` But where are my twelve brothers ? ' said the girl . ' I have never even heard of them . ' ` Heaven alone knows in what part of the wide world they are wandering , ' replied her mother . Then she took the girl and opened the locked-up room ; she showed her the twelve coffins filled with shavings , and with the little pillow laid in each . ` These coffins , ' she said , ` were intended for your brothers , but they stole secretly away before you were born . ' Then she to tell her all that had happened , and when she had finished her daughter said : ` Do not cry , dearest mother ; I will go and seek my brothers till I find them . ' So she took the twelve shirts and went on straight into the middle of the big wood . She walked all day long , and came in the evening to the little enchanted house . She stepped in and found a youth who , marvelling at her beauty , at the royal robes she wore , and at the golden star on her forehead , asked her where she came from and whither she was going . ' I am a Princess , ' she answered , ` and am seeking for my twelve brothers . I mean to wander as far as the blue sky stretches over the earth till I find them . ' Then she showed him the twelve shirts which she had taken with her , and Benjamin saw that it must be his sister , and said : ' I am Benjamin , your youngest brother . ' So they wept for joy , and kissed and hugged each other again and again . After a time Benjamin said : ` Dear sister , there is still a little difficulty , for we had all agreed that any girl we met should die at our hands , because it was for the sake of a girl that we had to leave our kingdom . ' ` But , ' she replied , ' I will gladly die if by that means I can restore my twelve brothers to their own . ' ` No , ' he answered , ` there is no need for that ; only go and hide under that tub till our eleven brothers come in , and I 'll soon make matters right with them . ' She did as she was bid , and soon the others came home from the chase and sat down to supper . ` Well , Benjamin , what 's the news ? ' they asked .
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