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    The Story of Harap Alb
    The Story of Harap Alb
    The Story of Harap Alb
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    The Story of Harap Alb

    By Viorica Georgescu

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    This book is the English translation of the original fantastic Romanian story written 2 centuries ago. The plot introduces intricate symbolism, mainly illustrated by a large collection of fantastic characters.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateSep 14, 2012
    ISBN9781468506051
    The Story of Harap Alb
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    Viorica Georgescu

    Viorica was born in Romania in 1924. She became a French teacher and translator. In 1996 she immigrated in the US and at present she lives with her family in Daytona Beach, FL. She was always fascinated by fantasy rich traditional themes found in folklore. Her niece, Delia, designed the cover. Delia Krimmel (born Ludu in 1988) lives in Everett, WA, graduated School of Art at LSU and she is pursuing her Master in Arts with Full Sail University in Florida. She dedicated her life to beaux arts, participated in many exhibitions and won prizes. She has a unique ability to create pleasing structures to the eye. Her work is a series of subjective thoughts and driven by intuition, with an emphasis on studying material before designing it, and experimenting with ways to communicate in a variety of mediums and configurations.

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      The original story of Harap Alb, written by Ion Creanga, is wonderful, deeply rooted in symbolism and magic, but the translation is far from the original text. With all due respect, starting with the first paragraph of the translation, if the two kings are brothers, how can their children be "grandsons" and "granddaughters" for one another... ?!

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    The Story of Harap Alb - Viorica Georgescu

    © 2012 by Viorica Georgescu. All rights reserved.

    Cover by Delia Krimmel, 2012

    No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

    Published by AuthorHouse   09/11/2012

    ISBN: 978-1-4685-0606-8 (sc)

    ISBN: 978-1-4685-0605-1 (e)

    Library of Congress Control Number: 2011961626

    Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

    Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

    Translation and adaptation from a Romanian fairy tale Harap Alb by Ion Creanga 1877

    http://www.librarie.net/carti/136950/Povestea-lui-Harap-Alb-Ion-Creanga

    Original Romanian book: Povestea lui Harap-Alb by Ion Creanga (C.N.I. Coresi, Bucuresti 2007)

    ISBN: 9789735703219.

    The abbreviated story and details on the original work can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harap_Alb

    Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

    Contents

    Chapter 1  The ember-eating, flying horse

    Chapter 2  Under the power of bald-man

    Chapter 3  The bear’s lettuce and the stag’s precious stones

    Chapter 4  The ant wedding, hungrila and other friendly creatures

    Chapter 5  At the red emperor and his cooper house of fire.

    Chapter 6  The runaway princess and the fantastic race

    Chapter 1

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    The ember-eating, flying horse

    Once upon a time in a beautiful kingdom there lived The Old King who had three sons. He had an even older brother who was called The Green Emperor. This one was the emperor of another country, far away, and separated by desolated lands, lying at the margins of the earth. This remote brother didn’t have any sons, but only three beautiful daughters. Many years succeeded since the two brothers saw each other, or their children. And so, The Green Emperor didn’t know his grandsons, and his brother didn’t know his granddaughters. At that time, people didn’t travel too much from one place to another because the country roads were unknown and dangerous.

    Sensing himself at death’s door, The Green Emperor sent a message to The Old King. In this message he asked his brother to bring here the best and the smartest of his three sons. Moreover, The Old King promised to grant that one the entire country, and one of the three daughters as wife. When he received this letter, The Old King sent at once for his three sons and said to them:

    - Here is what my brother and your uncle wants from us: which one of you my sons thinks he can be a king in this big and rich country he will have my permission to go to my brother and become king of this land.

    Then, the eldest son had the courage to say:

    - Father, I think I have the right to pursue this honor because I am the eldest son. That is why I ask you to give me some travel money, clothes for the trip, and weapons to defend myself, and a horse for riding, because I want to go without delay.

    - Very good my son! If you think you can go there and be a king, then choose any

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