They felt it was quite generous of them to provide him with a pair of new boots and some bread and milk for his journey . Besides the pleasure of seeing the world , the youth was very anxious to discover what had become of his brothers , and he determined to trace , as far as he could , the way that they must have gone . He followed the road that led from his father 's cottage to the hill , where he sat down to rest , saying to himself : ' I am sure my brothers must have stopped here , and I will do the same . ' He was hungry as well as tired , and took out some of the food his parents had given him . He was just going to begin to eat when the old man appeared , and asked if he could not spare him a little . The young man at once broke off some of the bread , begging the old man to sit down beside him , and treating him as if he was an old friend . At last the stranger rose , and said to him : ` If ever you are in trouble call me , and I will help you . My name is Tritill . ' Then he vanished , and the young man could not tell where he had gone . However , he felt he had now rested long enough , and that he had better be going his way . At the next hill he met with the second old man , and to him also he gave food and drink . And when this old man had finished he said , like the first : ` If you ever want help in the smallest thing call to me . My name is Litill . ' The young man walked on till he reached the open space in the wood , where he stopped for dinner . In a moment all the birds in the world seemed flying round his head , and he crumbled some of his bread for them and watched them as they darted down to pick it up . When they had cleared off every crumb the largest bird with the gayest plumage said to him : ` If you are in trouble and need help say , `` My birds , come to me ! '' and we will come . ' Then they flew away . Towards evening the young man reached the cave where his brothers had met their deaths , and , like them , he thought it would be a good place to sleep in . Looking round , he saw some pieces of the dead men 's clothes and of their bones .
The sight made him shiver , but he would not move away , and resolved to await the return of the ogress , XXXXX such he knew she must be .
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