in ancient times an Ogre came to Andalucia. It ate the cows. the farmers cried “aye dios mio” and ran to their nobleman. the nobleman sent his warriors to take care of the ogre. the warriors were easily defeated by the mighty beast. The nobleman then sent boy servant to the seer at the top of the mountain. the seer said
you must take the sword from the magic lake
stab it through his heart like you drive a stake
and when the moon is full you must burn the body
the boy servant brought what he had learned back to the nobleman, who passed it to the warriors. The warriors went to the magic lake, but fancying themselves wise men, exclaimed, “a sword at the bottom of a lake will be rusty! let’s spare ourselves a swim and use our weapons.” so they tracked down the ogre in his bloody meadow and…
they took a sword, though it was a fake
stabbed it through his heart like you drive a stake
and when the moon was full they burned the body
but of course the ogre came back from the dead. “He is invincible!” they exclaimed. After his resurrection the ogre wanted a bride. He said, “I want a bride.” “Who shall be his bride?” thought the nobleman and the farmers and the warriors and the townsfolk. Why not the princes, the most beautiful girl in the land? so a mob went and grabbed the princess from the castle as she cried “ay dios mio! papa ayudame!” That night they asked if she had any last wishes. she wished to see the seer. so they escorted her to the base of the mountain and she climbed up and asked what to do about the ogre, he said…
you must take the sword from the magic lake
stab it through his heart like you drive a stake
and when the moon is full you must burn the body
the next morning the princess was taken to the ogre. on the way she said, “I’m thirsty.” and they stopped by the magic lake so she could drink. She slipped out of her princess clothes and skinny dipped into the cool cerulean waters. she swam all the way to the bottom and saw the shimmering blade wedged in the rocks. She wrestled the sword out and returned to the surface, concealing it beneath her princess clothes. When she got to the ogre he said, “ooh la la. oh yeah! I’m a happy ogre.” she quickly proceeded to…
take the sword from the magic lake
stab it through his heart like you drive a stake
and when the moon is full she burned the body
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