Stories 11
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SpainAug 1614Home in a cage
Phantoms seized me in my sleep and set me in a cage on an ox-cart. Sancho thinks the phantoms were from our village.
Road trip5 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
The battle of the wineskins
In the dead of night I fought the giant Pandafilando and took his head. The innkeeper has a different account, and a bill.
Food & drink6 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
Penance in the Sierra Morena
A ragged lover in the rocks, a penance in my shirt like Amadís, a letter to Dulcinea, and a princess come to beg my help.
Nature7 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
The galley slaves
Twelve men in chains, sent to the galleys by force. I set them free. They thanked me in the way that such men thank.
Culture & history6 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
The fulling mills, and Mambrino's helmet
A night of terrible hammering, an enchanted horse, a story about goats, and at dawn the golden helmet of Mambrino.
Nature7 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
The armies that were sheep
Two vast armies met on a plain in La Mancha. I named every knight in them. Sancho named them sheep.
Nature4 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
Sancho Panza's account: the blanket
My squire tells it his way: carriers, a dark attic, a balsam that turned us inside out, and a blanket he will never forgive.
Culture & history6 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
Marcela, and a funeral in the hills
Acorns, a speech on the Golden Age, a funeral for a poet, and a shepherdess who answered every one of her accusers.
Nature7 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
The Biscayan
Two enchanters, a captive lady, and a duel with a Biscayan who fought behind a cushion. Half an ear is a fair price.
Culture & history4 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
The giants of Criptana
Thirty giants on a ridge, waving long arms. My squire saw windmills. The sage Frestón saw to it that he was proved right.
Nature7 min read
- ESSpainAug 1614
On choosing a squire
A knight needs a squire, and I found mine next door: a sound man with a good donkey and a keen interest in islands.
Road trip5 min read