Short story. Yorinda Yorindel and the Witch of the Forest.
Once upon a time the sun was shining, Yorinda and Yorindel were two brothers who went for a walk to the forest, suddenly Yorinda says that they were approaching the castle, and they did not have to because the castle witch would enchant them.
Yorinda began to feel sad and began to cry, because the sun had already disappeared and they were near the castle and the witch who had the power to turn the girls into birds and immobilize the children.
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The witch felt the arrival of the children turning into an owl, flying close to Yorindel leaving him immobile, being able to only breathe and see how his sister turned her into a bird and carried her to the castle.
Everything became dark for Yorindel felt that the spell had disappeared and could move, he began to look for his sister all night without being able to find it, so he goes into the forest looking for it day and night sleeping under pine trees.
One day he found a red rose and kept walking he could observe the witch, she realized that someone was watching her, she found Yorindel, she cast her spell but the rose blocked the rays, seeing that she could not charm it turned into an owl and fled.
Yorindel did not give up, hit the castle wall when he entered he saw two thousand cages with birds, there was a bird different from the others, he approached and touched it with the rose becoming Yorinda, they grabbed the witch and beat her with the rose losing all its powers.
All the cages opened the birds became girls, they left the castle calling their parents to return and lock the witch without powers forever.