A man's wheat field was devoured and he appointed his sons as watchmen. Two failed. The third caught the culprit - a multicolored pony - which promised to aid him in exchange for its life. Thereafter, the patriarch sent his boys to sell at the marketplace. Yet again, the youngest succeeded. His brothers left home and, wanting to be with them, the boy followed until they blinded and abandoned him. After his sight was magically restored, he reunites with his brothers, who make him their servant. Then there's a competition to win a princess bride and the boy wins with the help of the enchanted horse.
Source: Latin American Folktales: Stories from the Hispanic and Indian Tradition by John Bierhorst.
Tale Type: 530, "Princess on the Glass Mountain"
Variants: "The Thief in the Millet" and "The Princess and the Glass Mountain"
This one sucks because the third son seemed to be bullied by his brothers.
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