SAINT GEORGE'S LEGEND, WHEN PAST BECOMES ETERNAL

Yesterday was Saint George and today, The Grangers and The Grandma have decided to know more about his legend and his origins, which are very controversial.

Before reading a wonderful and interesting legend about Saint George/Sant Jordi in Montblanc, the family has been studying Past Simple.

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Once upon ago, there was a town with a castle named Montblanc. Inhabitants were farmers and makers. They lived happily. But, near the village, lived a terrible Dragon with sharp nails and a long tail.

Every morning, he hunted farm animals, ate two by two and then went to his cave. The dragon ate all the animals and the people decided by lottery to offer him a person to eat it.

Every day was sadder, Dragon visited them furious and hungry again and again. People gave him food so he wouldn't be angry anymore until one day, the princess, that she was young a pretty simple and very educated, was chosen to surrender to the dragon. People were terrified and all of them wanted to take her place, but the King said sadly that her daughter was like any other.

The next morning, the princess left the castle wearing a white dress, she crossed the village while the people were watching her sadly.

Suddenly, the princess heart how a knight arrived on a white horse. The Princess, very worried, stopped and recommended him that he should leave so he wouldn't eat it. The knight, who was named Saint George, told her that he would save the city of Montblanc from the Dragon.

Next, the Dragon flew over the heads of the princess, it descended and it and Saint George fought for their lives. Sant Jordi killed the dragon and he and the princess dragged his body to the town.

Meanwhile, the people greeted Saint George and they were very happy because he won the bad Dragon. The dragon died, and they said that from the blood of his wounds, was born to a rose, that Sant Jordi gave to the princess.

After, the King offered the hand of the princess, but the knight rejected it to continue fighting other battles (he made a cobra in Medieval style).

Then, the people were happy again. Sant Jordi rode his horse. He mysteriously disappeared and the Montblanquins, in gratitude, decided to let the world know this story.

Finally, they had a party for a week, dancing, eating and wearing their best clothes.

Today, Saint George is a special day in Catalonia. People bring roses and books to commemorate love and culture.

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Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey.
What fairy tales give the child is
his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey.
The baby has known the dragon intimately
ever since he had an imagination.
What the fairy tale provides for him is
a St. George to kill the dragon.

G.K. Chesterton