(By:Manuel E.

Arguilla)
is a story written by Manuel Arguilla about a man
who comes home to his province to introduce his
wife from the city to his family. This short story
won first prize in the Commonwealth Literary
Contest in 1940.
Manuel Estabillo Arguilla (1911 – 1944) was
an Ilokano writer in English. He is known
for his widely anthologized short story
"How My Brother Leon Brought Home a
Wife," the main story in the collection
"How My Brother Leon Brought Home a
Wife and Other Short Stories" which won
first prize in the Commonwealth Literary
Contest in 1940.
Characters:

 Baldo - younger brother of Leon, fetched Leon and

Maria from the road to Nagrebcan
 Leon (or Noel) - older brother of Baldo who studied in
Manila where he met his wife
 Maria - the beautiful and stunning wife of Leon from
Manila
 Labang - the bull whom Baldo considers as his “pet”
 Norman Tabios - Maria's ex-boyfriend who happened to
be a loro
 Gagambino - Leon's favorite fictional character who
gave him lots of guts to study in Manila
 Churita - Labang's girlfriend/fiance
Synopsis:
 Baldo and his older brother Leon were both
waiting for the arrival of their visitor riding the
carretela. Seeing his brother's wife, Baldo was
easily taken away by the beauty of the woman
from city as he narrates their journey to
Nagrebcan. The idea of meeting with Leon's
parents for the first time made Maria a bit
anxious. But along their way home, Maria
discovered the peculiarities of the life in
Nagrebcan as opposed to their life in the city
where she met and fell in love with Leon.
Vocabulary words
 CUD/CUDS : cow, cows, chewing the cud,
chewing cud, cud, cuds, bubble gum, gum, gums,
bubble gums, chewing, chew, hay, farmer, farmers,
farming, livestock,
• YOKE : a wooden bar or frame by which two
draft animals (as oxen) are joined at the heads
or necks for working together.

• BOLTED :
1 : to move suddenly or nervously :
2 : to move or proceed rapidly :

UNHITCHED :
unhitch - unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch
 YONDER :
adv.
In or at that indicated place: the house over yonder.
adj.
Being at an indicated distance, usually within sight: "Yonder
hills," he said, pointing.
pron.
One that is at an indicated place, usually within sight.
 jolt  (j lt)
v. jolt·ed, jolt·ing, jolts
v.tr.
1. To move or dislodge with a sudden, hard
blow; strike heavily or jarringly: jolted his
opponent with a heavy punch;
2. To cause to move jerkily:
3. To put into a specified condition by or as if by
a blow:
4. To make suddenly active or effective:
5. To disturb suddenly and severely;