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the king
There was once upon a time a rich King who had three daughters, who daily went to walk in the palace garden, and the King was a great lover of all kinds of fine trees, but there was one for which he had such an affection, that if anyone gathered an apple from it he wished him a hundred fathoms underground -
the princesses
One of the princesses plucked an apple and ran to her sisters, saying: "Just for fun, my dear little sisters, because I have never tasted anything so delicious in my life". Then the other two sisters also ate some of the apple, after which the three sank deep into the earth. -
the search
When the half day arrived the king wanted to see them for dinner and when he did not find them, he ordered that whoever brought his daughters back must have one of them to marry. At this time, so many young people traveled the country in search, that there was no way to count them, since each of them loved the three girls because they were very kind to everyone. -
three hunters
three young hunters came to a large castle, in which there were beautiful apartments, and in one room a table in which there were delicate dishes, but in the whole castle there was no human being heard or heard, they agreed to live there one of the three had to stay and the other two look for the princesses -
the elve
the elf having cheated the other hunters with the piece of bread and giving them a beating and not achieving this with the youngest was very angry and said he had to do it, but the hunter did not, took the mannikin and he thrashed hard. Then the mannequin shouted terribly and shouted: "Stop, stop and let me go, and I'll tell you where the daughters of the King are." -
the deep well
When Hans heard that, he left off beating him and the mannikin told him that he was an earth mannikin, and that there were more than a thousand like him, and that if he would go with him he would show him where the King’s daughters were. Then he showed him a deep well, but there was no water in it. And the elf said that he knew well that the companions Hans had with him did not intend to deal honourably with him, therefore if he wished to deliver the King’s children, he must do it alone. -
the dragons and the rooms
the elf told him that there were rooms and in each room a princess with a dragon with many heads which she had to cut. the young man told the older brothers and the next day they went to the well and the only one who could reach the bottom and the rooms was the youngest -
the brothers' betrayal
the young man except the three princesses, placed the princesses one after another in the basket, but when his turn came, he remembered the words of the elf, who had told him that his comrades had no good intentions for him. His false brothers cut the rope so that the basket with the stone fell to the ground, and they thought he was dead, and they escaped with the princesses, and then they went with the King and each demanded a princess in marriage -
the truth is uncovered
when the young man was inside the well he saw a hanging flute and began to touch it and they saw elves and they told him that he wanted and he said to go back to the ground, in the light of day and being there he ran to the palace and when he saw it the princesses told the True, the two older brothers were sent to the gallows and given to the youngest daughter.
