Grimm's “The Three Little Birds” Summary and Discussion

Podcast Benomtad · Nov 4, 2025 · 46m

Back in the time of small kings, one was riding forth with his retinue from the castle to go hunting. Three sisters who were watching their cows saw them, and the eldest pointed to the king and said she would marry him, or none. The second girl answered from the other side of the hill, pointing to the one on the right and saying the same thing. The king had the three sisters brought to him and confirmed what they had said, and he married the eldest and two ministers married the other two of the beautiful sisters.

Now when the king was to go away, he asked the two sisters to watch his wife…