The three brothers and the golden apple

The Three Brothers and the Golden Apple There was a woman with three sons. Although they were poor, they had one treasure: in their little yard grew a most wondrous apple tree. Every year, it bore but a single fruit – an apple of the purest gold. However, the family had never had the joy of picking the trees gift, as every year a dragon would swoop down and steal the apple just as it bloomed. The sons watched this repeat year after year, their anger growing at the dragons insolence. Finally, the...