Hola y bienvenidos a este episodio de Simple Stories in Spanish. Ector is the king of a distant kingdom. He has one daughter who he wants to see married to a strong knight before he dies. Laura, his daughter, has no interest in marrying. She just wants to read and study to become a novelist. Hector turns to Faustol, the wizard, to enchant his daughter into marrying a valiant knight. This story was originally written to introduce fairy tale vocabulary to my Spanish three students.
It is in the third person and the past tense. It also includes some complex grammar in the form of the conditional and past subjunctive tenses. Important vocabulary in the story includes re, king, reino, kingdom, caballero, knight, espada, sword, escudo, shield, and encanthar to enchant or curse. I hope you enjoy la princesa Laura. There was once in a very distant kingdom, a old and devil kingdom. Not always it was like that when they were young they were very strong and valiant.
But with the years it became a devil kingdom. The king was called actor. Actor had a daughter. Not had children, only a daughter. Because she was very old and she was going to die. She wanted her daughter to marry a valiant caballero who could defend the kingdom. The princess was called Laura. She was 20 years old and she was very intelligent. Laura did not want to marry because she thought she was too young. She just wanted to read and study.
She read great novels like the Con de Monte Cristo and the War and Peace. She did not interest the dragons nor the valiant caballeros. She preferred to study, to be novelist and write stories. Laura told her father, the king of actors, that she did not want to marry. That she wanted to be novelist. Actor said, The princesses do not work. He said, the princesses are married and have babies. I do not know how other princesses go to study and write. The king was frustrated with his daughter.
Only she wanted a strong caballero to protect her and the king did not, when he died. The king was tired to talk to his friend, the powerful magician Fausto. The king wanted a potion to change the ideas of Laura. This potion would make Laura become a very, very, very, without ideas of studying and being novelist. Fausto decided to help the king. Why did he say that? Fausto wanted to be the king. The magician had a plan to betray the king actor. The potion that prepared was very special.
The ideas of Laura would change, but it was also a potion of love. The baby was the potion. Laura would be in love with Fausto. So Fausto could marry with the princess and kill the king actor to take control of the king. The king actor returned to the castle very happy with the potion of the magician Fausto. Only he had to find the perfect moment to give her daughter to her. The king decided to organize a battle to determine who was the most valuable caballero of all the king.
The most valuable caballero would have the honor to marry with the princess Laura. Laura was very angry with her father. She didn't want to marry, she wanted to study and write. She went to her library in the highest tower of the castle and she was sent to read. She didn't go to look at the battles, she went to read. Caballeros from all over the kingdom came for the battle. Each caballero believed that she was the most valuable of all. Laura didn't go to the battles.
She read the book in her personal library. Mauricio was a caballero of a small town in the kingdom. He was very angry and strong. He was very intelligent and studied in school every day. He wanted to be a doctor. Mauricio wanted to marry a woman intelligent. He always listened to the beautiful princess, but he didn't care. Because he believed that princesses were stupid, no intelligent.
The caballero Mauricio received a letter from the king that said that all caballeros had to go to the castle to compete for the hand of the princess Laura. Mauricio was an obedient and loyal man. So he went to the castle, although he didn't have the intention to win. He didn't want to be king with a princess in the house. He wanted to be a doctor with an intelligent wife. Caballeros were preparing for the battle when the evil face appeared. He became a caballero with a powerful singing.
Fausto had to win because he had to be the new king. So Fausto sang the swords and shields of the other caballeros. Con el encantamiento, las espadas de los caballeros solo golpeaban los escudos. Era una escena cómica. Cada vez que un caballero atacó, su espada golpeó su propio escudo y no el otro caballero. Desde la biblioteca en la torre más alta del castillo, Laura escuchó las risas de la gente. Salió de la torre para averiguar qué estaba pasando.
Vió a los caballeros golpeando sus escudos con las espadas. Y se sentó para ver el espectáculo. El rey actor aprovechó la oportunidad y puso la oposión en su agua. Mauricio no estaba en el cuarto con los otros caballeros cuando Fausto encantó sus espadas y escudos. Él tenía un examen médico en dos días y necesitaba estudiar. Entonces, la espada y el escudo de Mauricio no estaban encantados. Estaban perfectamente bien. La última pelea fue entre el mago Fausto y el caballero Mauricio.
Fausto había ganado todas las peleas. Gracias al encantamiento. Mauricio ganó sus peleas porque su espada y escudo no estaban encantados. Laura observó atentamente. Sabía que su padre quería que se casara con el ganador y ella tenía curiosidad. No tienes sed? Preguntó su padre ofreciéndole el agua con la oposión. No gracias. Respondió Laura. Fausto y Mauricio lucharon por una hora. Los dos eran muy fuertes. Después de tanto tiempo Mauricio tenía sed. Vió el agua de la princesa.
Corrió al vaso y lo tomó. Bebió todo el agua de la princesa. Después de beber el agua, Mauricio se sintió muy raro. Olvidó quién era y dónde estaba. Olvidó de su ambición de ser médico. La princesa Laura notó el cambio en el caballero y le preguntó. Caballero estás bien. Mauricio miró a la princesa y se enamoró de ella al instante. Para él era la persona más hermosa del mundo y quería casarse con ella. Mauricio besó a la princesa y exclamó. Te llamo.
Laura estaba sorprendida, pero no se puso enojada. Se puso feliz. A Laura le gustaba este caballero valguiente. Fausto notó que Mauricio había tomado la posión. Estaba furioso. Corrió a Mauricio para atacarlo. Pero tropezó con una roca y se cayó. Mauricio ganó la pelea y la mano de la princesa. Quiero ser novelista. Es un problema. Laura preguntó a Mauricio. ¿Qué es una novelista? Pues no me importa. ¿Puedes hacer lo que quieras? ¿Quieres contarme una historia? Respondió, Mauricio.
Laura había encontrado al hombre perfecto. Mauricio era un caballero valiente, pero sin ideas. Y la permitía vivir su vida como ella quisiera. La princesa Laura y el caballero Mauricio se casaron en una gran boda en el castillo. Poco después el rey actor se murió. Y Laura se convirtió en la reyna del reyno. El mago Fausto estaba furioso. Su plan de casarse con la princesa y convertirse en rey había fracasado. Se dio ir a su casa en el bosque encantado para preparar un nuevo plan.
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