Lola Bats story 2: Acting at the time of the Japanese Occupation

I have been planning to write down Lola Bats' stories and I'm starting doing so now to keep her memory alive. She passed away after 102 years of showering her family and friends with wit and humour. I will miss her a lot. 

Lola Bats should have won a best actress award.

The Japanese Occupation in the Philippines took place between 1942 and 1945. At that time, my dad wasn't born yet. But his elder siblings were already born then. When the Japanese soldiers reached my grandparents' village, they went into each house and tried to bring the residents outside. Lola Bats, very creative and fast on her feet, pretended to be sick. She was lying in bed, shivering, and unable to stand up. She even offered them some cooked eggs! 

The soldiers thought that she was sick with something contagious. Of course, the soldiers did not accept food from a seemingly sick woman. And they wanted to get away from her as fast as possible. So, they left the house and Lola lived long enough to tell the tale to us, her grandchildren.

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