The Four Clever Brothers (10)

The Four Clever Brothers (10)

the king was overjoyed to see his daughter.
He said to the four brothers, " One of you shall marry her. You must decide for yourselves who it shall be. "

The four brothers argued.
" She belongs to me, " said the astronomer.
" If I hadn't found her all your cleverness would have been useless. "

But the thief said, " I got her away form the dragon. She is mine. "

The huntsman said, " Te dragon would have killed you all if I had not shot him. She should be my wife. "

And the tailor said, " If I had not sewn the ship together again we would all have drowned. So I should marry her. "

How they argued.
But however long they tried, they just could not decide which of them played the most important part in rescuing the Princess from the dragon.

So after a while, they turned to the King.
" What shall we do ? " they asked.
" We cannot all marry your daughter. "

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