THE LEYEND OF THE MYSTERIOUS IRON TREE FROM

EL HIERRO ISLAND;GAROE

There was a holy tree that the Bimbaches (ancient

people from El Hierro,Canary Islands) called Garoe (‘River,

Lagoon'). They were proud of Garoe.When the conquerors were

coming, the bimbaches decided to keep The holy

Tree in secret to avoid new foreigners: the Castilian or

Spanish soldiers finding out it.

They thought The conqueros couln't live without water

and would die in a few days

Garoé was a large laurel tree that assured Bimbaches’ lives, providing them water enough

to surviveLater,the Bimbaches filled

water chaffs and water was transported to villages to all

parts of the island.

The secret was only kept for some time, however, a local young girl,

Agarfa, fell in love with an European soldier and showed him the place

where Garoe was. Conquerors discovered the tree after the soldier

had told them the hidden place.

When the Bimbaches discovered Agarfa's betrayal, they killed her near

Garoe,which was also named, the Holy Iron Tree. She was killed

because she had reveled its secret.

It was also said that Garoe roots were used for curing illnesses.

Due to its location, where tradewinds occured, the water from the clouds were condensed from the branches of the tree and later, it poured rain around the island.

The original tree fell in a storm in 1610, but . another tree was planted in the same place, where Garoe was in 1957. It has been growing and is surrounded by mosses.

THE END

By GROUP 5

Igor Adamowski – Poland

Paula Abreu Valencia– Spain

Yasar - Germany