MAURA’S SECRET
This is a home grown tale told to my mother by a woman she had befriended in Davao City in the late 80s. This bizarre love story between a local girl and a snake makes you wonder about the heretical theories Eric Van Daniken wrote about Adam and Eve’s “ original sin” Was there a grain of truth to his assertions? MAURA’S SECRET by mimi illenber-mapa Laperal Farms was a huge agricultural estate owned by World War II veteran Sgt. Crispin Laperal and his retired school teacher wife, Irma Dagondon. The farm was located somewhere near the foot of Mt. Apo in Davao del Sur. In that fertile land, the Laperals grew bananas, coconuts and vegetables. They also had a thriving piggery that was the pride and joy of Sgt. Cris and Irma. With the picturesque Mt. Apo clearly visible from their property, friends and relatives loved to vacation with them. An