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NCE there were three brothers, and
they grew poorer and poorer, until at
last their need was so great that they had
nothing left to bite or to break. Then
they said, " This will not do; we had
better go out into the world and seek
our fortune.”
So they set out, and went some
distance through many green fields, but
they met with no good fortune. One day they came to a
great wood, in the midst of which was a hill, and when they
came near to it, they saw that it was all of silver. ‘Then said
the eldest,
“Now here is good fortune enough for me, and I desire
no better.” 3
And. he took of the silver as much as he could carry,
turned round, and went back home. But the other two said,
“We must have something better than mere silver,” and
they would not touch it, but went on farther. After they had
gone on a few days longer, they came to a hill that was all of
gold. The second brother stood still and considered, and
was uncertain.
“What shall I do?” said he; “shall I take of the gold
enough to last me my life, or shall I go farther?”
At last, coming to a conclusion, he filled his pockets as
full as they would hold, bid good-bye to his brother, and went
home. But the third brother said to himself,