Hermione...opened the book and Harry saw that the symbol they were investigating headed the top of the page, as she gave a little cough and began to read.‘“There were once three brothers who were travelling along a lonely, winding road at twilight –”’‘“In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too dangerous to swim across. However, these brothers were learned in the magical arts, and so they simply waved their wands and made a bridge appear across the treacherous water.