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    Suan was a clever boy known for his guessing abilities. When his mother went to the market, Suan would climb a tree and guess what she had bought upon her return. This earned him a reputation as a diviner. When the datu's daughter lost her ring, Suan volunteered to find it. That night, he had the soldiers stand in a semicircle and correctly guessed which one had taken it. In the morning, he produced the ring from a turkey and won the datu's daughter's hand in marriage. Suan later used his cleverness to win bets by discovering the contents of items like oranges and golden balls. He became renowned for his guessing skills.

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    Suan was a clever boy known for his guessing abilities. When his mother went to the market, Suan would climb a tree and guess what she had bought upon her return. This earned him a reputation as a diviner. When the datu's daughter lost her ring, Suan volunteered to find it. That night, he had the soldiers stand in a semicircle and correctly guessed which one had taken it. In the morning, he produced the ring from a turkey and won the datu's daughter's hand in marriage. Suan later used his cleverness to win bets by discovering the contents of items like oranges and golden balls. He became renowned for his guessing skills.

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    Suan was a clever boy known for his guessing abilities. When his mother went to the market, Suan would climb a tree and guess what she had bought upon her return. This earned him a reputation as a diviner. When the datu's daughter lost her ring, Suan volunteered to find it. That night, he had the soldiers stand in a semicircle and correctly guessed which one had taken it. In the morning, he produced the ring from a turkey and won the datu's daughter's hand in marriage. Suan later used his cleverness to win bets by discovering the contents of items like oranges and golden balls. He became renowned for his guessing skills.

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    Suan, the Good Guesser

    Narrated by Macaria Garcia. The story is popular among the Pampangans.

    There was once an old woman who had an only son named Suan. Suan was a clever, sharp-
    witted boy. His mother sent him to school. Instead of going to school, however, Suan climbed up
    the tree that stood by the roadside. As soon as his mother had passed by from the market, Suan
    hurried home ahead of her. When she reached home, he cried, “Mother, I know what you bought
    in the market to-day.” He then told her, article by article. This same thing happened so
    repeatedly, that his mother began to believe in his skill as a diviner.

    One day the ring of the datu’s daughter disappeared. All the people in the locality searched for it,
    but in vain. The datu called for volunteers to find the lost ring, and he offered his daughter’s
    hand as a prize to the one who should succeed. Suan’s mother heard of the proclamation. So she
    went to the palace and presented Suan to the datu. “Well, Suan, tomorrow tell me where the ring
    is,” said the datu. “Yes, my lord, I will tell you, if you will give your soldiers over to me for
    tonight,” Suan replied. “You shall have everything you need,” said the datu.

    That evening Suan ordered the soldiers to stand around him in a semicircle. When all were ready,
    Suan pointed at each one of them, and said, “The ring is here, and nowhere else.” It so happened
    that Suan fixed his eyes on the guilty soldier, who trembled and became pale. “I know who has
    it,” said Suan. Then he ordered them to retire. Late in the night this soldier came to Suan, and
    said, “I will get the ring you are in search of, and will give it to you if you will promise me my
    safety.” “Give it to me, and you shall be safe,” said Suan.

    Very early the next morning Suan came to the palace with a turkey in his arms. “Where is the
    ring?” the datu demanded. “Why, sir, it is in this turkey’s intestines,” Suan replied. The turkey
    was then killed, and the ring was found inside it. “You have done very well, Suan. Now you shall
    have my daughter’s hand,” said the datu. So Suan became the princess’s husband.

    One day the datu proposed a bet with anyone who wished to prove Suan’s skill. Accordingly
    another datu came. He offered to bet seven cascos of treasure that Suan could not tell the number
    of seeds that were in his orange. Suan did not know what to do. At midnight he went secretly to
    the cascos. Here he heard their conversation, and from it he learned the number of seeds in the
    orange. In the morning Suan said boastfully, “I tell you, your orange has nine seeds.” Thus Suan
    won the whole treasure. Hoping to recover his loss, the datu came again. This time he had with
    him fourteen cascos full of gold. He asked Suan to tell him what was inside his golden ball. Suan
    did not know what to say. So in the dead of night he went out to the cascos, but he could learn
    nothing there. The next morning Suan was summoned into the presence of the two datus. He had
    no idea whatever as to what was in the ball; so he said scornfully, “Nonsense!” “That is right,
    that is right!” shouted a man. “The ball contains nine cents.” Consequently Suan won the
    fourteen cascos full of gold. From now on, nobody doubted Suan’s merit.

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