Cuento ganador en inglés ("La sombra misteriosa") del certamen de relatos cortos con motivo del proyecto Erasmus + (2017-19).

1. THE TALE :
“THE MYSTERIOUS SHADOW”
Once upon a time, some centuries ago, in a town called Caravaca de la Cruz, a
Muslim princess named Hayla was bored in her room because she could not go out into the
street. However hard she tried, her father always caught her. On the other side of town
there was the Christian king and his Templars. Among them, the most distinguished one
was Jorge. Jorge was very brave and handsome, and all the young ladies from the neigh
borhood sighted thinking of him.
That afternoon, Hayla, who was leaning on her room's window, was looking at the
sunset when she saw, on the horizon, the trimmed figure of a mysterious knight. Her eyes
lighted up and…
Hayla got out of her room, ran through the corridor until she reached the stairs,
evading her father´ s surveillance and escaping.
She ran towards the mysterious knight, who, as he became aware of her presence,
directed towards her.
Face to face, their eyes met and fell deeply in love.
They walked under the moonlight and started to talk. She told him her father was the
Muslim king and Jorge told her that he served the Christian king in the Templar Order.
They decided to met every afternoon to see each other.
One day, they thought it would be a good idea to meet each other's family. Jorge
came to Hayla's castle to meet the Muslim king, but he refused to meet him and kicked him
out his land, forbidding Hayla to see him again.
Very sad, Jorge told this to his father, hoping that he would let him, but he also
refused.
The following sunset, both very sad, decided to run away together…
Suddenly, the smelling coming from dinner invaded Hayla's room and her mother´ s
voice got her back to reality.
- Hayla, dinner is getting cold!
Hayla came back to the window, looked at the horizon and wondered if one day she
would get to meet that mysterious knight.