The stranger perceived what mistake she had made , but only said : ` That does not matter , old woman , ' and rode on , without further speech , to the king 's palace , where the king and the princess both took him for his twin brother , and called out : ` Why have you tarried so long away ? We thought something evil had befallen you . ' When night came and he slept with the princess , who still believed him to be her husband , he laid his sword between them , and when morning came he rose early and went out to hunt . Fate led him by the same way which his brother had taken , and from a distance he saw him and knew that he was turned to stone . Then he entered the hut and ordered the old woman to disenchant his brother . But she answered : ` Let me first touch your dog with my wand , and then I will free your brother . ' He ordered the dog , however , to take hold of her , and bite her up to the knee , till she cried out : ` Tell your dog to let me go and I will set your brother free ! ' But he only answered : ` Tell me the magic words that I may disenchant him myself ; ' and as she would not he ordered his dog to bite her up to the hip . Then the old woman cried out : ' I have two wands , with the green one I turn to stone , and with the red one I bring to life again . ' So the hunter took the red wand and disenchanted his brother , also his brother 's horse , and his dog , and ordered his own dog to eat the old woman up altogether . While the brothers went on their way back to the castle of the king , the one brother related to the other how the cypress tree had all at once dried up and withered , how he had immediately set out in search of his twin , and how he had come to the castle of his father-in-law , and had claimed the princess as his wife . But the other brother became furious on hearing this , and smote him over the forehead till he died , and returned alone to the house of his father-in-law . -LSB- Illustration : THE TWIN BROTHERS THE BROTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE -RSB- When night came and he was in bed the princess asked him : ` What was the matter with you last night , that you never spoke a word to me ? ' Then he cried out : ` That was not me , but my brother , and I have slain him , because he told me by the way that he had claimed you for his wife ! ' ` Do you know the place where you slew him ? ' asked the princess , ` and can you find the body ? ' ' I know the place exactly . ' ` Then to-morrow we shall ride thither , ' said the princess . Next morning accordingly they set out together , and when they had come to the place , the princess drew forth a small bottle that she had brought with her , and sprinkled the body with some drops of the water so that immediately he became alive again . When he stood up , his brother said to him : ` Forgive me , dear brother , that I slew you in my anger . '
Then they embraced and went together to the Fairest in the Land , whom the unmarried brother took XXXXX wife .
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