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Says the Mangyan from the woods:
What I like to say to you,
an expression of my thoughts,
your condition is not bad,
you, a man from the lowlands!
Because when you are from there,
all your house beams are the best
and the flooring square-cut wood.
But we, from the mountain slopes,
because we are living here
our ways are not like yours
The floor: flattened bamboo strips.
The roof: made of kogon grass,
And the ties are made of vines.
But this I have still to add:
please, don't forget that we live
at the water source, high up,
where the birds are used to drink,
a poor place and hard to stay!
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