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  MARIA

CACAOOn the highest mountain

of Argao, in the

enchanting cave of 

Lantoy, there lived a

very beautiful woman

called Maria Cacao.

According to old folks,she was a nymh who

would sometimes

descend and aear to

the townseole when

the moon was full and shimmering brightly. !er long back

tresses waved and shone like the rolling ocean waters

when the moonshine struck them. !er "nely#chiselednose and lis who wished to use Maria Cacao aeared

clearly drawn on her smooth ceramic face. !er eyes

twinkled like the starts in the heavens as her long

immaculate white dress $oated above the ground. !er

beauty matched her character of generosity and humility.

%he was called Maria Cacao after her huge cacao

lantation on the mountain and its sloes. In fact, shewould occasionally travel to other lands to sell her cacao.

&rom her travels, Maria Cacao usually brought home new

utensils, silverware, and chinaware. 'he townseole

used to burrow these items for wedding, batisms and

other feasts. It is said that anyone who wished to use

Maria Cacao(s things simly asked for them at the mouth

of the cave where she live. )e*t day, without fail, thesethings would be delivered to his or her door. &or her tris,

Maria Cacao used a gigantic golden shi. +ecause of its

sie, sometimes its mass would snag the bridge of Argao,

so that the bridge would collase. -hen the Americans

were about to construct a concrete bridge in Argao, so

that the bridge in Argao, the eole said to the

another.'he new bridge will have to be very high so the

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