Wondering what could have become of her two sisters , the youngest followed in their footsteps , and fell a victim to a branch of delicious white jessamine . So the old woman was left without any daughters at all . She wept , and wept , and wept , all day and all night , and went on weeping so long , that her son , who had been a little boy when his sisters disappeared , grew up to be a tall youth . Then one night he asked his mother to tell him what was the matter . When he had heard the whole story , he said , ` Give me your blessing , mother , and I will go and search the world till I find them . ' So he set forth , and after he had travelled several miles without any adventures , he came upon three big boys fighting in the road . He stopped and inquired what they were fighting about , and one of them answered : ` My lord ! our father left to us , when he died , a pair of boots , a key , and a cap . 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 XXXXX , reappearing directly after as a handsome man .
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