Death crossed to an elder tree on the banks of the river and fashioned a wand from a branch that hung there, and gave it to the older brother. A wand that must always win duels for its owner, a wand worthy of a wizard who had conquered Death. [..] Death picked up a stone from the riverbank and gave it to the second brother, and told him that the stone would have the power to bring back the dead. [..] Death, most unwillingly, handed over his own cloak of invisibility to the third and youngest brother, a cloak that would enable the third brother to go forth from that place without being followed by Death.

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