All the beasts gathered around the dead body of the headdest Prince, and they mourned his loss.
The wolf suddenly had an idea.
The wolf went deep inside the forest and killed an ox. The wolf asked the lion to stay guard and catch any bird which came to eat the flesh of the dead ox.
The lion waited patiently and finally saw a crow, which landed on the dead ox.
The lion caught the crow and took it to the Wolf.
"Do not worry." The wolf told the terrified crow. "We will not hurt you. But we need you to do something for us. You have to fly from here and get water from the three wells of health. Carry the water from the three wells in your beak and give it to the dead man here. If you do that for us, we will not hurt you." The crow was happy at being released and did what was asked of him. The crow carried the water from the wells in his beak and dropped the water into the mouth of the dead man.
After the crow did what was asked of him, the dead prince came back alive.
The eldest prince sat up immediately as if he had just been asleep.
The beasts rejoiced on seeing their master well and alive again.
After this, the eldest Prince, along with his beasts went back to the kingdom of the princess whom they had from the nine headed dragon.
There, the latest prince showed the king, the ring and the handkerchief which the princess had given him.
After seeing that the king threw the coachman who was to marry the princess into the dungeons because the coachman had told everyone that he had saved the princess from the dragon.
After that the eldest prince married the princess.
After his wedding, the eldest Prince and his beasts were once roaming around the forests. Once as the eldest prince and his beasts roamed around the forest the eldest Prince lost his way.
The Eldest prince and his beasts came across a hut in the middle of the forest.
What none of them knew was that the woman who lived in the hut was a powerful and dangerous witch.
Adapted from Lithuanian fairy tales
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