Legend of the cactus

Quehualliu the most handsome of the tribe .

• He was always picking up flowers for Pasancana, the beautiful daughter of the chief.

• They played in the most beautiful places of the mountain.

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One day when they were older…

• They fell in love, but Pasancana’s father wanted her to marry another boy in a different tribe.

• Pasancana and Quehualliu began to cry when they heard about this.

• They ran away together.

The chief found out……

• He was so mad he got together some men • And went looking for them.

Pasancana and Quehualliu were so tired they fell asleep….

• They were just going to sleep when they heard the men coming.

Thanks to the light of the moon…..

• The couple saw the men coming. They asked Pachamama – the goddess of the land to hide them.

• She opened a hole in the mountain and hid • them there.

The chief shouted “they cant hide forever”….

. He and his men stayed there all night. The next day the couple had changed into a cactus Quehualliu protected by Pasancana

THE END