Summary Of Mt. Tarbania

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The kingdom of Berbania is ruled by the king, Don Fernando and his wife , Doña Valeriana. They have three sons, Prince Pedro, Prince Diego and Prince Juan.

The King’s favorite child is his youngest son, Prince Juan. He cared for him so much that when he had a dream about his favourite being betrayed and beaten, he grew very ill, and sadly no doctors in the entire kingdom had a cure. So King Fernando's illness worsened.

But as luck would have it, an old traveling doctor arrives at Berbania and knew how to cure the King's nightmare induced illness. However, it was not a normal cure like a pill or syrup, it was instead the song of a bird called the Adarna bird. The old doctor said that the only way to find it is to go to Mt. Tabor, where it perches on the Piedras Platas tree every night.
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And so, with only one cure available, the king's eldest, Prince Pedro began his journey to Mt. Tabor. After a grueling three months he reaches the top of the mountain, however when the prince got there he was early and it way still day time. So the tired prince found and slept below the beautiful Piedras Platas.

WIle asleep, the Adarna bird sheds its feathers and sings seven times, poops, and then falls asleep on top the tree. Unluckily, the poop lands on the head of the sleepy prince, and its magic instantly turns him to stone.

Twelve months pass with no word from Prince Pedro, the king sends his next son, Prince Diego. And he too travels to goes to Mt. Tabor. But after reaching the tree, Prince Diego rests on a rock under and but does not slee. However Diego when hears the most wonderful singing he ever heard, he could not take it and fell asleep. And again, after seven songs and seven colours, the Adarna bird poops on Diego turning him into

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