The letter was read aloud during the noon meal.
The mats full story.
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The mats is set somewhere before world war ii.
The story entitled the mats was written by francisco arcellana one of the meritorious literary filipino artists.
There is no specific season for the said story but the story evolves in the evening.
A summary of the story entitled the mats by francisco arcellana.
The story depicts a typical filipino family culture.
Marcelina s father comes home from a trip to manila with beautiful hand mad.
It reminded me of my beloved father who passed away a year ago from a lung cancer.
The short story moved me and made me a bit depressed.
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It was in the time when people did not sleep in beds but slept on mats.
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They have our names woven into them and in our ascribed colors too.
Talk about the mats flared up again like wildfire.
I like the feel of mats antonio the third child said.
This story happened somewhat between 1950s up to the present time.
As the story opens mr angeles head of a large family has just returned from one of his periodic inspection tours on the families farm lands in the marivales in the province of bataan.