It’s This and That | American Samoa

Girl, Lion and Blonde Princess

Once upon a time, there was a poor girl named Philomena. In extreme poverty, he often slept on the roadside or in the woods. Philomena’s daughter looked for work every day to get food.

One day, he was hired by a farmer to take his cows to a place where there was fertile grass to graze. And this is what Philomena did every day, singing and taking the cows to the grass to feed. In the evening, the cows were brought back and locked in the fence.

One day, while Philomena’s maid was herding cows, she was startled by someone crying loudly. Philomena forgot about the cows, but soon ran to where the loud crying was coming from. But when Philomena came, it was not a person crying, but a lion walking because of the pain of his leg being caught in a thorn tree.

Philomena approached the lion and grabbed the thorn on its leg. But the lion, in pain, ignored Philomena’s actions and just licked the thorn on her leg.

As the girl Philomena stood watching the lion’s movements, she remembered her cows and ran back to where they were. Unfortunately, by the time the girl arrived and got tired of searching, all the cows had disappeared.

Philomena’s daughter returned to the farmer in great fear, however, Philomena knew she had to tell the farmer the truth.

The farmer got very angry and scolded and beat Philomena’s daughter. Then he said, “Tomorrow you go and look after my pigs. There will be no pigs to steal!” For about a year, a girl named Philomena did the job, looking after the farmer’s pigs.

But the next morning, the girl heard the same loud roar again and ran away again, only to see the lion lying on the ground with injuries on his face, as if he had been beaten by another lion.

The girl, Philomena, was no longer afraid, and she walked straight to the lion and began to treat his wounds. Philomena made the lion’s face out of leaves and roots of the tree, and the lion looked at it as if to say, “Thank you for your love.”

But Philomena thought of the pig again, and when she ran again, the pig was gone. Philomena now sat down and wept, for she knew her fate when she went to tell the farmer, and the man had taken the pig away.

As the girl Philomena was weeping devoutly, an idea suddenly occurred to her to climb up a tall tree and look around to see if she could see where his pigs were. So Philomena sat on the highest branch of the big tree, but when she saw the situation, she stopped looking for her pork.

Looking under the tree where Philomena’s daughter was sitting, she saw a young man walking straight up to the large stone that was under the tree, and the tree was holding up the stone, which was pushed aside, and Philomena saw steps that seemed to lead up to a very large cave.

Philomena saw the young man walking in the cave, and the stone slid back, sealing the entrance. Philomena now decided that she would wait until the man came out again.

The next morning, Filomena, who was sleeping in a tree, was surprised to find that the battery was dead again. The girl waited for the young man to come out, but when she saw the lion she had saved twice was coming out of the cave, she almost fell down.

Philomena quickly went down and walked to the stone and tried to push it, and the stone was easily moved away, and Philomena’s daughter walked in. Philomena didn’t walk far before she saw a large and beautiful house, and she walked in.

Philomena wandered around the house for a while, looking at the different rooms, which were large but beautifully decorated. Philomena also came across a room with a bookshelf and sat down to start reading. After that, the girl went into the kitchen and started to cook.

When the girl finished her meal, she placed the book she was reading on the table with the remaining food and folded it up. Then he walked back to the place where he had come from, blocked the hole with a stone, and then threw it at the tree again.

That evening, as the sun began to return to its original position, the girl saw the lion walk back to where he had been eating under the tree, and then walk into the cave. Soon after, the world was dark, and Philomena again saw the stone slide from the cave entrance and the young man walk out. The man stopped, looked left and right, and then walked into the forest.

For the next two days, Philomena did the same thing again. She sat in the tree until dawn and the lion came out, then he went in and sat in the house to read, cook, eat, and then left again, but left the book she had read that day and some food, folded on the table.

On the third night, when the stone slid away and the young man came out, Philomena’s daughter slid down the tree hastily and cried out, “Wait! What’s your name?”

The young man looked up in surprise at the tree he was standing under, and Philomena jumped down. “Are you the one who reads and cooks in my house?” the young man asked. “I am. Who are you? Do you know about my pigs?” Philomena replied.

The young man explained that he was a prince. But when he was young, he was cursed by a ghost. When clouds came, they turned into lions. The prince said, “Thank you for saving me twice. But your pig and cow were stolen by the ghost because he was angry at the rescue you did for me.”

Philomena now asked the prince how to lift his curse. The prince replied, “There is only one way. Take a hair from the golden hair of the King’s daughter and make a cape for the ghost.”

“Well, I’m going to the palace,” Philomena replied.

The brave girl now went to the king’s palace and found a job in the kitchen. The girl was loved not only for her hard work, but also for her compassion, humility and courage. Finally, the news about Philomena reached the princess’s ears.

The King now brought the girl Philomena, for he wished his daughter or princess to be one of his maids, and one of Philomena’s important duties was to comb and keep the princess’s golden hair in good order.

Philomena’s daughter had been working under the princess’s supervision for some time, and their relationship was warm. One day, as Philomena was combing the princess’s hair, Philomena said to her, “You are a very happy woman. Many people do not have hair that warms their heads in the cold season.”

The princess was surprised by what Philomena said and she said, “Is there anything I can do to help those people?”

Philomena then said, “Take some of your hair with you, because it can and will grow back soon.”

Although what Philomena said to the princess was somewhat difficult, she agreed. However, she said to Philomena, “I will take off part of my hair, but you must promise me that you will help me find a prince to be my wife.”

The girl Philomena quickly agreed. She returned to the forest and showed the prince the golden hair of the princess of the kingdom. The girl Philomena sat down to make a turban for the ghost.

After this, the prince ordered Philomena to go and give the things to the ghost who lived on the top of the mountain. Philomena did all these things. The ghost was so pleased with his golden cloak that he lifted the curse from the prince.

Additionally, the ghost returns the pigs and cows of a farmer who worked for Philomena.

Philomena came down from the mountain and the prince was waiting for her. The two met happily. Unfortunately, Philomena remembered the princess’s wish that she had promised to find a prince as her husband. Although Philomena loved the prince deeply, she promised the princess that she would find a prince.

Because of the prince’s love for Philomena’s daughter, he agreed to marry the princess of the kingdom to confirm Philomena’s promise and save her life.

Philomena and the prince were now on their way to the king’s palace, but when they reached where the king, queen, and princess were sitting, to Philomena’s and the prince’s surprise, the queen, who had been watching from a distance, ran over and embraced the prince, crying loudly, saying, “Oh my God, this is my son, who has been taken by the witch!”

(All plans this week were successful)