Udea and Her Seven Brothers — Andrew Lang

The little girl soon grew to be a big girl, and she was called by all her friends (though she did not know it) 'Udea, who had driven her seven brothers into strange lands.' One day, when she had been quarrelling with her playmates, the oldest among them said to her, 'It is a pity you were born, as ever since, your brothers have been obliged to roam about the world.' Udea did not answer, but went home to her mother and asked her, 'Have I really got brothers?'