SPAIN

nce upon a time, there was a child called Carlitos. He was very funny and everyone loved him. But, one day he woke up and met a horrible witch called Cloanta. She was very ugly and no one liked her

arlitos lived in Almaria, the old name of Almeria. His father was a fisherman. When he met the witch, Carlitos was at the sea with his father whose name was Ion.

Day by day, Carlitos carried the fish from the sea home or to the fish market. Every time Cloanța would follow Carlitos to scare him and steal his fish.

ROMANIA

One day, the king of Alcazaba Castle ordered a lot of fish for the marriage of his only daughter. Thinking of big gain, Carlitos

accepted the king`s offer and began to stuff his carts.

Cloanța knew already about his arrival at the castle. Carlitos unloaded the fish. In the meantime, Cloanța informed the guards that Carlitos' fish had been stolen. Suddenly, the guards pounced over Carlitos and arrested him.

GREECE

hey threw him in the dungeon, in the basement of the castle. The king, as soon as he learnt what had happened, sent his only

daughter to give an order to the guards to release poor Carlitos. The witch, who understood what was going to happen, ran quickly to the castle. She put a spell on the beautiful princess and took her figure.

After that, she visited the young fisherman. The minute he saw her, he fell in love with her.

The horrible witch, Cloanta, had achieved her goal and now she was about to implement her evil plan.

SPAIN

be her friend, and she felt lonely, sad, different, and isolated. She decided to create a potion to turn everybody from Almaria into hideous, dwarfish, plump, scruffy, grumpy and nasty people.

loanta thought that she was so ugly and creepy that nobody loved her, nobody wanted to be

After that, Cloanta put the potion into Carlitos’ fish. These fish would be cooked for the feast of the princess’ wedding. The day of the wedding, all the city inhabitants were at the feast and after eating the fish they all were hideous, dwarfish, plump, scruffy, grumpy and nasty people.

BULGARIA

All the Almeria inhabitants were ugly and nasty people like her. She decided to kill Carlitos, who was the only one who suspected her evil plan.

At midnight, she entered the dungeon in the castle with a sharp dagger in her hand. Fortunately, she had forgotten that she was in

the beautiful princess’ appearance.

loanta was the happiest in the world, because she wasn’t different and isolated anymore.

Carlitos opened his eyes and saw her. He hugged and kissed Cloanta. He told how much he missed

and love her. At this moment she became the same ugly witch, she was before.

PORTUGAL

a, ha, ha, she laughed out loud. While the witch was preparing to cast a spell to Carlitos there was a strange sound coming from outside.

The castle was being attacked by pirates. The Alcazaba Castle was constructed on the ruins of a Roman fortification and the Alcazaba original purpose was as a defence against pirates, thanks to its commanding position with views over the city, down to the sea and across to Africa.

With so much noise and confusion, Carlitos managed to escape.

FINLAND

he attack continued for a few days. The last day the King died. He was killed with a sword in his

heart. After three days, there was a new king. It was the evil witch Cloanta who had taken his appearance. She had a new evil plan, to kill the beautiful princess. The princess had already escaped to look for Carlitos. He had managed to escape to a cave up in the mountains.

On her way to the cave, she met an old shepherd, who was very poor and hungry. He did not ask for any food, but the princess felt very sorry for him, so she offered him to share a meal with her. He was very thankful, and while they were eating, he asked her why she looked so troubled. She told him everything about her love for Carlitos and about the evil witch. 

ITALY

he shepherd heard all the story and decided to reveal his true identity. He was a good wizard who was quite old so he had retired on that mountain to live in loneliness. He already knew Cloanta and how evil she was, that’s why he decided to help Princess Leda. He gave her a bag with coloured beans, she had to plant them when she needed help.

She had to associate the right colours and the combination was up to her. Princess Leda thought and thought. Then she decided. She chose three beans: one green, one white and another red. She planted them, and after a while, three fairies were born from these beans.

They took her to a cave but it was closed. She called Carlitos and then she heard him. The three fairies gave her some gifts: the white fairy gave her peace, the red courage, and the green hope. Leda, with the gift of courage, entered the cave and found Carlitos. With the gift of hope, they started their trip towards Almeria. Now they could use only the gift of peace

TURKEY

hey arrived in Almaria with the hope that everything would be fine. All of the inhabitants of the town were in dirt and squalidity because they were turned into hideous, dwarfish, plump, scruffy, grumpy, and nasty people by Cloanta,the witch. Streets were full of garbage, the crops were not picked, the grass in the gardens was not collected, the life in the town stopped because nobody went to

school, work or anywhere else. Princess Leda and Carlitos never lost their hope thanks to the gifts the fairies presented them. They got down to business to save the city from the evil

witch. First of all, they had to break the spell that Cloanta put so that they could become happy, lovely, hardworking, and polite people as in the old days.

Princess Leda chose a blue bean this time from the little bag, planted it and waited. The bean, growing fast, turned into a fairy like the others. She asked the princess what she wanted, and the princess said that she wanted her city to be fine as in the old days. After this wish, the fairy presented her the gift of patience and said "Only you can succeed it,dear Leda.

"I can only show you the way of success, so I will ask you a riddle and if you find the correct answer you can defeat her with the patience in your hand,” she said to Princess Leda. Then,the fairy told her the riddle:

“ Has long ears and a small tail,

 Gets confused when seeing the hunter,

Catch it and feed with patience and love,

Present it to evil King as a gift

When she touch it, you will defeat”