They talked together for a long time, and then the lady said he
had better leave her as she expected her husband back at any
moment, and he might not like him to be there; but the young man
assured her she need not be afraid, as he had with him a cap
which would make him invisible. They were still deep in
conversation when the door suddenly opened, and a bird flew in,
but he saw nothing unusual, for, at the first noise, the youth
had put on his cap. The lady jumped up and brought a large golden
basin, into which the bird flew, reappearing directly after as a
handsome man. Turning to his wife, he cried, ‘I am sure someone
is in the room!' She got frightened, and declared that she was
quite alone, but her husband persisted, and in the end she had to
confess the truth.

‘But if he is really your brother, why did you hide him?' asked
he. ‘I believe you are telling me a lie, and if he comes back I
shall kill him!'

At this the youth took off his cap, and came forward. Then the
husband saw that he was indeed so like his wife that he doubted
her word no longer, and embraced his brother-in-law with delight.
Drawing a feather from his bird's skin, he said, ‘If you are in
danger and cry, "Come and help me, King of the Birds," everything
will go well with you.'

The young man thanked him and went away, and after he had left
the castle he told the boots that they must take him to the place
where his second sister was living. As before, he found himself
at the gates of a huge castle, and within was his second sister,