So she took the twelve shirts and went forth, and straight into the great forest. She walked the whole day, and in the evening she came to the bewitched hut. Then she entered it and found a young boy, who asked, "From whence comest thou, and whither art thou bound?" and was astonished that she was so beautiful, and wore royal garments, and had a star on her forehead. And she answered, "I am a king's daughter, and am seeking my twelve brothers, and I will walk as far as the sky is blue until I find them." She likewise showed him the twelve shirts which belonged to them. Then Benjamin saw that she was his sister, and said, "I am Benjamin, thy youngest brother." And she began to weep for joy, and Benjamin wept also, and they kissed and embraced each other with the greatest love. But after this he said, "Dear sister, there is still one difficulty. We have agreed that every maiden whom we meet shall die, because we have been obliged to leave our kingdom on account of a girl." Then said she, "I will willingly die, if by so doing I can deliver my twelve brothers."

"No," answered he, "thou shalt not die, seat thyself beneath this tub until our eleven brothers come, and then I will soon come to an agreement with them."

于是，她带上那十二件衬衣，径直向森林走去。 她走了整整一天，傍晚时来到了这座被人使了魔法的小屋。 她走进小屋，看到里面有个少年。看到她长得非常漂亮，而且身上穿着华丽的衣服，额头上还有一颗金色的星星，少年感到很惊讶，便问："你从哪里来？要到哪里去？"她回答："我是公主，在寻找我的十二个哥哥。哪怕是走到天涯海角，我也一定要找到他们。"她说着便拿出他们的十二件衬衣给他看，便雅明这才知道她是他的妹妹。他说："我叫便雅明，是你最小的哥哥。"公主高兴得哭了起来，便雅明也流下了热泪。他们亲热地又是亲吻又是拥抱。过了一会儿，便雅明说："亲爱的妹妹，我们还有一件麻烦事。我们十二个人发过誓，要杀掉我们见到的任何一个姑娘，因为我们就是为了一个女孩而被迫逃离王国的。"她说："只要能救我的十二个哥哥，我愿意去死。"
"不行，"便雅明回答，"你不会死的。你先躲在这只桶下面，等十一个哥哥回来，我会说服他们的。"