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The Olt and the Mureș
“Tell me a story, we will be friends”
The Olt and the MuresRomanian Legend
Oltul și MureșulLegendă românească
Translated into English by pupils from class 6A,Andreea Ionică, Bianca Antofie, Bogdan Mitrache, Erika Moise, Florin Moiceanu,
Once upon a time when stories were born, there was a proud two-towered fortress on a mountain top. There had been living for a long time an emperor, his wife and their twin sons who were very much alike.
Though they physically resembled very much, the two had so very different natures that they began quarrelling for nothing, fighting and struggling so hard that the ground was shaking.
When the twins grew up, the emperor left the fortress with all his army to go fighting and he never came back. He died far away during a cruel battle.
Then the empress kept asking herself all the time:
'What will I do with my naughty sons? They fight all the time, though we built each of them a tower to live in. Mureș lives in the northern tower, Olt in the southern one. They are grown-up, old enough to get married. It’s a shame they don't get on with each other like brothers.'
'Brother Olt, our mother keeps crying after out father, the emperor of this land. Let’s do something about this!'
'I’m saying, brother Mureș, to give up quarrels and meanness and to set off to find our father. Who knows what forest he may be lying wounded in or what prison he may be lying enchained into, while we have been staying here quarrelling.'
They went to their mother and told her about their decision. Hearing them talking like this, she cried with grief, but also with joy because her sons were brave and courageous but they were to leave the parental home and she was afraid of losing them.
So, she told them tenderly:
'So be it, my sons. Go searching for the emperor, but always keep together.'
'Although we used to quarrel, we still care about each other as we are brothers. Mother asked us to keep together. I’m going back to find my brother!'
In a valley, Mureș turned south, but he could not find Olt. He got lost and headed west, crossing such beautiful fields that he forgot about his twin brother.
2. Elisabeta-Luise Mihălăchioiu, Școala gimnazială „Matei Basarab”, Târgoviște, Romania
3. Agnès Roux, École Primaire Saint André les Alpes, St. André les Alpes, France
4. Ahmet Ova, Karapinar İlköğretim Okulu, Karasu, Turkey
5. Libuše Kolínková, Základní škola Emila Zátopka, Zlín, Czech Republic
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