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He discovers he is dressed in fine clothes. His friends do not recognize him and he is unable to speak. He comes to a garden where he sees her. The same ship takes him to same beach where he first saw her. She tells him a stranger has entered garden and trodden on dove's wing and broken it. He should cut out girl's heart and throw her body into sea and steep bird in her blood [D 766.2]. He refuses, and returns to garden, taking bird with him. It disappears. Girl warns him she is in power of magician gardener. When gardener tells fisherman about seven birds, he should tell gardener of seven wives who are waiting outside. Gardner promises to release girl if fisherman will induce spirits of his seven wives to seek their graves again [E 440]. They marry. [as] 1. ST p. 133.

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Father advises three sons never to serve man with red beard. One meets man with red beard but refuses to serve him and tells reason [J 2355]. Man dyes beard black [K 1822]. He lets boy down into hole to get treasure, but pulls boy only part way up and lets him drop [K 1931.1]. Same happens to second. Third does not attempt to ascend on rope. He finds brothers' bones [L 13]. He serves a giant who forbids him to enter one room. He does and finds fountain. Three doves come to bathe. Giant promises not to punish him and he confesses that he entered the room. Giant tells him to return next day and pluck feather from one he likes best, but never afterwards to show her the feather. Boy marries her, and gives feather to his mother to keep. She shows it to girl who takes it, becomes dove and flies away. Boy swears never to take hair from his face nor shirt from his body until he finds her [M 125]. Three giants [N 883] each give him a nut [D 985].