wishing cape

[Jacob]

was trying to put in an old fairy tale man happens upon three brothers fighting over three objects with magic powers. he lies gets all three. says hell test them and then decide which brother gets what item. then he just leaves them there. instead my players just kill both ogres

The original fairy tale for reference, so as to make a more fine tuned encounter? A quick search brought up "The Sword, The Spear, and The Scroll" and the elements sound similar to a certain famed wizard and a story he was told. Whatever the case, the fact remains the ogres should have been beyond their ability to handle, to at least give the hint there was an easier solution. You've learned from the encounter, now it's about making sure it doesn't happen again.