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he climbed the mountain, he entered the palace
the scissors open, he went into a room and saw a
wonderful tree on top of which was an apple. He
climbed up and tried to pick the apple, but the
top of the tree swayed back and forth. He waited
until it was still for a moment, grabbed hold of
the branch, and picked the apple. Everything was
again favorable. So he mounted his horse and
rode home. All along the way, the apple kept
making sounds!
His aunts had again been very glad because their
nephew had been absent so long. However, when
they saw him return, they felt as though the house
had fallen on then. Once again they summoned
the midwife, and again she visited the young
woman when the brothers were not there.
«See how beautiful they are, the Dancing Water
and the Singing Apple!» she remarked. «But you
should see the Talking Bird, and then you will
have seen all there is to see!»
«Very well,» said the young girl, «We’ll see
whether my brother will get it for me.»
When her brother came, she asked, «My brother,
if you really love me, you’ll go and fetch the
Talking Bird for me!»

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