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== Fairy Tales ==

* In ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/index.html Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird, and the Gray Wolf]'', the three princes each come upon a stone with three warnings; two decide to chose none, and turn back, yet [[Youngest Child Wins|Prince Ivan]] presses on.

* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060523212750/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/index.html Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird, and the Gray Wolf]'', the three princes each come upon a stone with three warnings; two decide to chose none, and turn back, yet [[Youngest Child Wins|Prince Ivan]] presses on.

{{quote|''Who rides straight forward shall know both hunger and cold.

Who rides to the right shall live, though his steed be dead.

Who rides to the left shall die, though his steed shall live.'' }}

** Of course, [[Designated Hero|the Hero]] in [[Broken Aesop|this fairy tale]] goes on [[Moral Dissonance|to cheat, steal from, and otherwise defraud]] several other innocent people of their rightful belongings. It looks like he gets his comeuppance {{spoiler|when his brothers murder him}}, but [[Karma Houdini|everything turns out to his benefit]] [[Deus Ex Machina|by the end]]. [[Values Dissonance|The defrauded tsars get nothing]].

* In ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/stories/birdgrip.html The Bird Grip]'' and ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/stories/goldbird.html The Golden Bird]'', despite warnings, the older princes go to the merry inn, where they forget their father, and their quest. The [[Youngest Child Wins|youngest]] goes to the dark inn and travels on to complete the quest.

* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718151331/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/stories/birdgrip.html The Bird Grip]'' and ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131027163722/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/stories/goldbird.html The Golden Bird]'', despite warnings, the older princes go to the merry inn, where they forget their father, and their quest. The [[Youngest Child Wins|youngest]] goes to the dark inn and travels on to complete the quest.

* In ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/sevenfoals.html The Seven Foals]'', an old woman tries to lure aside the men set to watch the king's foals all day. She succeeds with the older two of three brothers, but the youngest runs by her.

* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130313071035/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/sevenfoals.html The Seven Foals]'', an old woman tries to lure aside the men set to watch the king's foals all day. She succeeds with the older two of three brothers, but the youngest runs by her.