"Once upon a time, there were three brothers who were traveling along a secluded path. It was almost dusk, and as they walked, they came to a river, but the river was too deep to wade through, and it was dangerous to swim across. Magic, with a wave of the wand, a bridge appeared over the treacherous river..." Hermione flipped through her notebook and began to tell Harry and Ron the story of the three brothers that she had translated from the "Tales of Beedle the Bard" that Dumbledore had given her.