*Note this story is in Hiligaynon
Kabalo ka bala nga ang mga baboy-talunon naga-abot ang ila kabug-aton asta 300 pounds o kung gis-a naga subra pa?
Kabalo ka bala nga ang mga lais nga baboy pwede matubuan sang apat ka pwerte ka tarawis nga bangkil nga pwede mag-abot hasta sa lima ka pulgada ang kalabaon kag pwede ini makasakit o makapatay?
Kabalo ka bala nga ang mga mabaris nga baboy-talunon pwede magpakita sang pamatasan nga agresibo kag kabalo ini sila mag-angkon sang ila lugar?
Kabalo ka bala nga ang mga baboy-talunon nagadala-dala sang mga sakit nga pwede mabalhin sa tawo?
Kabalo ka bala nga kon tagaan higayon, kaya kaunon sang mga baboy ang tawo?
Kung man-an mo ang mga sabat sa mga pamangkot nga ini, basi sa sunod indi mo na kadlawan ang mal-am nga babaye nga may mga baboy.
Basi kon pabay-an mo na lang siya embis nga kadlawan mo sila.
Basi mahatagan mo pinsar kag mahadlok ka kung mabatyagan mo nga may gasunod sa imo.
Basi mas dasig ka magdalagan.
Basi nakasalbar ka pa.
Pero tanan nga ato nag-agi na, sa pamatyagan ko.
Gab-e na subong kag katiringala nga ang panyapon daw kadasig lang.
Subong oras na para magbalik sa nanay kag sa iban pa nga pamilya.
Sin-o nakabalo kung sin-o ang pwede ta makita buwas.
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English Version
Did you know that wild hogs may weigh up to 300 pounds or more?
Did you know that boars can have four extremely sharp tusks up to five inches long that can severely injure or kill?
Did you know that feral pigs can exhibit aggressive and territorial behaviors?
Did you know that wild boars are carriers of diseases that can be passed on to humans?
Did you know that, given the chance, pigs would eat humans?
If you knew the answers to these questions then maybe next time you wouldn’t make fun of the old woman with the pigs.
Maybe you would have just left her alone instead of making fun of them.
Maybe you would have paid more attention when it felt like something was following you.
Maybe you would have ran faster.
Maybe you would have survived.
But that’s all in the past, I suppose.
It’s late now and dinner was surprisingly fast.
Now it’s time to go back to mother and the rest of the family.
Who knows who we’ll meet tomorrow.
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Inspired by the Motog aswang legends
*The Hiligaynon language, also colloquially referred often by most of its speakers simply as Ilonggo, is an Austronesian regional language spoken in the Philippines by about 9.1 million people, mainly in Western Visayas and SOCCSKSARGEN, most of whom belong to the Visayan ethnic group, mainly the Hiligaynons. It is the second-most widely spoken language and a member of the so-named Visayan language family and is more distantly related to other Philippine languages.
Written by Karl Gaverza
Hiligaynon translation by Jayson Aquino Palma
Copyright © Karl Gaverza
Translation Copyright © Jayson Aquino Palma
Motog Illustration by Dexter Tanedo
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