Once upon a time there was a fourth Wise
Man (Oriental King) History doesn't tell us ; but
history cannot tell it all. The fourth King came
from even further away than the other three
Kings. He came from the furthest part of Gaul,
in other words, from the other side of the
world, from a country called Pelloc'hoaz.
Beyond his kingdom lay only the sea and a
few islands where the cries could be heard of
flocks of gulls from the islands where it was
believed that the souls of the deceased
stopped over before the angels called them to
heaven.
Now, the King of Pelloc'hoaz was warned in a
dream that the King of Kings was to come
down to earth and that the whole world was
expecting Him. So he decided to set out at
once for a place which a brilliant new Star
suddenly appearing in the sky would lead him
to. The King chose as a gift for the Infant-God,
three rare pearls, the most precious of all the
treasures inherited from his ancestors.
One was like pink mother of pearl. It had the
sparkle and the daintiness of hues that one
sees in the sea at daybreak, at Carantec and
Callot, in that part of the Bay of Morlaix called
Paradise. The pearl was in the shape of a
heart and in it beat all that causes of the joys
and sorrows of the world. It was a live pearl
and, by offering it, the King of Pelloc'hoaz
wanted to offer what was closest to his
heart ; his emotions and his worries, his
deepest happiness and his most secret
sufferings.
