Florinda and Yoringal (3)

Florinda and Yoringal (3)

Then the sun set.

The owl flew into a bush and from its dark leaves appeared an old hunch-backed woman, sallow-skinned and scraggy, with big red eyes and a long crooked nose.

She mumbled something, took the nightingale in her hand and carried it away.



Yoringal was helpless.

At first the young man despaired that he would be a statue for ever, but after a while the witch returned and began to chant in a sinister voice.

" Oh, Zachiel !  When the moon shines on the cage, break the spell at the right time, Zachiel. "

Then Yoringal was free.
He fell on his knees before the old witch and begged her to give him back his Florinda.
She told him he would never see Florinda again, then disappeared.

" What is to become of me ? " sighed Yoringal.

He wandered all night until he came to a village he'd never been to before.

There he worked as a shephered for many years.
He often walked near the castle, careful not to ge too close !

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