Ashliman's translation, along with other tales of this type, can be found on his site here. Another tale of this type is " The Rose Tree", collected by Joseph Jacobs. In the Aarne-Thompson-Uther index, this is tale type 720: "Mother Killed Me, Father Ate Me". The children and their father reunite and live happily ever after. Then the bird is engulfed in smoke and flames, and when it dissipates, the bird is a living human boy again. He gives the golden chain to his father, the new red shoes to his sister, and throws the millstone on the stepmother, crushing her to death. With these objects, he returns to the house, where he performs his song for his awestruck father, terrified stepmother, and grieving sister. The goldsmith, the shoemaker, and the millers all find the song so lovely that they offer payment to hear him sing it again: a gold chain, a pair of red shoes, and the millstone. Tweet, tweet, what a beautiful bird am I.
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