University of Rizal System
Morong, Rizal
Laboratory High School

Book
Book

Report
Report

Submitted by:
Claudette Anne R. Robles

Submitted to:
Mrs. Reina Miranda

I. Title
The Trial of the Stone

II. Type of Literature
Folktale

III. Country
China

IV. Setting
The story happened in the street and in the court.

V. Characters
Ah Niew – an orphan whose mother died when he was two
Paw Kong – a Mandarin who was a kind-hearted judge
The Man with a Big Nose – the thief who stole Ah Niew’s money

VI. Summary
Ah Niew was an orphan whose mother died when he was two. He lived with his grandmother who brought him up in selling cakes cooked in oil. He carried these cakes in a basket and sold these cakes in the streets. One day, Ah Niew was especially lucky to sold three hundred cakes very fast. He was about to go home when he saw an old woman crossing the street stumbled. He put down his basket with the money in it and helped the woman.
When he returned to get his basket, it was gone. He looked around and saw it beside a big stone, but the money was gone.
Ah Niew cried so loud that the people came to see what the matter was. Paw Kong, a kind-hearted judge, happened to be passing by. Ah Niew asked for help and Paw Kong scrutinized the faces of the onlookers. He asked a young man, a stout man, a man with a big nose, and all the people around if they took Ah Niew’s money but they all answered no. No one would admit the theft.
Paw Kong thought that the theft was the stone because it was the only remaining object nearby. Paw Kong asked his servants to take the stone to the court for a trial.
The people laughed but they were curious to see the trial of the stone so they went to the court. Paw Kong said that they needed to pay twenty cents to enter the court.
Paw Kong instructed the servants to put a pot of water at