The five brothers

A long, long time ago. There was an old grannie that lived in a crude and hut looking over a remote village. She had sparse gray hair and beautiful blue eyes. She had five sons. The brothers looked like each other, only their mother could tell who was who. She was an affable mother. She always had a kindly smile, and she gave each son a name.

The five brothers had different abilities. The oldest brother had elastic hands and legs. His name was Michael. The second brother was Johnny. His body was harder than the strongest diamond. The third brother was the strangest. He was immune to heat. He was Danny. The fourth brother was Brian. He could see things away far clearly. The youngest brother could hear sounds, even from a long way off. He was Howard.

But the life of the people living in the village was impoverished, because the new Emperor there was very selfish. He used his authority and money to bully the people into paying a lot of taxes. The life of people was getting more and more destitute. And more people got diseases. The people suffered unspeakable misery. But the bad Emperor just used the money to make his castle bigger and more gorgeous, and spent a lot of money to buy the egg of a phoenix to put in his garden.

The Emperor was around 40 years old. He was short and thin. He had long, straight black hair, red eyes, a mustache and a long black beard. He was very arrogant. He took a lot of taxes from people, and used them to buy expensive and infrequently things.

One day, the old mother was sick. And the sons looked for the doctors didn't know how to cure her. There was one doctor; however that said“Only the egg of a phoenix can cure her.”
Brian had seen a phoenix egg in the Emperor's garden. He told his brothers. Then Michael stretched his hands longer and longer into the Emperor's garden. He grabbed the egg and stole it. Then he gave it to his mother. When their mother ate it, she recovered fully, like a miracle. When the Emperor found out, he was furious. He dispatched enlisted men to catch the brothers. They caught Johnny, and the Emperor decreed that he would behead. But when the big sword cut into his neck, he wasn't injured. The sword broke instead. The Emperor was very angry. He prepared a big pot of hot water to burn Johnny. Howard heard about this with his amazing ears, and told his brothers. Then Danny snuck into the palace and switched placed with Johnny. The next day when the Emperor threw him in the hot water, but he wasn't scalded, he happily swam in the hot water. The Emperor was very, very angry. He shouted, “Throw him in the ocean!!”

Brian saw that with his amazing eyes, and told his brother at once. Michael took advantage of the way the Emperor soldier, were taking Danny to the ocean to suites placed with Danny stealthily. When they threw Michael in the ocean, he sank in the water gradually. The Emperor was happy about that. But then Michael's legs grew longer and longer. He was taller than a mountain. He walked on the bottom of the sea, and each step made a big wave. The waves flushed out the Emperor's castle. The castle was destroyed by the waves. The Emperor was frightened. He thought Michael was a god. He stopped bullying the people from then on. The Emperor built a new castle, and he made the statues of the five brothers. He respected them. All the people in the village all prayed to the statues during times of trouble. Every time they prayed their dreams would come true.