish, and

the nectar from the flower of the tree-of-make-believe.

The egg will be used to soften the bride’s heart; the milk, to make her kind;

and, the nectar, to make her see Barom-Mai as a young and handsome king.

The king finds the egg through the help of Pawikan, the king of the sea

turtles. He luckily gets milk from a white carabao the following breakfast, thanks to

his cook. Hangin-Bai, the nymph of the air, leads him to her sister, the wood

nymph who had the magic flower in her hair.

Barom-Mai gives the three things to Impit Purok, who asked him to prepare

a big feast after Barom-Mai wins his queen back, and to invite Impit Purok as the

king’s guest of honor.

Impit Purok mixes the three ingredients and instructs Barom-Mai to plant

the mixture in the royal garden. The morning after it was planted, a tree grew. It

had a sweet smell and its fruit tasted good. When Madayaw-Bayho was given the

fruit, she fell in love with Barom-Mai.

The king throws a big feast but forgets to invite Impit Purok. In retaliation,

Impit casts a curse upon the fruit: The sweet smell was replaced with a foul odor

while the smooth skin of the fruit was covered with thorns, which is how the durian

smells and looks today
what is the plot,setting, character,pov,mood, narrative time, conflict of the story, symbols use, important line or dialogue, and other literary device cited. (rmp)​