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| Don Juan and his monkey wife |
Chonguita: A king that had three sons went out on a journey to seek their fortunes. Pedro, Diego and Juan were the names of the three sons. The brothers decided to split up into different paths and meet again at a certain place and time. Don Juan met an old man that gave him bread and told him to go to into a village full of monkeys. So Don Juan went on an adventure to the palace. When he entered he was surprised and felt indifferent by the sight of monkeys around him. He was about to leave until he was called by one monkey who knew the purpose of Don Juan’s arrival. He offered him his daughter Chonguita as a wife. He felt obligated to marry her, so he did but was ashamed that he was marrying a monkey. When he went back to meet with his brothers, Juan was embarrassed. When they returned to the kingdom, his father passed out from shock and embarrassment of his sons new wife. The King’s goal was to try to get rid of the monkey wife. So he set up a series of challenges between the son’s wives where the worst of the challenge will die. Chonguita excelled in all the challenges set by the king and was able to prove otherwise. One of the challenges Chonguita one gave Juan the throne to become king. At the ceremony of his initiation, Chonguita insisted that they have a first dance but Juan was ashamed. Juan was not too fond of that and hurled her on to the wall and suddenly the hall became dark. When it became bright again, she transformed into a beautiful woman. This story is great to use as a storytelling source as the characters could be adjusted or also the continuation could produce a great moral lesson.
Cochinango: I enjoyed reading this story a lot. A son of a farmer called Cochinango always believed that one day he will dine with the king and his future wife, the princess. He was ridiculed for his foolish dreams but he promised that he would do it. One day an opportunity came to Cochinango’s attention, a questionnaire competition made by the princess where the winner would become her husband. On the journey to the king’s palace Cochinango faith was tested by god in many forms. Being the generous and faithful person Cochinango was, he successfully passed all of god’s tests. As a prize he earned many items that would grant him food, money and ability to make everyone dance. Finally, Cochinango reached the palace and took part in the competition. He looked very warned out and the queen was denying his right answers because of how he looked. When he entered prison, Cochinango started using his earned powers which caught the attention of the princess. After displaying many tricks the king gave up on imprisoning Cochinango and the other prisoners because of how all the disturbance caused by Cochinango. Cochinango demanded that he would marry the princess in return of stopping his actions. The king agreed and they got married. This story is great to use to story tell because the journeys of Cochinango can be modified and changed. Also the reaction of the princess can be changed to where she uses his powers against him but God intervenes in some way to avoid Cochinango for getting unrightfully hurt.
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