the truth although they wouldn't believe her. So, they decided
to take her back to her father and reveal him the truth.
After a few days, they reached the palace and told the king
everything that had happened. The king kept his promise and
gave them the reward while he punished the wicked
stepmother banishing her from the palace. On the next day, he
organized a great feast to celebrate his daughter's comeback
and invited all the citizens of his kingdom.
And the feast was really great....
I was also there, wearing red pants,
and I ate a spit with lentils!!!!
(Slavka, Bulgaria)
One of the king’s sons decided to go to Bulgaria. He joined his
older brother who was travelling to Athens and when they
reached Athens, he parted with him. He travelled and travelled
and eventually he found himself in the western Rhodopes in
Bulgaria, near its border to Greece. He was told about a cave
called The Devil’s Throat which was thought to be the door of
the Underworld.
The Devil's Throat was, according to legend, the route by
which Orpheus, the legendary Thracian singer, attempted to
retrieve his beloved from Hades in the Underworld. According
to the story, Orpheus, a famed musician, whose music was
apparently sweet enough to tame anything he so pleased, was
very much in love with Euridice. But on their wedding day, a
venomous snake bit Euridice and she died. Orpheus was
desperate to have her back, so he went to the Underworld to
ask Hades and Persephone to let her live. At first they
refused, but Orpheus played his lyre, and persuaded them.
They agreed that he could lead Euridice out of the
Underworld, but if he looked back at her once before he was
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