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THE WIZARD KALDOON (Traditional Transylvania Tale)

<< The Power of Love >>

In both stories and real life, there is always someone who is against true love stories. Why should that be? 

A windowed farmer was in financial ruin with no more comfort than his only daughter, María. He went to look for work in the city where he came across a strange spectacle of wizards and tightrope walkers. The farmer wanted to get away from the hubbub but a mysterious young man, who said he was the prince of Kaldoon, stopped him.

<<Isn't this what you've come looking for?>>, the young man asked him while he played with some gold coins. <<If you want to end your ruin you will give me your beautiful daughter in matrimony.>> The farmer agreed but when he gave the news to María she became so sad that she lost all her beauty and brightness because she was really in love with Florián, a boy from the village. When Prince Kaldoon came in search of his fiancée and saw she had lost her looks, he told the farmer that this wasn't what had been agreed on. But inmediately afterwards, he took the girl away on his horse.

Lovestruck Florián knew that this Kaldoon was not a prince but a wizard, and that his loved one was in great danger. So after much riding, he was able to find her in a cave, and they took advantage of a nap by the wizard to escape. Later they got married and the girl forgave her father.

Looking for and finding true love is one of the main motivations in live. So let's not lose it!