THE SACRIFICE and he decided to sell their carabao to have money.

When he spoke
by Celso Al Carunungan. about it to Crispin, his first child, Crispin immediately disagreed
because Silver, his carabao, is his only best friend and the only
(Retold by Elisha Erica Mediran)
carabao that they had. His father tried to convince him to agree
with his decision; telling him that having another baby means more
It is a story about a boy who sacrifices his own best friend. He expenses. But Crispin is still not convinced.
sacrifices his one and only carabao to have money for his mother's
delivery for their fifth child. For him, it is hard to sacrifice something
At the end of the story, his father retold a story about what
that really matters to you but he realizes that when he sacrifices he
they sacrifice to give birth for their first child which is Crispin.
can help his family.
Tomas sacrifices his father's house. They sold the house and had
At the beginning of the story, Crispin together with his mother money in order to support Tinas delivery for their first child.
is waiting for his father in their house. Tomas, the father, had gone
After his father told him that story, Crispin cried bitterly. And
to the house of the Spaniard Don Mateo to lend money for Tina's
when he saw his mother, he hugged her and wiped his tears away
delivery for their fifth child. When Tomas arrived, Tina ran towards
from his eyes. Then he finally found the courage to say that he will
Tomas and told him to change his clothes. Tomas replied to Tina, by
do a sacrifice too for the sake of his family specially his younger
saying that the Spaniard had no money to lend for them because
sibling.
the Spaniard bought fifteen hectares of coffee land and paid the
man who repaired the irrigation dam. In spite of that, Tina
encouraged her husband to have faith in God because God will Lesson of the story: Sometimes we need to sacrifice something
surely send someone who can help them in some ways. that matters to us in order to offer something that matters more to
someone else.
At the middle part of the story, Tomas heard a carabao
snoring while sleeping under the bedroom. Tomas had a great idea