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Why The Cock Crows

Isn’t it a wonder that the Cock always crows early

in the morning?

A long time ago, the Cock was a soldier, a servant

of the God of War. One night, he was ordered to

sleep early because the God of War had an important

journey to make in the morning. The soldier was to

wake up the God of War early.

The lazy soldier fell into a deep sleep and when he

woke up, the sun was already high up. The God of

War was very mad at him.

Thus, He changed the soldier into a creature

whose only work is to crow early in the morning to

wake up the world.

Erlinda Kintanar-Alburo, Cebuano Folktales 1, University of San Carlos 1977