At these words the griffin appeared , and , seizing the bird , gave it to the youth , who carried it off carefully , while the griffin flew away . The young man hurried home as fast as possible , and reached the cottage before evening . He told his story to the little bride , who , after giving him some food and drink , hid him with his bird beneath the bed . Presently the old man came home , and complained of feeling ill . Nothing , he said , would go well with him any more : his ` heart bird ' was caught . 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 XXXXX supper . '
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