“They told him that their father was so ill that he would most certainly die, for nothing seemed to cure him. Then the old man said, " I know of one more remedy, and that is the water of life ; if he drinks of it he will become well again ; but it is hard to find." The eldest said, " I will manage to find it," and went to the sick King, and begged to be allowed to go forth in search of the water of life, for that alone could save him.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 97 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan