The legend of King Laurin and his rose garden.
Today it is well known to all because, under certain conditions of light and precisely at sunset and, sometimes, even at dawn dolomite rocks are dressed in red. But, again, the old country during the cold winter evenings by the fire and intent to carve wood, so telling:
Once upon a time ...... Laurino, King of the people of the dwarves, who was madly in love with the beautiful princess daughter of the King of the humans and, one day, he went to the palace to ask for the hand of the beautiful maiden to the King father.
In response at just got a categorical refusal. Laurino, then, he thought well, at night, to kidnap the princess and take her with him in his kingdom.
Upon awakening the King father, aware of the kidnapping, he unleashed his best knights in search of her daughter. Meanwhile, Laurino, he devoted himself with the same love and dedication to the princess and his beautiful and beloved roses that surrounded his whole kingdom.
The Knights, now at sunset, and after having turned and turned in every direction, they were about to retreat to when the castle, one of them, was attracted by a bright red glow coming from the heart of a rugged mountain; guided by the glow headed in that direction, they found the kingdom of Laurino put him on fire, rescued the princess and drew in slavery Laurino.
After a summary trial he was sentenced to death. In the cell, in the hours before the execution, Laurino not giving peace at the thought of who or what he could betray him.
Do you think that you think back he discovered the truth: they were his beloved roses, which lit by the rays of the setting sun, they had pointed the way to the Knights.
Then he pronounced a terrible curse that no man nor night nor day could never see her roses.
But he forgot two hours special, dusk and dawn, when magically reappear the Rose garden of King Laurino.
