Children´s crusade

The old version says that a child has been visited by Jesus Christ, and ordered to write letters to be surrendered to the French king says you must organize a crusade to recapture Jerusalem . The child gives the cards and the king making a joke these letters . The child receives a second visit of Jesus Christ , and said that it should lead the children to cross to Jerusalem and tells him not to fear for the sea as it will open as happened with Moses. At the same time , ensures that a German boy has also been sent by Jesus Christ and brings German children . 20,000 to 30,000 children are together and march to the South of France . More than half of children in road defects and half starving. Nice finally reach less than 2000 children. Week two praying that the sea will be opened and nothing happened then two merchants offered them seven ships to cross the sea , children climb aboard and sail boats . In Sardinia two boats sink . The five other lands come to Alexandria ( Egypt) , where 2000 children are sold as slaves by the two merchants who had lent them ships and failed to reach Jerusalem.