The characters are:
- Leon/Noel - Maria's husband, older brother of Baldo
- Maria - Leon's wife
- Baldo - Leon's younger brother, also the narrator of this story
- Mother and Father of Leon and Baldo
- Aurelia - Leon and Baldo's younger sister
- Labang - the carabao
Leon and Baldo originally came from the province. Maria is from the city. She is leon's fiancee. Leon's father wants to know if she can cope up with their ways of living, which is why he had some tests.
