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0:00:04 > 0:00:07- When my parents found out - they were expecting me...
0:00:07 > 0:00:10- ..they moved back to Wales - from the Philippines.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13- Mam brought that culture with her...
0:00:13 > 0:00:17- ..and she shared lots of legends - with me when I was small.
0:00:18 > 0:00:23- One was a story - about a witch and pregnant women.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28- If the pregnant women - didn't pray before going to bed...
0:00:28 > 0:00:34- ..and they slept on their backs, - a witch would take the baby.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36- It really scared me.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39- I was only eight at the time.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44- Another story was set on the farm - where my mother grew up.
0:00:44 > 0:00:50- They had coconut trees that my uncle - used to climb to cut the coconuts.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55- One day, a giant came and helped - my uncle to get the coconuts down.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00- He shook the tree - and the coconuts obviously fell.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03- But my uncle fell down as well.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08- He broke all his fingers, - and that's why they were crooked.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- Because the giant - came onto the farm.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- The final story is the one - that has stayed with me most.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- Little people - who lived in the woods.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- There was a row of trees - in the park in Burry Port.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28- The story went that if you - walked through a row of trees...
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- ..the little people - would throw stones at you.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- Every day as I walked - to and from school...
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- ..I prayed before walking - through the trees in the park...
0:01:40 > 0:01:42- ..in case they threw stones at me.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- One day, I thought - I'd try to do it.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50- I'll walk through the trees - and see what will happen.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- I walked slowly, looking up...
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- ..keeping watch - for the little people.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- I tripped over a branch - and broke my arm.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05- I spent six weeks in plaster - because I was looking up.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09- Even though - they didn't throw stones at me...
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- ..something bad - still happened to me.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- Maybe there is some truth - behind all the legends out there.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- I still believe in it, - so everyone needs to play safe.
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