t last, and
asks him if he is not the Juan who buried his mother. Juan answers,
"Yes," but excuses himself by saying that he only obediently followed
his mother's advice.

Juan now stays with his grandmother. Her hut, which is very small,
is surrounded by a small garden of vegetables. Juan does nothing but
eat and sleep. He soon develops the bad habit of throwing things out
of the window. His grandmother tells him that he must throw them far
away. One morning the old woman does not find Juan, and he does not
appear until midnight. She asks him where he has been, and he tells
her that he went to the other side of the mountain to throw away a
banana-skin which was left on his plate. She tells him that he does not
need to go so far, that he can throw the banana-skins behind the fence.

One day early in the morning the old woman leaves Juan in charge
of the house, for she is going to town. She tells him to cook two
small measures (chupas) of rice for her, for perhaps she will be very
hungry when she gets home. Then she goes away quite happy, thinking
that Juan understands her. As soon as she leaves, Juan thinks it is
time to begin to cook. He is surprised to find only one measure in
the earthen jar. He looks for the other one everywhere; but, as he
cannot find it, he thinks his grandmother was mistaken when she told
him to cook two measures of rice. So he takes his bolo, goes outside,
cuts a piece of bamboo, and makes a wooden measure just like the other
one. This takes him a long time; but when he has finished, he fills
the two measures with dry rice, and puts them in the fire. While
the measures are burning, the grandmother arrives. She calls Juan,
and asks him if the rice is ready, for she is very hungry. Juan tells
her that it is quite ready. The old woman sees that it is very bright
in the house, and she fears that it is on fire. Juan says that it is
the two measures burning. When the old woman sees what Juan has done,
she becomes angry. However, she controls herself, and teaches Juan how
to cook rice. Under the supervision of the old woman, Juan takes an
earthen pot, cleans it, and puts rice into it. Then he puts water into
the pot, and finally puts the pot on the fire. The old woman goes to
rest, telling him to watch the rice. After a while she calls to Juan,
and says,

"Did you cover the pot [tinungtungan mo na ang paliok]?" [99]

"No, I did not," says Juan.

"Cover the pot, then [tungtungan mo]!" she cries.