“The Hunter was sorry for the poor old woman, and he felt in his pocket and gave her all he could spare…He was going on then, but the old woman stopped him and said...‘I will give you a present…in a short time you will come to a tree on which sit nine birds…shoot in the middle of them…one of the birds will be hit and will drop down dead…Take the heart out of the dead bird and swallow it whole, and early every morning when you get up you will find a gold piece under your pillow.’ ”
Andrew Lang, ed., The Yellow Fairy Book
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