In 1973, in Spain, the king, called Francis III, Lepatuí, lived in a luxurious castle. The interior was decorated with paintings on the walls in the gothic style, his furniture in the style of Louis XV. He was a very strict and selfish man. His wife did not belong to his social class, which is why he rejected her. Besides, he did not love her. According to the townspeople, she disappeared and was never heard from again. His daughter, Nubia, since she was a child, liked to collect dolls. She traveled with her father to different countries, such as Egypt, Japan, Germany, Canada, Canada: Egypt, Japan, Germany, Germany, Canada, Alaska, United States, and Venezuela . In each country where they arrived. Nubia demanded to Francisco III. To buy her several dolls, to strengthen her collection.
Nubia is a young, docile, very sweet, beautiful, slender and simple girl. Her hair is as yellow as the sun's rays. She intones melodies next to her piano. After traveling to so many countries around the world and in each one of them, where they manufactured dolls, she demanded her father to buy her several dolls for her collection. So they arrived in Venezuela, to its capital, where she bought several dolls. Then they traveled to a town called Cariaco, where its inhabitants were dedicated to planting cocoa and making many handicrafts, including elaborate black rag dolls. When she saw them, she was fascinated and had one of them made, one meter high, with curly hair. She was very excited and told her father about it:
" ¡ I am happy, first time I see a doll in this style, I had one made to enrich my collection!".
"I am pleased that this doll makes you happy, I am happy too".
Then, after so many days of travel they returned to their castle in
Spain.
Her father by a will named her universal heir of his castle. Very subtly she said to him:
"I want you to give me half of the castle, to exhibit my dolls."
"Of course you do, arrange and fulfill your wish, this castle is yours."
Excited, she hugged and kissed him, full of gratitude and affection for him.
There were so many dolls, that she spent two days decorating the space granted for their decoration.
Months passed and Nubia proposed to her father to invite several people of the nobility, accompanied by her daughters, to show them the decoration of his collection of dolls. He accepted the idea.
To attend this event as hostess, she called a dressmaker to the Palace to make her dress, She took her measurements and began to make the dress, when it was finished, she tried it on and it fitted her body, outlining her beautiful silhouette. And it harmonized with a pair of golden slippers.
The days went by and finally the dreamed day for the exhibition of her dolls arrived. She hired a hairdresser and a make-up artist. When the evening came, the King's daughter was made up, and her curly yellow hair was pinned up with a brooch adorned with ruby earrings, whose golden curls hung like those of an Oralia (a gold mine).
That night the guests began to arrive, all were impressed with the decoration of half of the castle with its dolls, harmonizing with the oriental gothic style decoration. Among the guests was Count Laffarca accompanied by his teenage daughter, He was a widower, as his wife had died of a degenerative disease.
When the hall was filled with all the guests. The King holding his daughter's hand, looked out over the gangway of that hall and said:
"Today I present to you my daughter, she is a princess who has been able to carry the name of her family with great pride."
The applause of those present was heard. He then continued:
"Today she realizes her dream, to exhibit her collection of these objects of art so dear to her. I ask God to protect her and allow her to be with me always".
Silvia then added:
"I hope that this exhibition will be to her liking".
After these words, the presentation began, so that everyone present could enjoy it. After the exposition. The butler made them go to the party room where there were tables decorated with different buffet, for these guests, in addition to a musical atmosphere, very soft.
Count Laffarca, looked intensely at Silvia, she could not hide, felt a lot of empathy for him, approaching, he took her hand gently, and kissed her, then their eyes met like burning fire, she felt that her heart was beating fast, like the second hand of the clock, she could hardly utter words at the end said:
"I accept"
and began to dance to the sound of that melody.
Silvia's father watched them jealously. Once the event was over, they all left for home, Laffarca said goodbye to Silva:
"See you later, we'll see each other again soon."
She with a smile that invited love, waved her hand and said goodbye.
Him father watched her hidden behind the curtains of her bedroom window.
The next day, Silvia checked all her dolls and realized that the black rag doll had disappeared from its place, she mourned its disappearance. Then she recovered.
Silvia managed to sneak out of the castle to meet Count Laffarca. Thus they maintained their love affair for three months. After a short time, the Count went to the castle to ask for her daughter's hand in marriage. The King told him:
"She will not marry anyone.his affection is mine alone".
Laffarca, took a very sad farewell. The King, Fancisco III, addressed his daughter:
"From this moment you will be a prisoner in this castle".
She replied:
"It is not possible for you to do that to me, so much I love you."
"For being disobedient, you have earned, that punishment".
That day she wept inconsolably, until sleep overcame her.
From that moment on, her comfort was her dolls, she hugged them and cried. Then she sang.
The villagers who pass through this area comment that she looks like a nightingale, because she sings so beautifully.
Years passed, Silvia grew old and her father went to the afterlife. From that moment on, she was free. She took over as Queen. She turned the castle into a museum.
Today tourists come to visit it and contemplate these collections of antique dolls and others a bit modern. She also sings melodies accompanied by her piano, delighting tourists, thus achieving their happiness.
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