had unha time in Ireland, a king and a queen who had a son named Billy Beg.
Once the queen wanted to make a special gift to his son and gave him a bull.
One fateful day the queen died, but before dying she made him promise to her husband Billy never would separate the bull, a promise that the king accepted without objection.
After a time the king married again. The new queen hated Billy and his bull.
As not find a way to separate them, decided to devise a plan to kill the animal.
bedridden was pretending to be very sick and told her husband that the only solution to his illness was drink the blood of the bull of Billy.
The king did not want to hear about that possibility, but his wife was "getting worse" and finally dicidió had to sacrifice the bull.
When he learned that Billy was very sad. The animal, seeing him so despondent he said
- "Do not worry about me. Queen nin never taste a drop of my blood" A day after
when everything was ready for execution, just before it was carried out, the bull told Billy:
- "Jump on me!
and escaped into the forest. There
bull gave Billy a napkin that will always give food and a staff that, when struck three times, would become a sword.
happened that there were other bulls in the bull and Billy had to fight a duel for territory. In the first two are defeated but before the third fight he told the boy:
- It is impossible to win this fight. If I die do with my gut a belt. Whenever you take will be invincible.
Indeed the other bull was stronger and Billy the bull died in combat. saddened by the death of his bullock, Billy walked sorry for the mountain until he reached the house of a gentleman. There
asked for work. The gentleman was looking for someone to take charge of his flock had only a "small problem": the one who took care of the animals never came back to life as a giant, who inhabited the area, went to milk the animals and killed always the caregiver. Billy
accepted employment without fear. The next morning he went to the countryside to tend the flock. At noon he heard three great and terrible roar. Nothing so awful was heard before in Ireland! As he approached he saw a huge giant.
But he took his staff three times golperala that became a sword and beat him.
Returning to the castle the knight, admired for his prowess, he proposed another challenge: the king's daughter was to be offered in sacrifice to a dragon with three heads. His father, the king offered his hand to one who defeated the dragon.
Billy wanted to save the princess, he fell in love on sight. And when the dragon drew his sword and began an exciting fight that went victorioso.Pero, just at the time of his departure, he lost one of his shoes.
whole kingdom was talking about the mysterious man who defeated the dragon and lost a shoe. And, did not appear, the king decided that all the inhabitants of his kingdom would have to go to the palace to try the shoe.
came the day Billy had to go to the palace. On the way he met a homeless man with whom he exchanged his clothes. When he got to the king, everyone made fun of his appearance. But when tested the shoe is fit perfectly into your foot.
That was how he married the daughter of the king. The wedding lasted nine days, nine hours, nine minutes and nine seconds.
(Incorporated in the educational dossier Auditorium de Galicia)
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