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The next morning, the little gray man came to the eldest brother and beckoned him to follow. He led him to a room in which there was a stone table, and on the table there lay three stone tablets.
On the table near the tablets was written:
“This castle is enchanted. Before the enchantment can be broken, there are three tasks to be performed. The one who performs these three tasks shall marry the youngest and dearest of the three princesses who now lie asleep in the castle.”
When the eldest brother had read this, the old man gave him the first tablet. On it was written:
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“In the forest, hidden beneath the thick moss, are the pearls which belonged to the princesses. They are a thousand in number. These must be collected by sunset. If one single pearl is missing, then he who has sought them shall be turned to stone.”
The eldest brother searched the whole day long, but by sunset he had found only a hundred pearls. So he was turned to stone.
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