The little daughter which their mother the Queen had given birth to, was now grown up; she was good of heart, and fair of face, and had a golden star on her forehead. Once, when it was the great washing, she saw twelve men's shirts among the things, and asked her mother, "To whom do these twelve shirts belong, for they are far too small for father?" Then the Queen answered with a heavy heart, "Dear child, these belong to thy twelve brothers." Said the maiden, "Where are my twelve brothers, I have never yet heard of them?" She replied, "God knows where they are, they are wandering about the world." Then she took the maiden and opened the chamber for her, and showed her the twelve coffins with the shavings, and pillows for the head. "These coffins," said she, "were destined for thy brothers, but they went away secretly before thou wert born," and she related to her how everything had happened; then said the maiden, "Dear mother, weep not, I will go and seek my brothers."

王后生下的小姑娘现在也长大了。 她心地善良，美丽可爱，额头上还有一颗金色的星星。 一天大扫除，她看到洗的衣服里有十二件男衬衣，便问她的妈妈："这些衬衣是谁穿的呀？它们太小了，肯定不是爸爸穿的。"王后心情沉重地回答："亲爱的孩子，这些是你十二个哥哥的衣服。"小姑娘说："我的十二个哥哥在哪里呀？我怎么从来没有听说过他们呀？"王后回答："他们四处流浪，只有上帝才知道他们在哪里。"说着，王后把小姑娘带到密室那里，打开门，让她看了里面装着刨花和寿枕的十二副棺材。她说："这些棺材是为你的哥哥们准备的，但他们在你出世前偷偷逃跑了。"王后把事情的的经过原原本本地告诉了小姑娘，而小姑娘则说："不要伤心，亲爱的妈妈。我去把哥哥们找回来。"