the Sun first shines. Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga translated Romanian tale into French as Le fils cadet de l'empereur ("The Emperor's Youngest Son"). In this tale, an emperor has three sons, the elder two proud and arrogant, while the youngest is the bravest. The monarch also has a beautiful garden where lies a tree that produces golden blooms and golden fruits. However, one day, the golden fruits are disappearing, and the emperor orders his three sons to guard it at night. The elder two fail, but the youngest discovers the culprit: a bird with golden plumes. With the help of a talking wolf, the youngest prince gets the bird of golden plumage from the emperor of birds, an enchanted horse from another emperor, and the beautiful daughter of a prince that is kept away from people's eyes. Moldova In a Moldavian tale published by author Grigore Botezatu with the title Break-of-Day, an emperor has no children, but is advised that his empress is to walk an untrodden path in the woods, where the dew was untouched. The empress becomes pregnant and gives birth to a boy named Break-of-Day. He grows up very quickly. after a row with his father, he climbs a very tall tree for 12 years to get the fruits on its top. He gets three golden apples, but a white bird with a golden tail eats two of them. Break-of-Day keeps the last apple with him and plucks a feather from the white bird, then climbs down the tall tree for another 7 years. He shows his father the only apple he saved and declares he will go after the white bird. Break-of-Day goes on a journey and meets a "thick-lipped" man named Black Arab, also with magic powers. The Black Arab tells Break-of-Day about the golden-tailed white bird: it is an enchanted maiden that the Devil keeps in a cradle. Break-of-Day tries to steal the maiden in the cradle, but the Devil intercepts him. The Devil promises him the maiden, but Break-of-Day needs first to get the Devil's horses from his brother in the netherworld. Break-of-Day and the Black Arab then take part in a chain of quests: to get the Devil's horses from the Tartar, prince of the underworld, and find the maiden Ilyana Kosinzyana, as wife for the Tartar. At the end of the tale, they release Ilyana Kosinzyana from the Tartar's grasp, and