The king would fain have prevented it , but in this he could not succeed . Then he begged his son-in-law at least to take sufficient escort with him , but this , too , the young man evaded , and took only his horse and his dog . He had ridden already a long way , when he saw in the distance a hut , and rode straight towards it in order to get some water to drink . There he found an old woman from whom he begged the water . She answered that first he should allow her to beat his dog with her little wand , that it might not bite her while she fetched the water . The hunter consented ; and as soon as she had touched the dog with her wand it immediately turned to stone . Thereupon she touched the hunter and also his horse , and both turned to stone . As soon as that had happened , the cypress trees in front of his father 's house began to wither . And when the other brother saw this , he immediately set out in search of his twin . He came first to the town where his brother had slain the giant , and there fate led him to the same old woman where his brother had lodged . When she saw him she took him for his twin brother , and said to him : ` Do not take it amiss of me , my son , that I did not come to wish you joy on your marriage with the king 's daughter . ' 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 XXXXX eat the old woman up altogether .
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