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In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too
dangerous to swim across. However, these brothers were learned in the
magical arts, and so they simply waved their wands and made a bridge
appear across the treacherous water. They were halfway across it when
they found their path
blocked by a hooded figure.“‘And Death spoke to
them. He was angry that he had been cheated out of the three new
victims, for travelers usually drowned in the river. But Death was
cunning. He pretended to congratulate the three brothers upon their
magic, and said that each had earned a prize for having been clever
enough to evade him.
So the oldest brother, who was a combative man, asked for a wand more
powerful than any in existence: a wand that must always win duels for its
owner, a wand worthy of a wizard who had conquered Death! So Death
crossed to an elder tree on the banks of the river, fashioned a wand from
a branch that hung there, and gave it to the oldest brother.
Then the second brother, who was an arrogant man, decided that he
wanted to humiliate Death still further, and asked for the power to recall
others from Death. So Death picked up a stone from the riverbank and
gave it to the second brother, and told him that the stone would have the
power to bring back the dead.
And then Death asked the third and youngest brother what he would like.
The youngest brother was the humblest and also the wisest of the
brothers, and he did not trust Death. So he asked for something that
would enable him to go forth from that place without being followed by
Death. And Death, most unwillingly, handed over his own Cloak of
Invisibility.
Then Death stood aside and allowed the three brothers to continue on
their way, and they did so talking with wonder of the adventure they had
had and admiring Death’s gifts.
In due course the brothers separated, each for his own destination.
The first brother traveled on for a week more, and reaching a distant
village, sought out a fellow wizard with whom he had a quarrel. Naturally,
with the Elder Wand as his weapon, he could not fail to win the duel that
followed. Leaving his enemy dead upon the floor the oldest brother
proceeded to an inn, where he boasted loudly of the powerful wand he
had snatched from Death himself, and of how it made him invincible.
That very night, another wizard crept upon the oldest brother as he lay,
wine-sodden upon his bed. The thief took the wand and for good
measure, slit the oldest brother’s throat.
And so Death took the first brother for his own.
Meanwhile, the second brother journeyed to his own home, where he
lived alone. Here he took out the stone that had the power to recall the
dead, and turned it thrice in his hand. To his amazement and his delight,
the figure of the girl he had once hoped to marry, before her untimely
death, appeared at once before him.
Yet she was sad and cold, separated from him as by a veil. Though she
had returned to the mortal world, she did not truly belong there and
suffered. Finally the second brother, driven mad with hopeless longing,
killed himself so as to truly join her.
And so Death took the second brother from his own.
But though Death searched for the third brother for many years, he was
never able to find him. It was only when he had attained a great age that
the youngest brother finally took off the Cloak of Invisibility and gave it
to his son. And then he greeted Death as an old friend, and went with him
gladly, and, equals, they departed this life.本回答被提问者采纳
dangerous to swim across. However, these brothers were learned in the
magical arts, and so they simply waved their wands and made a bridge
appear across the treacherous water. They were halfway across it when
they found their path
blocked by a hooded figure.“‘And Death spoke to
them. He was angry that he had been cheated out of the three new
victims, for travelers usually drowned in the river. But Death was
cunning. He pretended to congratulate the three brothers upon their
magic, and said that each had earned a prize for having been clever
enough to evade him.
So the oldest brother, who was a combative man, asked for a wand more
powerful than any in existence: a wand that must always win duels for its
owner, a wand worthy of a wizard who had conquered Death! So Death
crossed to an elder tree on the banks of the river, fashioned a wand from
a branch that hung there, and gave it to the oldest brother.
Then the second brother, who was an arrogant man, decided that he
wanted to humiliate Death still further, and asked for the power to recall
others from Death. So Death picked up a stone from the riverbank and
gave it to the second brother, and told him that the stone would have the
power to bring back the dead.
And then Death asked the third and youngest brother what he would like.
The youngest brother was the humblest and also the wisest of the
brothers, and he did not trust Death. So he asked for something that
would enable him to go forth from that place without being followed by
Death. And Death, most unwillingly, handed over his own Cloak of
Invisibility.
Then Death stood aside and allowed the three brothers to continue on
their way, and they did so talking with wonder of the adventure they had
had and admiring Death’s gifts.
In due course the brothers separated, each for his own destination.
The first brother traveled on for a week more, and reaching a distant
village, sought out a fellow wizard with whom he had a quarrel. Naturally,
with the Elder Wand as his weapon, he could not fail to win the duel that
followed. Leaving his enemy dead upon the floor the oldest brother
proceeded to an inn, where he boasted loudly of the powerful wand he
had snatched from Death himself, and of how it made him invincible.
That very night, another wizard crept upon the oldest brother as he lay,
wine-sodden upon his bed. The thief took the wand and for good
measure, slit the oldest brother’s throat.
And so Death took the first brother for his own.
Meanwhile, the second brother journeyed to his own home, where he
lived alone. Here he took out the stone that had the power to recall the
dead, and turned it thrice in his hand. To his amazement and his delight,
the figure of the girl he had once hoped to marry, before her untimely
death, appeared at once before him.
Yet she was sad and cold, separated from him as by a veil. Though she
had returned to the mortal world, she did not truly belong there and
suffered. Finally the second brother, driven mad with hopeless longing,
killed himself so as to truly join her.
And so Death took the second brother from his own.
But though Death searched for the third brother for many years, he was
never able to find him. It was only when he had attained a great age that
the youngest brother finally took off the Cloak of Invisibility and gave it
to his son. And then he greeted Death as an old friend, and went with him
gladly, and, equals, they departed this life.本回答被提问者采纳
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