on the sale of a cat in
a catless country (Dick Whittington type) are found among the Jews
and in Africa. Bolte and Polivka give the bibliography of this latter
group of stories on pp. 71-76.

The oldest form of our story known is that found in Nicholas de
Troyes' "Grand Parangon des nouvelles Nouvelles," No. X, dating from
1535. The three things here bequeathed by the father are a cock, a cat,
and a sickle, as in our version. I think it probable that the tale
was introduced into the Philippines through the medium of a French
religious. The Catalan form differs from the French in mentioning a
fourth "heirloom," a raven, and was probably not the parent of our
Tagalog version.

TALE 53

THE DENIED MOTHER.

Narrated by Leopoldo Uichanco, a Tagalog from Calamba, Laguna.

(One day little Antonio fell down and sprained his elbow. His
grandfather told him to put on his camisa and they would go to Tandang
Fruto, an old manghihilot (a man who pretends to correct dislocated
bones by means of certain prayers). On their way they met a beggar
with a guitar. He sat down on a stone in front of a house and began
to sing. Antonio wished to hear him, and so did the old grandfather:
so they stopped and listened. The beggar sang the story of "The Denied
Mother" in Tagalog verse. The story is this:--)

In a certain country there lived a king who had a pet dog. He loved
the dog so much and treated it so kindly, that, wherever he went, the
dog followed him. In the course of time the dog gave birth to three
puppies. The most striking thing about these new-born creatures was
that they were real human beings in every particular. So the king
ordered them to be baptized. The eldest sister was named Feliza;
the second, Juana; and the youngest, Maria. When they grew up into
beautiful young women, they married three princes, each of a different
kingdom. After the marriage-festivities, each went to live in the
country of her husband.

Feliza was very happy: she dressed elegantly, and had all that a woman
of her rank could wish for. One day, when her husband was away from
home, a lean, dirty, spectre-looking dog came to her. It was Feliza's
mother, who, after the death of her master the king, had been cast out
of the palace. The poor dog had had nothing to eat for many days. She
had been driven away from every house, and had been frightened by
mischievous boys with sticks and stones. Although Feliza's kingdom
was very far away, she ha