Two Brave Brothers

By Cristina Gabriela Covaliu

The story takes place in India and describes the lives of two valiant but poor brothers. One of them is hideous but has a big heart, while the other one is handsome but has a heart of ice. Speaking the animals’ tongue, the kind brother named Santo manages to save the land of a great Maharaja by his acts of bravery, protecting it from danger and winning the hand of his daughter, who can look deep inside his heart, revealing his great and noble nature, despite his ugly appearance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cristina Gabriela Covaliu
• Release date: Nov 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370977062

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Two brave brothers

Copyright 2016 Cristina Gabriela Covaliu

Published by Cristina Gabriela Covaliu at Smashwords

Translated into English by Iulia Dora Covaliu

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Prologue

Two brave brothers

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Prologue

The book describes the adventures of a poor young man from India, who goes in search of his fortune and, by his bravery, manages to save the land of a great Maharaja, defending it from danger and winning his daughter’s hand, who accepts him for his great soul, despite his ugly appearance.

Two brave brothers

Once upon a time, in a little town from India, there lived a family with two sons. One of them was very ugly, but had a good heart and did not cease to do good to all who came along in his path, while the other was very handsome but also very evil and spiteful. As it often happens, the family loved the tall, handsome and well-built son, named Raj, disregarding his evil soul and cold heart.

After childhood years passed, when the ugly boy named Santo, who was crippled, one-handed, cross-eyed, bald and hunched was always laughed at by everyone, and the evil and handsome one was praised, the two of them reached adolescence:

‘My dear boys, now that you are all grown up you should make your own ways in this world and leave the house,’ said the boys’ father one day.

‘I heard that in a city far away, a great Maharaja wants to marry his daughter with a brave man who will make her happy if he passes his three challenges,’ said the boys’ mother, hoping they will make their own way in life.

‘Let’s go brother,’ Santo said to his brother, ‘let us not be lower than the other lads who are definitely waiting in line for the hand of the Maharaja’s daughter, outside his castle.’

And so, the boys went to find their fortune in this world. Even on their way, Raj’s malice manifested itself, injuring all the creatures that came along on his path.

‘I will take one path and you brother will take the other because here the road splits into two paths, one leading West and the other towards East.’

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