Cuento

Who is the king´s love?
By Clemente Palma

Momo, Harlequin and Pulcinella, was the chamberlains of Your Majesty the king Pierrot IV, they made unprecedented efforts for diverting huge andinexplicable sadness of the king.- what happens to your majesty?,- was the question that they made whit curiosity about others courtesans. But all was in vain jewelry, wine, parties and one million of funnythinks that the courtiers invented for, the small bells in Harlequin’s hat sounded no more.
-There’s no dude the king is fall in love …but who? They ask them self.
All nights the king Pierrotascended to the terrace and spent a sleepless night contemplating the night sky by hours in a incompressible ecstasy. At midnight he was going to his bedroom to lie down on his bed meanwhile in theentrance of his room was Colombina who hopes one day the king take his handkerchief by the way. But the king ignores the use of this article of clothing and pass by, in front the beautiful woman whitindifference. All the night Colombina cried as a crazy woman, screams around the palace and fall unconscious each every 5 minutes finally she close her room and drink champagne and kirschenwasser.One million of theories circulate around the palace respect the person who had dazzled the king. The truth is nobody has been know who was that person owner of his heart, if he never told Triboulet hisclose friend. – Oh my good friend Triboulet! ,- said the king crossing his eyes and turn right to see him because he was extremely myopic. – Ay, ay, ay!.
Triboulet, who was in the floor help himget in his slippers, lift up his head alarmed.
– What´s going on your majesty? Are you hurt?...
-Yes I’m hurt.
-I will warn the doctor.
-No, Triboulet; my pain is not cure by medicine.-Oh..! I get it…,- said the men winking – M y lord have a pain of love
The king don’t answer he just sigh heavily.
-who is the person who make you suffer your majesty? She should be feel honored...