HOW DIFFERENT WE ARE - Kompalita

daughter of the inhabitants. So the king agreed that his daughter
should be sacrificed.
The girl left the town alone and scared to death and she started
walking towards the monster’s den. Meanwhile, all neighbours,
heartbroken and devastated, were watching from the walls of the
town how the princess was heading towards her sacrifice.
She had not been walking very much when a young gentleman
appeared riding a white horse and wearing shiny golden armour. The
princess, deeply impressed, told him to run away as soon as possible
because there was a monster around which would tear him into pieces
if it met him. The gentleman told her not to be afraid that there was
nothing to worry about and that there would not be hurt for any of
them since he had come in purpose to fight against the monster, kill
it and free the princess from the sacrifice and also free the town of
Montblanc from the scourge of the fierce monster.
Soon, the wild beast appeared for the scaring of the princess and
the joy of the knight who attacked the monster and seriously wounded
it with a spear. The knight, who was Sant Jordi, lashed down the beast
and gave it to the maiden so that she herself could lead it to the town.
The meekly and afraid monster followed the princess. All the people
in the town of Montblanc, who had witnessed the fight from the walls,
were already waiting to embrace the maiden and the knight and, in the
middle of the square, they showed their hatred towards the monster
which soon was slaughtered into pieces.
The king wanted his daughter to marry with the strong knight but
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