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memories of childhood.
His was a happy home, filled with parental affection,
1876, when he was 15 years old and was a student in Ateneo, he rememebered his beloved town. Accordingly, he wrote a poem Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo ( In Memory of My Town)
prayer. By nightfall, Rizal related, his mother gathered all the children at the house to pray the Angelus.
about fairies; tales of buried treasure and trees with blooming diamonds, and other fabulous stories.
the aya would treaten him that the aswang, the nuno, the tigbalang, or a terrible bearded Bombay would come to take him away if he would not eat his supper.
thoughts so that even still a child, I already wandered on wings of fantasy in the high regions of the unknown.
FIRST SORROW
The Rizal children were bound together by the ties of
behave properly in front of elders, to be truthful and religious, and to help one another.
mother Nanay.
one year older than Concha. He played with her, and from her, he learned the sweetness of brotherly love.
her.
clan, born and bred in a wholesome atmosphere of Catholicism, and possessed of an inborn spirit, Rizal grew up a good Catholic.
prayers.
When he was five years old, he was able to read
novenas, and to join the religious processions. It is said that he was so seriously devout that he was laughingly called Manong Jose by the Hermanos and Hermanas Terceras.
Calamba during his boyhood was the scholarly Father Leoncio Lopez, the town priest.
Pilgrimage to Antipolo
On June 6, 1868, Jose and his father left for Calamba to
go on a pilgrimage to Antipolo, in order to fulfill his mothers vow which was made when Rizal was born.
lake voyage. He did not sleep the whole night as the casco sailed towards the Pasig River because he was awed by the magnificence of the watery expanse and the silence of the night.
from her.
him to write poems. She gave her all her love and all that she learned in college.
the mind of his nephew a great love for books. He taught him to work hard, to think for himself, and to observe life keenly.
was the youngest brother of Dona Teodora. He encouraged his nephew to paint, sketch, and sculpture.
looked after the physical training of his sickly and weak nephew. He encourage Rizal to learn swimming, fencing, wrestling, and other sports, so that in later years Rizals frail body acquired agility, endurance, and strength.
Artistic Talents
Since early childhood Rizal revelaed his god-given
Even before he learned to read, he could already sketch pictures of birds, flowers, fruits, rivers, mountains, animals and persons.
sad dark eyes, he found great joy looking at the blooming flowers, the ripening fruits, the dancing waves of the lake, and the milky clouds in the sky; and the listening to the songs of the birds, the chirpings of the cicadas, and the murmurings of the breezes.
bought for him) or take long walks in the meadows for him) or take long walks in the meadows and lakeshore with his big black dog named Usman.
out of clay and wax. At one time, his sisters teased him: Ute, what are you doing with so many statuettes? He replied: Dont you know that people will erect monument and statues in my honor for the future?
pen-knife, but also in pen. He was born poet. His mother encouraged him to write poetry. At an early age when children usually begin to learn ABC, he was already writing poems.
drama. This drama was stages in Calamba in connection with the town fiesta.
Lakeshore Reveries
During the twilight hours of summertime, Rizal,
accompanied by his dog, used to meditate at the shore of Laguna de Bay on the sad conditions of his oppressed people.
situation of his beloved fatherland. The Spanish misdeeds awakened in his boyish heart a great determination to fight tyranny.
some to be great and others not. In the case of Rizal, he had all favorable influences, which no other chilld in our country enjoyed.
1. Hereditary Influence
2. Environmental Influence