The Three Brothers and the Golden Apple Origin: Bulgaria Author: Unknown There was a woman with three sons. Although they were poor, they had one treasure: in their little yard grew a most wondrous apple tree. Every year, it bore but a single fruit –...
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The Three Brothers and the Golden Apple Origin: Bulgaria Author: Unknown There was a woman with three sons. Although they were poor, they had one treasure: in their little yard grew a most wondrous apple tree. Every year, it bore but a single fruit – an apple of the purest gold. However, the family had never had the joy of picking the tree’s gift, as every year a hala would swoop down and steal the apple just as it bloomed. The sons watched this repeat year after year, their anger growing at the hala’s insolence. Finally, the eldest son decided to try and stop the monster. On the eve the apple was to bloom he went to his mother and said, “Mother, give me a knife and a bag of walnuts. I am going to guard the apple.” His mother begged him to be careful, but gave him the knife and walnuts. He took them and went to sit underneath the tree, eyes trained on the horizon. Night fell. The hours passed with not a sight of the hala. The eldest son’s eyes began closing despite hi
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