The legend of the Amancay Flower.

A long time ago, the valley of the Tronador Mountain, in Patagonia, was inhabited by the vuriloche Indians. Quintral, a brave young Indian, son of the tribe chief, was in love with Amancay, a very beautiful girl. But the old chief did not agree to their wedding.
One day, a terrible epidemic spread all over the valley. The people in the tribe became ill and many of them died. Quintral got ill, too. In his strong fever, he repeated Amancay, who loved quintral deeply, decided to ask Machi, the wise old witch, for help.
- If you save Quintral and the tribe, Machi told her- you’ll have to climb the top of the hill,where a marvellous flower grows. It’s yellow like the sun and has a soft perfume. You must pick it at sunset and bring it to me before dawn. I’ll use it in a magic beverage.
When quintal and all the sick people drink it, they’ll soon recover.
Amancay thought of her dear Quintral and the tribe. She ran to the mountain and started to climb despite the difficulties on the way. She was afraid, but her love was stronger than her fear. With the last sunlight she reached the top, found the flower and cut it carefully.
As she was getting back happily with her treasure, some powerful claws grabbed her by the shoulders and captured her. It was the Cóndor, the King of the Mountains.
Amancay was scared. She cried and begged but the Cóndor would not let her free. In the end she had to make a deal. She would offer her heart in return for the valley before dawn.
Manqué, the condor, agreed. The flower was taken to the witch’s hands while the cóndor’s claws held Amancay’s heart tightly. Red blood drops sprinkled the the mountain paths and the following day beautiful yellow flowers with red dots grew along the paths and the clear streams that ran downhill.
From that day on, yellow and red Amancay flowers cover the Tronador valley every spring.

 

 

True or False

1- Amancay was an Indian princess.falseright
2- Quintal loved Amancay.falseright
3- Quintal’s father didn’t want him to marry Amancay.flaseright
4- Amancay got ill.falseright
5- The cure for the tribe’s illness was in a yellow flower.flaseright
6- Amancay couln’t climb the mountain to pick the flower.falseright
7- Amancay had to give her heart away to the condor.falseright
8- Machi was the chief of the tribefalseright
9- The condor was scared.falseright
10- Amancay got married to Quintal.falseright