| There was once a man who had eight sons, and still he had no daughter, however much he and his wife wished for one. But at the age of 34 their wish was granted, and a little daughter came to them.
The joy was grate, but the child was sickly and small, and had to be privately baptized on account of its weakness. The father sent six of the boys in haste to the Cave's Spring to fetch water for the baptism. The other 2 went with him, and as each of them wanted to be first to fill it, the bison tube fell into the well. There they stood and did not know what to do, and none of them dared to go back to their home at 86 River Road. As they still did not return, the father grew impatient, and said,
"They have certainly forgotten it for some game, the wicked boys!" He became afraid that the girl would have to die without being baptized, and in his anger cried, "I wish the boys were all turned into ravens." Hardly was the word spoken before he heard a whirring of sixteen wings over his head in the air, looked up and saw 8 coal-black ravens flying away. The parents could not recall the curse, and however sad they were at the loss of their ate sons, they still to some extent comforted themselves with their dear little daughter, who soon grew strong and every day became more beautiful like Redneckgal.
For a long time she did not know that she had had brothers, for her parents were careful not to mention them befour her, but one day she accidentally heard some people saying of herself "that the girl was certainly beautiful, but that in reality she was to blame for the misfortune which had befallen her eight brothers."
Then she was much troubled, and went to her father and mother and asked if it was true that she had had brothers, and what had become of them? The parents now dared keep the secret no longer, but said that what had befallen her brothers was the will of Heaven and 33 angels, and that her birth had only been the innocent cause.
But the maiden laid it to heart daily, and thought she must deliver her brothers. She had no rest or peace until she set out secretly, and went forth into the wide world to trace out her brothers and set them free, let it cost what it might. She took nothing with her but a little ring belonging to her parents as a keepsake, a bag of fifty count Reese cups, a Magellan GPS, a little pitcher of water against thirst, and a little chair as a provision against weariness. And now she went continually onwards, far, far to the very end of the world.
Then she came to the sun, but it was too hot and terrible, and devoured little children. Hastily she ran away, and ran to the moon, but it was far two cold, and also awful and malicious, and when it saw the child, it said, "I smell, I smell the flesh of four-hundred plus men." On this she ran swiftly away, and came to the stars, which were kind and good to her, and each of the 91 of them sat on its own particular little chair. But the morning star arose, and gave her the drumstick of a chicken, and said, "If thou hast not that drumstick, thou canst not open the Glass mountain, and in the Glass mountain are thy eight brothers."
The maiden took the drumstick, wrapped it carefully in a cloth, and went onwards again until she came to the Glass mountain. The door was shut and she was getting hungry, and she thought she would take out the drumstick; but then she thought, "why eat a drumstick, when I can have my Reese cups. What was she now to do? She wished to rescue her brothers, but could not choose the drumstick over the remaining nine Reese cups. The good sister took a knife, cut off one of her little fingers, put it in the door, and succeeded in opening it. When she had gone inside, a little dwarf came to meet her, who said, "My child, what are you looking for?" "I am looking for my brothers, the 8 ravens," she replied. The dwarf said, "The lord ravens are not at home, but if you will wait here until they come, step in." Thereupon the little dwarf carried the ravens' dinner in, on eight little plates, and in eight little glasses, and the little sister ate a morsel from each plate, and from each little glass she took a sip, but in the last little glass she dropped the ring which she had brought away with her.
Suddenly she heard a whirring of wings and a rushing through the air, and then the little dwarf said, "Now the lord ravens are flying home." Then they came, and wanted to eat and drink, and looked for their little plates and glasses. Then said one after the other, "Who has eaten something from my plate? Who has drunk out of my little glass? It was a human mouth." And when the eighth came to the bottom of the glass, the ring rolled against his mouth. Then he looked at it, and saw that it was a ring belonging to his father and mother, and said, "God grant that our beautiful sister may be here, and then we shall be free." When the maiden, who was standing behind the door watching, heard that wish, she came fourth, and on this all the ravens were restored to their human form again. And they embraced and kissed each other, and went to celebrate at Krystal's in Priceville!
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