The White BirdsWhen ten brothers ar

The White Birds
When ten brothers are banished by their stepmother
and changed into birds, their sister, Elisa, sets out to
find them. She learns that she can break the spell if she
makes coats for the birds from golden flowers, but only
on condition that she doesn’t speak until she has finished
the coats. She follows these instructions and, while she is
making the coats, she meets a king who takes her to his
country. The king’s jealous younger brother plots against
her and persuades the people that her silence is sinister
and her search for the special flowers is connected with a
plot to kill the king. However, one of the birds warns the
king of his brother’s plans to burn his wife to death. The
king returns in the nick of time to save her and throw his
brother from the city walls. Elisa, meanwhile, has finished
the coats and, when she puts them on the birds, they
change back into her fine brothers.