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Reviewed on July 1, 1999
Gr 1-5 In this well-known Spanish folktale, three brothers are instructed by their mother to find wives. An old woman advises them that they must work together and tells them to travel to a castle grove, pick three golden oranges, and together bring them back to her. The two older brothers, who are vain and shallow, disregard her advice and are put into the castle's prison, where they are rescued by Mat as, the compassionate youngest son who follows the woman's directions and gets the fruit. On the way hom...Log In or Sign Up to Read More