Note 1 — II The Three Sisters and their Stepmother
Marjory Scott Wardrop translation
When the story was quite finished, his younger brother came in and took the spit in his hand, and said: ‘If all my brother’s tale is true and this is indeed our mother, this roast pheasant will have feathers and fly away.’ Feathers appeared on the roast pheasant, and it flew off. The people gazed open-mouthed. The astonished king commanded the jealous sisters to be brought, bound them to horses’ tails, and had them dragged about. The king took his wife and children into the palace, and rejoiced greatly that he had learnt the truth and found his golden-haired sons.1