Today we're back in the Pentamerone, where find a king absolutely transfixed by the image of a dead bird he finds on a hunt. His brother will search the world to find a remedy, but return with a choice: give his brother the gifts he knows will kill him, or be turned to stone himself if he refuses. It's a classic case of Iennariello's Dilemma—and that WILL be on the test.

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