The youth under the bed heard this , and thought , ` This old fellow has done me no particular harm , but then he has bewitched my brothers and their brides , and has kept my bride for himself , and that is certainly bad enough . ' So he pinched the bird , and the old man cried , ` Ah ! I feel death gripping me ! Child , I am dying ! ' With these words he fell fainting from his chair , and as the youth , before he knew what he was doing , had squeezed the bird to death , the old man died also . Out crept the young man from under the bed , and the girl took the magic wand -LRB- which she found where the old man had told her -RRB- , and , touching the twelve grey stones , transformed them at once into the six brothers and their brides . Then there was great joy , and kissing and embracing . And there lay the old man , quite dead , and no magic wand could restore him to life , even had they wished it . After that they all went away and were married , and lived many years happily together . The Two Brothers Sicilianische Malirchen . L. Gonzenbach . Long ago there lived two brothers , both of them very handsome , and both so very poor that they seldom had anything to eat but the fish which they caught . One day they had been out in their boat since sunrise without a single bite , and were just thinking of putting up their lines and going home to bed when they felt a little feeble tug , and , drawing in hastily , they found a tiny fish at the end of the hook . ` What a wretched little creature ! ' cried one brother . ` However , it is better than nothing , and I will bake him with bread crumbs and have him for supper . ' ` Oh , do not kill me yet ! ' begged the fish ; ' I will bring you good luck -- indeed I will ! ' ` You silly thing ! ' said the young man ; ` I 've caught you , and I shall eat you . '
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