The three pigeons are a folk story from Turkey. The story Reading Warning: The following text contains details about the content and / or the end of the story.
A padisha has three sons and after his death his possessions are divided. The oldest and middle brother find work, but the youngest generates all the money because he believes in the beautiful talks of his friends. The oldest brother chases the boy when he asks for money. The middle brother gives his younger brother some coins, but again the boy makes up everything. When he asks for money again, the middle brother chases him away. Also his friends send the boy away and then he decides to leave the city. He sees an animal and follows it to a garden and comes to a beautiful villa. He hides behind a rose bush and sees three pigeons lands on the edge of a pond.
The pigeons dive into the pond and come back up as girls. The girls tell everyone that they have seen a poor boy and the youngest son realizes that they are talking about him. The youngest girl sees the boy behind the rose bush and appears in his dream. The boy tells the son to be a padisha, but has lost all respect. The girl tells she is a triple. She will become a man when the boy can burn the girls' clothes. The boy grabs the girls' clothes and burns them in a corner of the garden. The girls wake up later and the boy sees that the villa burns too. He tells him that he is also a part of three brothers and takes the girls to his own city.
The older brothers are very happy that the youngest brother has brought women and they celebrate forty days and forty nights wedding. Backgrounds
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