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A king with horns (Translated Amazigh tale)

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Once upon the time lived a beautiful girl with her brother. They were poor orphans and only had a herd of goats and a modest house in an isolated tribe which they inherited from their dead parents. The girl used to take care of the house while her brother was grazing in the forest. Tuda was breathtakingly beautiful and one day as she was bathing by the river, someone kidnapped her and sold her to the king.  The latter got spellbound by her beauty and fell in Love with her. He spoiled her and she became his queen. Nevertheless, Tuda could never forget about her brother and neither did he.  He went on a quest to find her, and from tribe the other,  he played his flute knowing that his sister would recognize his special melodies and so happened. Tuda, the queen, heard that familiar sound outside of her castle and knew it was her brother. She welcomed  and celebrated him, and she also suggested that he stay with her. Yet, he rejected it as he is not used to this lifestyle and he knew he w