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«I’ll let the dogs eat them up,» she said and left
them alone.
While they lay out in the open, three fairies
passed by and cried out, «Oh, how beautiful these
children are!»
They bent over them, and while they were
knealing, one of the fairies said, «What gift shall
we give these children? I shall dive them a deer
that will nurse all three.»
«And I shall grant them a purse, and whenever
they reach inside, it will always be full of money.»
«And I,» said the third fairy, «shall give them a
ring the will change its color whenever
misfortune should strike one of them.»
After saying these words, they departed, and the
deer began to nurse the children who grew by
leaps and bounds whle their father was at war, A
year passed, two, then three, until they were fully
grown. Then the fairy who had given them the
deer came and said, «Now that you’re all grown
up, why should you stay here any longer?»
«Very well,» said one of the brothers, «I shall go
to the city and rent a house.»
«Make sure,» the deer remarked, «that you
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