So each of the princes did as the eldest brother had said , and when the three birches were marked by their arrows they turned to their step-sister and asked her with which of them she meant to live . ` With the eldest , ' she answered . Then the brothers separated from each other , and each of them set out down a different road , followed by their beasts . And the step-sister went with the eldest prince . After they had gone a little way along the road they came into a forest , and in one of the deepest glades they suddenly found themselves opposite a castle in which there lived a band of robbers . The prince walked up to the door and knocked . The moment it was opened the beasts rushed in , and each seized on a robber , killed him , and dragged the body down to the cellar . Now , one of the robbers was not really killed , only badly wounded , but he lay quite still and pretended to be dead like the others . Then the prince and his step-sister entered the castle and took up their abode in it . The next morning the prince went out hunting . Before leaving he told his step-sister that she might go into every room in the house except into the cave where the dead robbers lay . But as soon as his back was turned she forgot what he had said , and having wandered through all the other rooms she went down to the cellar and opened the door . As soon as she looked in the robber who had only pretended to be dead sat up and said to her : ` Do n't be afraid . Do what I tell you , and I will be your friend . If you marry me you will be much happier with me than with your brother . But you must first go into the sitting-room and look in the cupboard . There you will find three bottles . In one of them there is a healing ointment which you must put on my chin to heal the wound ; then if I drink the contents of the second bottle it will make me well , and the third bottle will make me stronger than I ever was before . Then , when your brother comes back from the wood with his beasts you must go to him and say , `` Brother , you are very strong . If I were to fasten your thumbs behind your back with a stout silk cord , could you wrench yourself free ? ''
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