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    There were once three brothers who were traveling along a lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too deep to swim across. However, these brothers learned the magical arts, so they simply waved their wands and made a bridge appear across the treacherous water. They were halfway across it when they found their path blocked by a hooded figure......................................................

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    There were once three brothers who were traveling along a lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too deep to swim across. However, these brothers learned the magical arts, so they simply waved their wands and made a bridge appear across the treacherous water. They were halfway across it when they found their path blocked by a hooded figure......................................................

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    There were once three brothers who were traveling along a lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too deep to swim across. However, these brothers learned the magical arts, so they simply waved their wands and made a bridge appear across the treacherous water. They were halfway across it when they found their path blocked by a hooded figure......................................................

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    Tale of The Three Brothers

    There were once three brothers who were travelling along a


    lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the brothers reached a
    river too deep to wade through and too deep to swim
    across.However, these brothers were learnt in the magical arts,
    so they simply waved their wand and made a bridge appear
    across the treacherous water. They were halfway across it when
    they found their path blocked by a hooded figure.
    Death was angry but Death was cunning. He
    pretended to congratulate the three brothers upon
    their magic, and said that each had earned a prize for
    having been clever enough to evade him.
    So the oldest brother, who was a combative man, asked for a
    wand more powerful than any in existence. So Death crossed
    to an elder tree on the banks of the river, fashioned a wand
    from a branch that hung there, and gave it to the eldest
    brother.
    Then the second brother, who was an arrogant man,
    decided that he wanted to humiliate Death still further
    and asked for the power to recall others from death. So
    Death picked up the stone from the riverbank and gave
    it to the second brother, and told him that the stone
    would have the power to bring back the dead.
    And then Death asked the third and youngest
    brother what he would like. The youngest brother
    was the humblest and also the wisest of the
    brothers, and he did not trust Death. So he asked for
    something that would enable him to go forth from
    that place without being followed by Death. And
    Death, most unwillingly, handed over his own Cloak
    of Invisibility.
    Then Death stood aside and allowed the
    three brothers to continue on their way
    and they did so, talking with wonder of
    the adventure they had had, and
    admiring Death’s gifts. In due course the
    brothers separated, each for his own
    destination.
    The eldest brother travelled to a
    village where a wizard whom he had
    quarrelled lived.That very night, a
    murderous wizard killed the eldest
    brother. The unknown murderous
    wizard crept to the inn as the eldest
    brother slept, drunk from wine. The
    wizard slit the oldest brother’s throat
    for good measure and stole the
    wand. That was when Death took the
    first brother.
    Meanwhile, the second brother travelled to his own home,
    where he lived alone. Here, he took out the stone that had
    the power to recall the dead, and turned it thrice in his
    hand. To his amazement and his delight, the figure of the
    girl he had once hoped to marry before her untimely
    death, appeared before him once more.
    Yet she was silent and cold, separated
    from him as though by a veil. Though
    she had returned to the mortal world,
    she did not truly belong there and
    suffered.Finally, the second brother,
    driven mad with hopeless longing,
    committed suicide by hanging from
    his house' balcony so as truly to join
    her. That was when Death took the
    second brother for his own.
    As for the youngest brother, Death never
    manages to find him, as he stays hidden under
    his Cloak. Many years later, the brother removes
    his cloak and gives it to his son. Pleased with
    his achievements, he greets Death as an old
    friend and chooses to leave with him as equals.
    The moral is that one can not escape death,
    but only delay it and that eventually, one
    must accept death in old age and "depart as
    equals".
    The End

    Questions are welcomed.

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