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The Hawk and The Hen

The Hawk and the Hen is a Filipino folktale about a hawk who asks a hen to marry him and gives her a ring. However, the hen loses the ring after the cock pressures her to throw it away. When the hawk learns the ring is missing, he punishes all hens by making them constantly scratch the ground to find the lost ring.

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The Hawk and The Hen

The Hawk and the Hen is a Filipino folktale about a hawk who asks a hen to marry him and gives her a ring. However, the hen loses the ring after the cock pressures her to throw it away. When the hawk learns the ring is missing, he punishes all hens by making them constantly scratch the ground to find the lost ring.

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The Hawk and the Hen

Filipino folktale

A hawk flying about in the sky one day decided that he would like to marry a hen whom he
often saw on earth. He flew down and searched until he found her, and then asked her to
become his wife. She at once gave her consent on the condition that he would wait until she
could grow wings like his, so that she might also fly high. The hawk agreed to this and flew
away, after giving her a ring as an engagement present and telling her to take good care of it.

The hen was very proud of the ring and placed it around her neck. The next day, however, she
met the cock who looked at her in astonishment and said:

“Where did you get that ring? Do you not know that you promised to be my wife? You must not
wear the ring of anyone else. Throw it away.”

And the hen threw away the beautiful ring.

Not long after this the hawk came down bringing beautiful feathers to dress the hen. When she
saw him coming she was frightened and ran to hide behind the door, but the hawk called to her
to come and see the beautiful dress he had brought her.

The hen came out, and the hawk at once saw that the ring was gone.

“Where is the ring I gave you?” he asked. “Why do you not wear it?”

The hen was frightened and ashamed to tell the truth so she answered:

“Oh, sir, yesterday when I was walking in the garden, I met a large snake and he frightened me
so that I ran as fast as I could to the house. Then I missed the ring and I searched everywhere
but could not find it.”

The hawk looked sharply at the hen, and he knew that she was deceiving him. Then he said to
her:

“I did not believe that you could behave so badly. When you have found the ring I will come
down again and make you my wife. But as a punishment for breaking your promise, you must
always scratch the ground to look for the ring. And every chicken of yours that I find, I shall
snatch away.”

Then he flew away, and ever since all the hens throughout the world have been scratching to
find the hawk’s ring.

GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1 What other title can you give to the story?
2 When and where did the story happen? 3 Who are the characters? Who are the main
characters? Who is the villain in the story?
4 What did the hawk give the rooster?
5. Why did the hawk give the hen a ring?
6.What was the problem met by the hen?
7. Which part of the story is the most exciting part?
8.What did the hawk do upon learning that the ring was lost?
9. How was the story ended?
10. What lesson did we learn from the story?

Folktales are a kind of story that gets passed on from generation to generation.

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