The Sons of the Bandit
After a long career of theft and robbery, a bandit chief gives up his life of crime and settles down to live like a lord on his wealth. He encourages his sons to take up respectable careers, but they want to become robbers like their father. They decide to steal the queen's horse, and hide the youngest brother instead a bundle of hay sent to the horse's stall. When the brother emerges and rides off on the horse, however, the queen's guards spot him, and all the brothers are arrested. The queen summons their father and asks if he will pay their bail; when he refuses, she asks for stories of his exploits in exchange for clemency for his sons. He begins to tell the stories Polyphemus and Striges.
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