The Golden Bird (illustrated)

"The Golden Bird" is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale wih beautiful illustations, about the pursuit of a golden bird by a king's three sons.

Every year, a king's apple tree is robbed of one golden apple during the night. He sets his sons to watch, and though the first two fall asleep, the youngest stays awake and sees that the thief is a golden bird. He tries to shoot it, but only knocks a feather off...