00:00Some netizens are comparing Vice President Sara Duterte's book, Inakda, to a children's book with a similar story and character.
00:09That is the book, Auli, Just a Little Blue, by the American author, Andy Runton.
00:15The book was published in 2005 about a quagmire that helped a family of birds to build their home.
00:25It also helped to prevent a typhoon.
00:28While the book, Isang Kaibigan, was published by Vice in 2003,
00:36it is also about a quagmire that lost its home and friends who cut down a typhoon.
00:42A friend named Loro helped her to build her house and to recover from the typhoon.
00:50Duterte called the allegation of plagiarism as a false praise.
00:55In other words, there is no need to copy because it is easy to write a short story based on one's own experience.
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