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THE TWO BROTHERS
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The distance was greater than he thought, and it was dark before he reached the foot of the mountain; indeed, he could not have found the road at all had it not been for the bright light, which shone like the moon on his path. At length he came to the door of a fine castle, which had a blaze streaming from every window. He

black and white illustration of an old woman with long flowing hair reaching out to put a hair that she has plucked over the shoulder of a young man in armor who looks alarmed. The old woman has a deeply wrinkled brow with small shadowed eyes, and a wide mouth with two blunt protruding fangs. She wears a black cloak with a buckle with a face on it and a black dress with a belt with pouches hanging from it, one plain and one something like leopard-print. The man wears mail on his head and body to down to his wrists and up covering his chin. Over it he wears a small slightly pointed helmet with studs, banded leg plates, and a short over-tunic with rings sewn to it and short flowing sleeves. He has several belts strapped around and across him, one of which his sword is strapped to. The illustration is circle-shaped and there is no background but a bit of shadow.
The Witch casts a spell on the Elder Brother.

mounted a flight of steps and entered a hall where a hideous old woman was sitting on a golden chair.

She scowled at the young man and said, 'With a single one of the hairs of my head I can turn you into stone.'

'Oh, what nonsense!' cried he. 'Be quiet, old woman. What could you do with one hair?' But the witch pulled

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