Whoever puts on the boots and wishes himself in any place , will find himself there . The key will open every door in the world , and with the cap on your head no one can see you . Now our eldest brother wants to have all three things for himself , and we wish to draw lots for them . ' ` Oh , that is easily settled , ' said the youth . ' I will throw this stone as far as I can , and the one who picks it up first , shall have the three things . ' So he took the stone and flung it , and while the three brothers were running after it , he drew hastily on the boots , and said , ` Boots , take me to the place where I shall find my eldest sister . ' The next moment the young man was standing on a steep mountain before the gates of a strong castle guarded by bolts and bars and iron chains . The key , which he had not forgotten to put in his pocket , opened the doors one by one , and he walked through a number of halls and corridors , till he met a beautiful and richly-dressed young lady who started back in surprise at the sight of him , and exclaimed , ` Oh , sir , how did you contrive to get in here ? ' The young man replied that he was her brother , and told her by what means he had been able to pass through the doors . In return , she told him how happy she was , except for one thing , and that was , her husband lay under a spell , and could never break it till there should be put to death a man who could not die . They talked together for a long time , and then the lady said he had better leave her as she expected her husband back at any moment , and he might not like him to be there ; but the young man assured her she need not be afraid , as he had with him a cap which would make him invisible . They were still deep in conversation when the door suddenly opened , and a bird flew in , but he saw nothing unusual , for , at the first noise , the youth had put on his cap . The lady jumped up and brought a large golden basin , into which the bird flew , reappearing directly after as a handsome man . Turning to his wife , he cried , ' I am sure someone is in the room ! ' She got frightened , and declared that she was quite alone , but her husband persisted , and in the end she had to confess the truth . -LSB- Illustration : What came of Picking Jessamine -RSB- ` But if he is really your brother , why did you hide him ? ' asked he . ' I believe you are telling me a lie , and if he comes back I shall kill him ! ' At this the youth took off his cap , and came forward . Then the husband saw that he was indeed so like his wife that he doubted her word no longer , and embraced his brother-in-law with delight .
Drawing a feather from his bird 's skin , he XXXXX , ` If you are in danger and cry , `` Come and help me , King of the Birds , '' everything will go well with you . '
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