| Remarks |
A poem by Javier C. Carceler, a retired teacher, written in Cagayanon tells the story of how the Moorish Idol got its pointed lips: [... Gatatawa kalibangbang tak buksol takong ngan, Nagilek tul-ungan dayon din paranihan, Wala gid sambed pakemes din baba an, Daw lagen no kalibangbang paryo en may lungan. ....]. The translation by Yasmin Arquiza and Ernesto Sta. Cruz (Ref. 11201) goes: { ... The Moorish Idols laughed because of the hump on the wrasse's head, The wrasse got angry and got hold of their lips, And that's how the Moorish Idols got their pointed lips, If you see them now they even seem to have handles. ... }. |