3 brothers take turns gathering food and protecting the house.

The first brother is protecting the house and there is a knock on the door. A little man brown man with black eyes (a gnome) is at the door and asks to come in. "Sure why not." Then the gnome asks for a piece of buttered bread. "Alright little guy here you go" Then, the gnome deliberately drops the bread on the ground butter side on the floor and says "oops I've dropped my bread, can you pick it up for me?" "Don't worry little guy I got you" As the brother is bent over, the gnome grabs his hair and smacks him on the head saying "idiot idiot idiot" and darts away.

Now the first brother was too embarrassed to tell the others what had happened to him. So when the second brother had his turn to guard the house, he was clueless as to who the gnome was when he knocked on the door. Again the gnome asked to come in, again, the gnome asked for bread that was buttered, and again the gnome deliberately dropped the bread as to ensure the butter hit the ground. Again the gnome asked, "Oops, I've dropped my bread. Can you pick it up for me?" The second brother did think it was a little strange, but saw no issue with picking up the bread. Again the gnome grabbed the second brother by the hair as he was stooped down and smacked him on the head holding nothing back and saying "Idiot idiot idiot" and ran off.

The second brother told the first brother what had happened. As the first and second brother thought that the youngest brother was always a bit of a fuck up to a point where among them he had earned the name "stupid hands" they agreed not to tell him about the gnome and laughed to themselves as they left him for his turn to watch the house.

So the gnome knocked on the door and politely asked to be let in. "Stupid hands" of course let him inside. Again the gnome asked for buttered bread, and the youngest brother thought it wasn't a problem to provide that hospitality to his guest. Again, the gnome turned over his hand and dropped the bread as to ensure the butter hit the floor first looking the brother directly in the eye.

"Oops, I've dropped my bread. Will you pick it up for me?" The younger brother said to him: "Bread is a matter of life and death! If you can't look after your own, do you expect me to do it for you?" Then he grabbed the gnome by the head and beat him beat him beat him beat him!!!

"Stop! You've passed the test! I'll tell you where the kings daughters are and you'll receive a handsome reward! Know this, your brothers are not to be trusted. Do not tell them what I've told you."