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Updated: June 16, 2025
The driver, who wore a mushroom-shaped bamboo hat, pulled the water buffalo to a stop. All, except Filippa and Favra, got off at the mouth of a cave. "I won't go in or near it," exclaimed Filippa. "Girls are afraid of real things, of imaginary noises, and even of unreal shadows," jeered Fil. "No wonder, if you refer to this damp cave," remarked Fil's mother.
"Did you know that the coconut furnishes cloth, mats, roofs, fuel, soap oil, candy, puddings, cups, dyes, lamp oil, butter, candles, axle grease, ropes, brushes, furniture, shade, food, drink, and liquor to intoxicate," asked Filippa's mother, who was as wise as Fil's father.
Instead of eating the berry, we grind it and steep it, and drink the liquor." "But, father, the seeds are light colored, and not deep brown, when you open the fruit," said Fil. "I know," replied Fil's father. "We roast the seeds in an oven, to get rid of the moisture and to preserve and ripen the stimulating oils."
Don't you remember your ride the other day?" asked Fil. I did remember the heavy, creaking wheel, made of one solid piece of wood. "They never need an iron rim," added Fil's father; "and so are not as heavy as they look." "Why, here's a low sleigh, being made out of bamboo poles, runners and boards. Do you have winter here after all?" I asked. "No, nothing but hottest summer always.
"Nature is always useful, as well as grand and beautiful," remarked Fil's father, who, dressed in a white silk suit and abacá hat, had just then come up the path. "Where did you get that hat?" I laughingly asked Fil's father. "I'll tell you some other time. It is made from reeds, woven under water to keep them damp and pliant. The hat, therefore, is light, durable, and cool," he replied.
Perhaps her brows were a little bit flatter, and her nose was a little bit shorter and wider, than ours; but still she was pretty, especially when she smiled, for she had beautiful white teeth. Then I turned to Fil's playmate, Moro, and asked him what his rolling name could mean. Moro was even more eager and darker than Fil.
"We cut a hole in the bark, and, when the yellow gum oozes out, we boil it down thick, till it is dark colored. Then we mix it with chalk and sulphur; and behold, afterwards we roll out your automobile tire," explained the wise Padre. "Could you pull the rubber tree out as high as the stars, and would it snap back again?" asked joking Moro. "Stop your joking," replied Fil's mother.
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