Fitcher's Bird

The CampfireThe openingFree

There was once a wizard who went from house to house dressed as a poor beggar, asking for food. And he stole beautiful girls.

Nobody knew where he took them. They were never seen again.

One day he came to the door of a man who had three beautiful daughters. He looked like a weak, poor old man with a sack on his back. The eldest daughter came out to give him a piece of bread.

He only touched her.

And she had to jump into his sack. She couldn't help it. And he carried her off, with great strides, into a dark forest, to his house.

Everything in his house was splendid. He gave her everything she wanted. Fine clothes. Rich food.

"My darling," he said. "You'll be happy with me. You'll have everything your heart desires."

After a few days he said, "I have to go on a journey and leave you alone for a short time. Here are the keys to the house. You can go everywhere and look at everything, except one room, which this little key opens. That one, I forbid you to enter, on pain of death."

He also gave her an egg. A plain white egg.

"Keep this egg carefully for me," he said. "Carry it with you everywhere. If it's lost, a great misfortune will follow."