![]() He did not run away, but stayed close to her and at last she said, "Stand still, dear fawn don't fear, I must take care of you, but I will never leave you." So she untied her little golden garter and fastened it round the neck of the fawn then she gathered some soft green rushes, and braided them into a soft string, which she fastened to the fawn's golden collar, and then led him away into the depths of the forest. ![]() How the little sister wept over the enchanted brother, and the fawn wept also. “Then she cried quickly, "Stay, brother, stay! do not drink, or you will become a wild beast, and tear me to pieces." Thirsty as he was, the brother conquered his desire to drink at her words, and said, "Dear sister, I will wait till we come to a spring." So they wandered farther, but as they approached, she heard in the bubbling spring the words- "Who drinks of me, a wolf will be." "Brother, I pray you, do not drink of this brook you will be changed into a wolf, and devour me." Again the brother denied himself and promised to wait but he said, "At the next stream I must drink, say what you will, my thirst is so great." Not far off ran a pretty streamlet, looking clear and bright but here also in its murmuring waters, the sister heard the words- "Who dares to drink of me, Turned to a stag will be." "Dear brother, do not drink," she began but she was too late, for her brother had already knelt by the stream to drink, and as the first drop of water touched his lips he became a fawn.
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