Leyenda Alhambra Inglés

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There was once an Arab princess.
The princess, with her father, went to Al-Andalus, and stayed at the Alhambra in Granada.
The kingwas very jealous because he forbade Zaira to go out and to be relations with people. Only had the company of a talisman that hung from his neck.
Theplace where the Princess spent more time, was a brightly yard where one day he saw a boy, who told her he loved her, she told him she loved him too, buthad to leave because if her father saw her with him he would cut off his head. Then he left with the promise to return.
The day he returned, Arthur,as they called the boy, the king saw him and locked him in the dungeons.
Then the princess, sad, because their loved could die, found in a room, thediary of his father.
She read one page, the page said:
"I've killed the king and queen. From the Princess Zaira it’s a pity. I hope that theprincess never learns his talisman hex. Now she will think I am his father. "
Zaira, confused, called the king. Crying, she asked the king if he had readwas true. The king said it was true.
At the same moment, Zaira had a memory. She recalled that his mother had put a curse on his talisman Zairasaying that when he knew the truth, the king and his eleven men, something terrible would happen.
Then the charm is activate. The king and his eleven menbecome in stone lions.
Since then, the yard is called the "Patio de los Leones”.
After that, Zaira rescued Arthur and they lived happily ever after.