On a Kingdom locked
by sea, surrounded by sand glittering like gold, lived a princess with a beauty
more suited for a goddess rather than a mere mortal. As her father, the
kingdom’s DATU, saw her beauty blossomed day after day, he saw no man, noble or
not, suited for her divine princess.
But as her famed
beauty spread across the sea, a young man from a neighbouring island, with such
bravado and belief in himself, arrived in the kingdom and declared her love to
the princess. But with the Datu’s enormous pride and irrational contempt for
the young man, as he always felt for anyone who showed affection for her
daughter, he made a proclamation, that the privilege of marrying her daughter
would only be given to someone who can complete a task, so ridiculous in its
impossibility that no sane man would ever attempt it – to run the entirety of
their island, and shoot three fishes on every pond, before the day ends. But
the young man’s determination is immeasurable that he, without hesitation,
agreed to the condition and attempted the trials the very next morning.
The young man’s
spirit was commendable, but his body, or anyone’s, was never equipped to finish
such a feat with such time constraints, that he was near death approaching the
end line. Having failed to finish it before sundown, he arrived back in the
palace, hopelessly dejected, and moments away from dying. Failing his test, but
winning the adoration of the entire kingdom, including the princess’, he asked
for one wish before he perished – the honor to kiss the fabled princess as his
only consolation.
The princess then
rushed to the dying man, and gave him a kiss, to the delight of the entire
populace who were already chanting “HUMALIK!!! HUMALIK!!!” in unison, echoing
in the entire island.
The chanting was so
loud, that it was heard across the sea, electing HUMALIK as the kingdom’s new
name. As time passed, the island’s name changed to JOMALIG, but the Agoho
trees, the golden sandbars, as well as the pink sunsets who were witnesses to
its famed love story, remained today.
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