He stopped and inquired what they were fighting about, and one of
them answered:

‘My lord! our father left to us, when he died, a pair of boots, a
key, and a cap. Whoever puts on the boots and wishes himself in
any place, will find himself there. The key will open every door
in the world, and with the cap on your head no one can see you.
Now our eldest brother wants to have all three things for
himself, and we wish to draw lots for them.'

‘Oh, that is easily settled,' said the youth. ‘I will throw this
stone as far as I can, and the one who picks it up first, shall
have the three things.' So he took the stone and flung it, and
while the three brothers were running after it, he drew hastily
on the boots, and said, ‘Boots, take me to the place where I
shall find my eldest sister.'

The next moment the young man was standing on a steep mountain
before the gates of a strong castle guarded by bolts and bars and
iron chains. The key, which he had not forgotten to put in his
pocket, opened the doors one by one, and he walked through a
number of halls and corridors, till he met a beautiful and
richly-dressed young lady who started back in surprise at the
sight of him, and exclaimed, ‘Oh, sir, how did you contrive *to*
get in here?' The young man replied that he was her brother, and
told her by what means he had been able to pass through the
doors. In return, she told him how happy she was, except for one
thing, and that was, her husband lay under a spell, and could
never break it till there should be put to death a man who could
not die.