Narrated by Agapito Gaa of Taal, Batangas. He says that this Tagalog story is well known in every town in Batangas province. He heard the story from his grandfather.  
Early one morning a hawk sallied forth from his nest to find something to eat. He flew so high that he could hardly be seen from the earth. He looked down; but as he could not see anything, he flew lower and lower, until he came to the top of a tree. On one of the branches he saw sitting quietly a coling. The hawk despised the little bird, and at once made up his mind to challenge him to a flight upward.
 
So the hawk said to the coling, “Do you wish to fly up into the sky with me to see which of us can fly the faster and the higher?”
 
[409]The coling did not answer at once, but he thought of the matter for a while. Then he said to the hawk, “When do you want to have the race?”
 
“That is for you to decide,” said the hawk. “If you wish to have it now, well and good.”
 
“Well,” said the coling, “let us have it to-morrow morning before sunrise!”
 
“All right,” said the hawk.
 
“But,” said the coling, “each of us is to carry a load with him to make the flight a little more difficult.”
 
“Well, what do you want to take with you?” said the hawk.
 
“I will take some salt,” said the coling.
 
“Then I will take some cotton,” replied the hawk. “L............