so she is mine." the huntsman said, "you and the princess, and all of you, would have been torn to pieces by the dragon if my ball had not hit him, so she is mine." the tailor said, "and if i, by my art, had not sewn the ship together again, you would all of you have been miserably drowned, so she is mine." then the king uttered this saying, "each of you has an equal right, and as all of you cannot have the maiden, none of you shall have her, but i will give to each of you, as a reward, half a kingdom." the brothers were pleased with this decision, and said, "it is better thus than that we should be at variance with each other." then each of them received half a kingdom, and they lived with their father in the greatest happiness as long as it pleased god.