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The Legend of the Birds. lphonse X The Wise was committed. ... to reconquer the town of Arcos from the Muslims in the summer of the year 1264. The king set his troops at a plain called “Las Huertas”. ... and waited for water and food to arrive.
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... to reconquer the town of Arcos from the Muslims in the summer of the year 1264.
The king set his troops at a plain called “Las Huertas”...
...everyone dropped little pebbles down on the branches at the bottom of the rock.
The birds burst into foolish flight when the pebbles dropped down.
...to check there weren´t any enemies hiding among the bushes.
The king ordered his soldiers to install some traps to catch the live birds.
king Alphonse ordered some soldiers to hide among the oleanders where the pebbles were going to be dropped later, holding a bunch of tiny birds .
When they heard the pebbles falling down, every soldier loosened two birds and the muslims went to bed reassured.
A group of soldiers climbed up the rock that night and they took the watchers by surprise.
The soldiers opened the town gates and the Christian army occupied Arcos.
King Alphonse X the Wise recovered the town of Arcos from the muslims in the summer of 1264 ...
