"To whom I belong, belong the sheep also."
"And who art thou?" he continued.
"I am thy brother's fortune," she answered.
Then the traveller was seized with wrath and envy, and cried out:
"And where is my fortune?"
The maiden answered him: "Ah, she is far from thee."
"Can I find her?" he asked.
She answered: "Thou canst find her—only look for her."
When he had heard these words, and saw that the sheep were so beautiful that nothing finer could be imagined, he did not care to go farther to see the other flocks, but went direct to his brother, who as soon as he had seen him took pity on him, and said, weeping:
"Why hast thou hidden thyself from me for so long a time?"