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THE TWO BROTHER

has said came true, for the one brother was King, and the other Prime Minister.

The very first thing the King did was to end ambassadors to the court of the king who owned the country where the ogre had been killed, telling him the truth of the story, and saying that his brother, being quite satisfied as Prime Minister, did not intend to claim half the Kingdom.At this, the king of that country was so delighted that he begged the Minister Prince to accept to his daughter as a bride, to which the Prince replied that he was already married, but that his brother the King would gladly make her his wife.

So there were immense rejoicings, but the Scavenger-king was put to death, as he very well deserved.