![]() ![]() The younger came to a town all hung in black, where a dragon had eaten every young maiden except the princess, who was to be given to it the next day. They parted ways, each one taking half the animals, and drove a knife into a tree where they parted. The young animals showed them a village where they could buy food. The same happened with a fox, a wolf, a bear, and a lion. On the way, they nearly shot a hare for hunger, but it begged for its life, offering to give them two young hares instead, so they let it go. He then gave them a knife with directions that if they ever parted, they should stick the knife into a tree, and when either one returned, he could see how his brother was faring because the blade's side would rust if things were going badly for him. He was pleased, because they talked like brave huntsmen, and he let them go. Once they were grown, they begged his permission to seek their fortune. A huntsman took them in and taught them his trade. ![]() The goldsmith told his brother that his sons were working with the devil, and persuaded him to abandon them. But his nephews came to the kitchen to beg, and when two bits fell from the bird, they ate them, and the gold coins appeared beneath their pillows. A third time, he brought back the bird itself, and his brother, who knew its powers-that whoever ate its heart and liver would find a gold coin beneath his pillow every night-had his wife cook it. He pursued the bird again and found a golden lamp. ![]() One day, the broommaker saw a golden bird in the woods, knocked off a feather, and sold it to his brother for a great sum. The broommaker had two identical twin sons. Synopsis Ī rich goldsmith and a poor broommaker were brothers. A similar story, of Sicilian origin, was also collected by author and folklorist Andrew Lang in The Pink Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 303, "The Blood Brothers", with an initial episode of type 567, "The Magic Bird Heart". The Two Brothers is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 60. ![]()
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