the assumption turns out wrong, and the traitor is reduced to begging. In an Uzbek variant, instead of being blinded, the hero merely has his property stolen from him after accepting an offer of friendship. The contrasting results of their listening are similar to that of the Kind and Unkind Girls, as in such fairy tales as Mother Hulda, Diamonds and Toads, The Three Heads in the Well, Father Frost, and The Three Little Men in the Wood. Such fairy tales as The Prince and the Princess in the Forest and The Three Treasures of the Giants use the motif of overhearing the necessary knowledge. References External links True and Untrue Norwegian fairy tales Scandinavian folklore ATU 560-649 Asbjørnsen and Moe