In another version, he is asked to plant bananas. Too lazy to dig properly, he simply throws the banana plants onto the ground. When they don’t grow, he complains that the plants are lazy too. Title: Beyond Laziness: Juan Tamad as Social Satire and Moral Warning

In another story, his mother sends him to buy bagoong (shrimp paste). On the way home, he decides the jar is too heavy, so he rolls it along the ground. The jar breaks, spilling the bagoong . To hide his mistake, he scoops the bagoong and mud back into the broken pieces and goes home. His mother scolds him.