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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird

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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird	comment	The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird is an Italian Fairy Tale collected by Thomas Crane.A king wanders the streets at night. He hears three sisters talking:The oldest said: "If I were the wife of the royal butler, I would give the whole court to drink out of one glass of water, and there would be some left." The second said: "If I were the wife of the keeper of the royal wardrobe, with one piece of cloth I would clothe all the attendants, and have some left." The youngest said: "Were I the king's wife, I would bear him three children: two sons with apples in their hands, and a daughter with a star on her brow."He arranges the marriages and the older sisters do as they said. They hate the youngest because she is queen. They put puppies in place of the wonder children when they were born, and exposed the babies. Three fairies saw the children and gave them a deer who would raise them, a purse full of money, and a ring that changes color when one is in danger. When they were grown, the fairy told them to go into the city. As soon as they get a house, the sisters realize that these are the wonder children, who could reveal what they had done. They try to dispose of them with Impossible Tasks. The oldest brother fetches the Dancing Water and the Singing Apple, but when sent after the Speaking Bird, it reveals his past and startles him into speaking, which turns him to stone. The next brother did the same. Finally, their sister managed to do it and save all the people who had turned to stone.The king comes to see these marvelous young men and woman. The Speaking Bird reveals the truth and then, at the king's order, describes how the sisters and the nurse who aided them were to be executed. The king, his wife, and the children were all reconciled.Full text here.The tale is classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children". Other tales of the same classification are French literary tale Princess Belle-Etoile (by French author Madame d'Aulnoy) and Russian verse fairy tale The Tale of Tsar Saltan.Compare with "The One-Handed Girl" (tale type ATU 706), another tale related to the theme of the "calumniated wife".Author Joseph Jacobs offered used the Italian tale as basis for a reconstruction of the story in his book European Folk And Fairy Tales.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_1d2400e9	comment	Green-Eyed Monster: The older sisters envy the youngest because she married the king.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_1f14978d	type	Talking Animal
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_1f14978d	comment	Talking Animal: The last object of the quest is a speaking bird. After the bird is captured and brought to the siblings' palace, the bird talks to the king about the absurdity of the queen giving birth to animals.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_216ff5ed	type	Moses in the Bulrushes
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_216ff5ed	comment	Moses in the Bulrushes: The king's children are abandoned in an attempt to murder them, and they grow up in ignorance of their birth, until a magic bird informs the king and children of the truth.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_325a15f1	type	Rags to Royalty
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_325a15f1	comment	Rags to Royalty: The queen rises from impoverished to rich; her children are thrown from their position but rise back to it.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_3587b71c	type	Wonder Child
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_3587b71c	comment	Wonder Child: The youngest sister says that if the king marries her, she will bear "two sons with apples in their hands, and a daughter with a star on her brow". Earnestly desiring such children, the king marries her, and she does.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_3f11ef74	type	Parental Substitute
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_3f11ef74	comment	Parental Substitute: The deer. Technically, Raised by Wolves, but they don't seem to have any trouble. Maybe the fairies did something.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_4712bc4f	type	Exact Eavesdropping
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_4712bc4f	comment	Exact Eavesdropping: The king overhears the sisters' conversation and their boasts, which is why he chooses the third sister as his wife.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_647ce68	type	Family-Unfriendly Violence
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_647ce68	comment	Family-Unfriendly Violence: The queen's sisters try to murder their infant nephews and niece, and the queen herself is put into a treadmill as a slave for years.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_74e4a889	type	Cosmic Motifs
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_74e4a889	comment	Cosmic Motifs: In some variants of the story, the third sister promises to bear children with cosmic birthmarks: the Sun, the Moon, and a (golden) star. Solar and Lunar: In other variants, the male twins are associated with the Sun as his birthmark, and the female twin with the Moon as hers.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_978a82e6	type	Big Bad Duumvirate
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_978a82e6	comment	Big Bad Duumvirate: The Queen's sisters, who took away her children out of jealousy.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_a6cda066	type	Rule of Three
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_a6cda066	comment	Rule of Three: Three sisters, three children, three treasures (water, apple, bird).
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_b168ca7b	type	Solar and Lunar
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_b168ca7b	comment	Solar and Lunar: In other variants, the male twins are associated with the Sun as his birthmark, and the female twin with the Moon as hers.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_bd6b86df	type	Impossible Task
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_bd6b86df	comment	Impossible Task: The three Wonder Children are sent on a quest for three marvelous objects, and their aunts hope they fail.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_d08049db	type	Taken for Granite
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_d08049db	comment	Taken for Granite: When the young princes answer the Speaking Bird, despite a warning, they turn to stone.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_d2cd18c0	type	Forbidden Fruit
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_d2cd18c0	comment	Forbidden Fruit: Do not talk to the bird. Whatever it says.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_f6e99f40	type	Youngest Child Wins
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_f6e99f40	comment	Youngest Child Wins: The youngest sister makes the grandest promise (to bear marvelous children) and so wins the king in marriage. Her youngest daughter also accomplishes what her brothers failed to do (find the water, the apple and the bird), and her actions eventually reunite the whole family.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_f8c8175a	type	Malicious Slander
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_f8c8175a	comment	Malicious Slander: When the queen gives birth to three Wonder Children, her sisters steal them and tell her husband that she gave birth to three puppies. He puts her in a treadmill as punishment for not having the children as she claimed she would.
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The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_f9e16ef	type	Distressed Dude
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird / int_f9e16ef	comment	Distressed Dude: After being abandoned as infants and being raised by fairies and a deer, the two brothers are turned to stone. Their sister must follow them to restore them.
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