2nd Kindergarten of Paiania
―The twelve brothers who became birds‖
Once upon a time there was a king and had thirteen children:
twelve boys and a girl.
His queen died and the king married a bad woman,who had no love
for his children, and was a witch.
Meanwhile war emerged and the king went far away.
Then the witch stepmother covered the daughter with tar
daughter and sent her away from the palace.
The princess walked for days until she found a rill with crystalclear water. She washed her face there and got tar off her
body.After that she became more beautiful than she was before.
Then,the poor girl began to walk alone again,all day and night.
After a while she found an old man who grazed his lambs and said
to him: