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Kuwento ni: Karen P. Dapitan

Guhit nina: Joselito B. Pilotos at Jechris C. Olayo
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Treasury of Storybooks

This storybook is a product of the National Competition on Storybook Writing

2017 of the Department of Education.

Pursuant to the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, no copyright

shall subsist in this work of Government of the Philippines. However, prior
approval of the Department of Education shall be necessary for exploitation
of such work for profit. DepEd may, among other things, impose as a
condition the payment of royalties. No prior approval or conditions shall be
required for the use for any purpose of statues, rules and regulations, and
speeches, lectures, sermons, addresses, and dissertations, pronounced, read
or rendered in courts of justice, before administrative agencies, in deliberative
assemblies and in meetings of public character.

This storybook is a product of the National Competition on Storybook Writing

2017 of the Department of Education.

Dapitan, Karen P. Ang Gintong Kudong. DepEd- BLR, 2018

Development Team

Writer: Karen Pineda - Dapitan

Illustrators: Joselito B. Pilotos & Jechris C. Olayo
Layout Artist: Edna S. Ong
Learning Resource Manager: Ninfa C. Ortizo, EPS-LRMDS
City Schools Division of Tacurong
Arturo D. Tingson, Jr., REPS-LRMDS
Region XII

City Schools Division of Tacurong

Region XII
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MGA KASANAYAN:
Araling Panlipunan:
1. Natatalakay ang kahulugan ng ilang simbolo at
sagisag ng sariling lungsod/lalawigan at rehiyon
(AP3KLRIIe-4)
2. Naihahambing ang ilang simbolo at sagisag na
nagpapakilala ng iba’t ibang lungsod/lalawigan sa
sariling rehiyon
(AP3KLRIIf-5)
3. Naiuugnay ang kapaligiran sa uri ng pamumuhay ng
kinabibilangang lungsod/lalawigan
(AP3EAPIVa-1)

Filipino:
1. Nakakagamit ng mga pahiwatig upang malaman ang
kahulugan ng mga salita sa paggamit ng mga
palatandaang nagbibigay ng kahulugan (kasing
kahulugan)
(F3PT-Ic1.4)

Mother Tongue:
1. Naipahahayag ang ideya/kaisipan/damdamin/
reaksyon nang may wastong tono, diin, bilis, antala, at
intonasyon
(MT3G-Ih-i6.1)

Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao:
1. Naipamamalas ang pagmamahal sa lahat ng nilikha
ng Diyos at Kaniyang mga biyaya sa pamamagitan ng:
22.1. pagpapakita ng kahalagahan ng pag-asa
para makamit ang tagumpay
22.2. pagpapakita at pagpapadama ng
kahalagahan ng pagbibigay ng pag-asa sa
iba
22.3. pagpapakita ng suporta sa mga kaibigan o
pagiging mabuting kaibigan
22.4. pagpapakita ng kabutihan at katuwiran
(EsP3PD-IV c-i-9)
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Panimulang salita

Ang kuwentong ito ay inilaan para sa mga

mag-aaral na nasa ikatlongbaitang na
naglalayong maipakita ang kabutihan sa
kapwa, pagpapahalaga ng magagandang
asal at pagpapakita ng pag-asa sa kaibigan
upang makamit ang tagumpay.

May Akda
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Sa isang dating bayan ng

Sultan Kudarat, may
magkaklase na magkaiba
ang paniniwala at katayuan
sa buhay. Sa simula hindi sila
malapit sa isa’t isa.

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Salat sa buhay si Kulas

ngunit madasalin at masipag
na bata.

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Si Karim naman ay mula sa

marangyang buhay,
madasalin din at matulunging
bata.

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Isang araw, nagkaroon ng

gawain ang mga Kab Iskawt.
Silang dalawa ang napiling
magkasama para sa
patimpalak. Inatasan silang
maghanap ng gamit para sa
kanilang laro.

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Habang naglalakad
malapit sa burol sa di-
kalayuan nahulog sila sa isang
malalim na butas. Natakot at
humingi sila ng saklolo ngunit
walang sinuman ang nakarinig
sa kanila.
Tulong! Tulong!

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Biglang umulan at sila ay

nagsimulang nakaramdam ng
gutom. May dalang biskwit at
kudong si Karim at may
dalang tubig naman si Kulas.
Sila ay nagbigayan at
nagkwentuhan. Sa lakas ng
ulan sumukob si Kulas sa
kudong ni Karim upang di-
gaanong mabasa ng ulan.”
Salamat naman at may dala
kang salakot”, sabi ni Kulas.
“Kudong ang tawag nito sa
amin, mainam itong gamitin
sa panahon ng tag-ulan at
tag-init, ginagamit din ito ni
ina sa paglalako.”

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Nakaisip si Kulas ng paraan

at nagtulungan na makaahon
sa butas. Nang sila’y
makaahon… “Maraming
salamat sa iyong tulong
Karim,”sabi ni Kulas. “Walang
anuman Kulas, magaling ang
naisip mong paraan,”tugon ni
Karim. Mula noon sila ay
naging matalik na
magkaibigan.

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Lumipas ang panahon,

pareho silang naging
matagumpay na
mamamayan sa kanilang
lungsod. Naging Sultan si
Karim at Alkalde naman si
Kulas.

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Bilang tanda ng kanilang

pagkakaibigan, binigyan ng
gintong Kudong ni Karim si
Kulas.
“Ito ay talakudong, ingatan
mo ito dahil galing ito sa
aming angkan. Ito ang
simbolo ng ating
pagkakaibigan,” sabi ni Karim.
Sa tuwing nakikita ni Kulas
ang gintong kudong masaya
siya sa tagumpay na nakamit
nilang magkaibigan. Simbolo
iyon ng kanilang mabuting
pagsasamahan at
pagtutulungan mula noon
hanggang ngayon.

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Si Alkalde Kulas ay aktibong

namumuno sa Lungsod ng
Tacurong at si Sultan Karim
naman ay aktibong taga
sunod ni Alkalde Kulas.
Ang Tacurong ngayon ay isa
nang maunlad na lungsod sa
lalawigan ng Sultan Kudarat.

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Mga Gabay sa Pag-unawa

Talasalitaan

a. Talakudong/Kudong – uri ng kalo; gora;

salakot
b. salat – hirap
c. sumukob – sumilong
d. nagtatalo – nag-aaway
e. angkan – clan; kanunuan
f. alkalde – mayor; punong-bayan

Mga Katanungan:

1. Sino- sino ang magkaklase na magkaiba

ang paniniwala at katayuan sa buhay?
2. Ano-ano ang mga katangian nina Kulas at
Karim?
3. Ano ang nangyari sa kanila habang sila’y
naglalakad?
4. Sino ang naging Sultan? Sino ang naging
Alkalde?
5. Ano ang naging simbolo ng kanilang
pagkakaibigan?
6. Ano ang ibig sabihin ng Talakudong?
7. Paano naging matalik na magkaibigan sina
Kulas at Karim?
8. Paano binigyang halaga nina Karim at Kulas
ang kanilang pagkakaibigan?
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May Akda

Si Gng. Karen Pineda –

Dapitan ay isang guro ng
Grade One na nagtuturo sa
Tacurong Pilot Elementary
School, City Schools Division
of Tacurong, Region XII.