Identifier: fairytalesofbrot00grim (find matches)
Title: The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, ill
Subjects: Fairy tales Folklore -- Germany
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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truck just as he reached the iron gate, and it banged so quickly that it took off a bit of his heel. He was rejoiced at having got some of the Water of Life, and hastened on his homeward journey. He again passed the Dwarf, who said, when he saw the sword and the loaf, Those things will be of much service to you. You will be able to strike down whole armies with the sword, and the loaf will never come to an end. The Prince did not want to go home without his brothers, and he said, Good Dwarf, can you not tell me where my brothers are ? They went in search of the Water of Life before I did, but they never came back. They are both stuck fast in a narrow mountain gorge. I cast a spell over them because of their pride. Then the Prince begged so hard that they might be released that at last the Dwarf yielded; but he warned him against them, and said, Beware of them ; they have bad hearts. He was delighted to see his brothers when they came back, and told them all that had happened to him ; how he had266
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THE WATER OF LIFE found the Water of Life, and brought a goblet full with him. How he had released a beautiful Princess, who would wait a year for him and then marry him, and he would become a great Prince. Then they rode away together, and came to a land where famine and war were raging. The king thought he would be utterly ruined, so great was the destitution. The Prince went to him and gave him the loaf, and with it he fed and satisfied his whole kingdom. The Prince also gave him his sword, and he smote the whole army of his enemies with it, and then he was able to live in peace and quiet. Then the Prince took back his sword and his loaf, and the three brothers rode on. But they had to pass through two more countries where war and famine were raging, and each time the Prince gave his sword and his loaf to the King, and in this way he saved three kingdoms. After that they took a ship and crossed the sea. During the passage the two elder brothers said to each other, Our youngest brother found the

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