Chapter SeventeenMAMA’S DIY
ENGKANTASIA BOOK
Duwende
The duwende is a goblin-like creature that lives in rocks and caves, old trees, and unvisited and dark parts of houses. Although good in nature, it can be irritable and grumpy. It often plays with children.
This little creature can provide good fortune or bad fate to humans. It sometimes comes out at 12 noon and during the night. Muttering words like “tabi apo” (excuse me) will appease a duwende that has been disturbed from its naps. It can be mischievous and take human things and laugh when you can’t find it. It only gives the thing back when it feels like it or if asked nicely.
I
had gone to school hundreds of times in the past, but it seemed different. I noticed the noise of the chattering students, the smell of food coming from
