Once there lived a Sorceress. She had three sons and the three sons loved each other dearly.
However the sorceress was afraid that her three sons would steal her magic power.
To prevent this she changed the first brother into an eagle.
The sorceress changed the second brother into a whale.
The two brothers were allowed to become human for two hours in a day and no more.
Before the sorceress could change the third brother, he left the place and went away from his home.
The third brother was trying to make his living when he heard that a king's daughter was imprisoned in the Castle of the Golden Sun.
The third brother was trying to find his way to the Castle. That was when he saw two huge giants were fighting with each other. The brother talked with the two giants and realized that the giants were fighting for a wishing cap. Any person who wore the wishing cap would get to any place that they wanted.
The third brother organized a running race between the two giants. He told them that he would keep the wishing cap with him and the giant which reached him first would get the vision cap from him.
As soon as the two giants started the race the third brother put the cap on his head and waited for one of the two giants to reach him.
At that time the third brother thought of the princess who was in the Castle of the Golden Sun. Unknowingly, the wishing cap worked for the third brother and he was transported to the Castle.
The third brother did not know where he was and he looked through all the rooms of the castle.
In one of the rooms he found an old wrinkled woman.
The woman finally convinced the third brother that she was the prisoner in the Castle of the Golden Sun.
To make the brother believe in her claims she gave him the mirror near her.
In the mirror the third brother saw a beautiful maiden.
That was when the old woman told the third brother the entire story. The enchanter of Castle of the Golden Sun had imprisoned her like this and the only way to set her free was to get the crystal ball and confront the enchanter with it.
"Where will I find the crystal ball?" The third brother asked her.
"When you go to the base of the mountain on which this castle stands, you will find a wild bull near a water spring. Should you fight the wild bull and win, a bird will come out of the bull. Inside the bird is a bright fiery egg. The yolk of the egg contains the crystal ball." The princess told him.
The third brother went down to the spring and found the bull. There was a long fight between him and the bull. Finally the bull lost the fight and at that time a bird flew up from inside the bull.
At that time the first brother who was in the form of an eagle fought with the bird and made sure that the bird dropped the egg which it had.
The egg fell on a fisherman's hut near the sea and the fire was blazing. A huge wave came from the sea and put out the fire. That was when the third brother realized that it was his second brother, the whale, who had put out the fire.
Using the power of the crystal ball the third brother was able to defeat the enchanter.
The third brother thus became the ruler of the Castle of the Golden Sun. The third brother saved the princess from being a prisoner of the Castle of the Golden Sun.
Using the crystal ball, the third brother was even able to give his brothers back their human form.
Adapted from the stories of the Grimm brother's fairy tales
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