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THE CRAZY FISHERMAN

Traditional Danish Tale and it is about unjust justice as told by Rainb0w at Deadmen Tales. Laws are norms that decree what should be done and not done so as to live in harmony with our fellow men. At least in theory... A very poor boy called Lars was in a market trying to sell the only thing he had: a mare that was about to give birth. But nobody seemed interested and poor Lars was more and more desperate. Suddenly the mare started to give birth, right there. After a long, hard process, a little colt came into the world. In a few minutes it stood up with its shaking feet, and with a jump went to the opposite stall, to the shelter of some oxen, a deceitful merchant, told him that if his colt had chosen to stay there, now it was his property. Lars reported the merchant and they went to see the king. Once in the court, the king handed down justice: " If the colt wants to stay with the oxen, then let him stay with them". Lars left the palace in a fury, and next mo

THE HAPPY MAN

Traditional Spanish tale and it is about Sadness and Power as told by Rainb0w at Deadmen Tales. Some philosophers believe that the meaning of life resides in finding happiness. Have you begun your search? A king, saddened by the loss of his queen, delegated his power to his only son, a prince full of virtues: handsome and good, he defended the kingdom without giving any rest to the enemy, he played the violin marvelously, he cared for Nature but... He wasn't happy! And that's what he told his father. The king, alarmed by the unsettling news, surrounded himself with wise men and after several days they reached the conclusion that they should look for the shirt of a happy man. But what should a happy man be like? Well, a man who was at peace with himself and didn't want to change his condition either for money or power or anything. The king and his soldiers began asking here and there but they didn't find any man with these characteristics. Until they fou

The Stone Soup

  As told by Rainb0w at Deadmen Tales . Based on the original Portuguese tale and it is about the ingenuity of hunger. Lasagna, fried eggs with potatoes, salad, roast chicken, salmon, strawberries..What's your favorite meal? A friar who was collecting money arrived tired and hungry at the house of some peasants. The friar asked them for something but the peasants didn't even ask him to eat. Then the friar told them he would prepare a stone soup. The peasants laughed at him but the friar, who was very astute, told them this soup was an exquisite dish. He took a large stone and asked: "Can you give me a pot?" "Of course", they answered. The friar threw a good deal of water into it, put the stone at the bottom and asked: "Can I put the pot on the fire?"The peasants agreed. After a while the friar uncovered the pot and put on a frightened look. The peasants asked him what was going on and he told them: "This soup is tastel

Lady Godiva

As told by Rainb0w at Deadmen Tales . Some 900 years ago an extraordinary occurrence took place on Market Day in the English midlands town of Coventry. Two monks at St. Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire first recorded this amazing story in Latin. As the Abbey stood at an important road junction, it would seem that the monks may have heard the story from travellers who were on their way from the Midlands to London. The astonishing tale that has come down to us through the centuries, is that sometime in the eleventh-century a proud, pious lady rode through Coventry on Market Day completely naked, covered by nothing but her long hair! Was this true? Apparently so! Who was this pious medieval streaker? Here is the story... This was the town of Coventry in England in 1057. Many people there were poor because of all the taxes. Leofric, The Earl of Mercia didn't listen to the cries of the poor people. At the Earl's castle, his wife, Lady Godiva, was angry