Awards received:
1996 Palanca Grand Prize Winner; 1996 Manila Critics Circle Award for Children's Literature
This story celebrates the role of a mother. Her hands must be rough from doing heavy work in the house but why are her hands light when she takes care of her child?
Ang kuwentong ito ay isang parangal sa kadakilaan ng isang ina. Magaspang man ang kaniyang palad dahil sa dami ng gawain sa bahay, pero bakit malambot at magaan ang kaniyang kamay kapag nag-aalaga ng anak?