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Before time began, very long ago, a great bird called "minokawa" [41] swallowed the moon.
Philippine Folk-Tales Fletcher Gardner
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The minokawa-bird is as large as the Island of Negros or Bohol.
Philippine Folk-Tales Fletcher Gardner
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All the old men know about the minokawa-bird in the ulit stories.
Philippine Folk-Tales Fletcher Gardner
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If the minokawa should swallow the moon, and swallow the sun too, he would then come down to earth and gulp down men also.
Philippine Folk-Tales Fletcher Gardner
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Soon this racket makes the minokawa-bird look down and
Philippine Folk-Tales Fletcher Gardner
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