The four went hunting one day and were about to shoot a wolf when it offered to give each prince a cub if they did not.
The same thing happened with a lioness, a fox, a hare, a boar and a bear.
The surviving robber forced the stepsister to bring him magical potions that healed him, and had her trick her brother into letting her tie his hands behind his back.
He chained his stepsister to the wall to let her repent, and put a great bowl before her, telling her he would not see her until she filled it with her tears.
The oldest prince went to the seashore where she was to be handed over and with his animals killed the dragon.
The princess had him come into the coach to drive back to the castle and gave him a ring and half of her handkerchief.
It caught a crow, and the lion told it they would not kill it if it got them the waters to revive the prince.
The betrayal by a female relative is also featured in The Prince and the Princess in the Forest and The Blue Belt, where the treachery comes from his mother.