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1The woman led the children still deeper into the forest, where they had never in their lives been before. Then a great
2fire was again made, and the mother said: 'Just sit there, you children, and when you are tired you may sleep a little;
3we are going into the forest to cut wood, and in the evening when we are done, we will come and fetch you away.' When it
4was noon, Gretel shared her piece of bread with Hansel, who had scattered his by the way. Then they fell asleep and
5evening passed, but no one came to the poor children. They did not awake until it was dark night, and Hansel comforted
6his little sister and said: 'Just wait, Gretel, until the moon rises, and then we shall see the crumbs of bread which I
7have strewn about, they will show us our way home again.' When the moon came they set out, but they found no crumbs, for
8the many thousands of birds which fly about in the woods and fields had picked them all up. Hansel said to Gretel: 'We
9shall soon find the way,' but they did not find it. They walked the whole night and all the next day too from morning
10till evening, but they did not get out of the forest, and were very hungry, for they had nothing to eat but two or three
11berries, which grew on the ground. And as they were so weary that their legs would carry them no longer, they lay down
12beneath a tree and fell asleep. It was now three mornings since they had left their father's house. They began to walk
13again, but they always came deeper into the forest, and if help did not come soon, they must die of hunger and
14weariness. When it was mid-day, they saw a beautiful snow-white bird sitting on a bough, which sang so delightfully that
15they stood still and listened to it. And when its song was over, it spread its wings and flew away before them, and they
16followed it until they reached a little house, on the roof of which it alighted; and when they approached the little
17house they saw that it was built of bread and covered with cakes, but that the windows were of clear sugar. 'We will set
18to work on that,' said Hansel, 'and have a good meal. I will eat a bit of the roof, and you Gretel, can eat some of the
19window, it will taste sweet.' Hansel reached up above, and broke off a little of the roof to try how it tasted, and
20Gretel leant against the window and nibbled at the panes. Then a soft voice cried from the parlour: 'Nibble, nibble,
21gnaw, Who is nibbling at my little house?' The children answered: 'The wind, the wind, The heaven-born wind,' and went
22on eating without disturbing themselves. Hansel, who liked the taste of the roof, tore down a great piece of it, and
23Gretel pushed out the whole of one round window-pane, sat down, and enjoyed herself with it. Suddenly the door opened,
24and a woman as old as the hills, who supported herself on crutches, came creeping out. Hansel and Gretel were so
25terribly frightened that they let fall what they had in their hands. The old woman, however, nodded her head, and said:
26'Oh, you dear children, who has brought you here? do come in, and stay with me. No harm shall happen to you.' She took
27them both by the hand, and led them into her little house. Then good food was set before them, milk and pancakes, with
28sugar, apples, and nuts. Afterwards two pretty little beds were covered with clean white linen, and Hansel and Gretel
29lay down in them, and thought they were in heaven. The old woman had only pretended to be so kind; she was in reality a
30wicked witch, who lay in wait for children, and had only built the little house of bread in order to entice them there.
31When a child fell into her power, she killed it, cooked and ate it, and that was a feast day with her. Witches have red
32eyes, and cannot see far, but they have a keen scent like the beasts, and are aware when human beings draw near. When
33Hansel and Gretel came into her neighbourhood, she laughed with malice, and said mockingly: 'I have them, they shall not
34escape me again!' Early in the morning before the children were awake, she was already up, and when she saw both of them
35sleeping and looking so pretty, with their plump and rosy cheeks she muttered to herself: 'That will be a dainty
36mouthful!' Then she seized Hansel with her shrivelled hand, carried him into a little stable, and locked him in behind a
37grated door. Scream as he might, it would not help him. Then she went to Gretel, shook her till she awoke, and cried:
38'Get up, lazy thing, fetch some water, and cook something good for your brother, he is in the stable outside, and is to
39be made fat. When he is fat, I will eat him.' Gretel began to weep bitterly, but it was all in vain, for she was forced
40to do what the wicked witch commanded. And now the best food was cooked for poor Hansel, but Gretel got nothing but
41crab-shells. Every morning the woman crept to the little stable, and cried: 'Hansel, stretch out your finger that I may
42feel if you will soon be fat.' Hansel, however, stretched out a little bone to her, and the old woman, who had dim eyes,
43could not see it, and thought it was Hansel's finger, and was astonished that there was no way of fattening him. When
44four weeks had gone by, and Hansel still remained thin, she was seized with impatience and would not wait any longer.
45'Now, then, Gretel,' she cried to the girl, 'stir yourself, and bring some water. Let Hansel be fat or lean, tomorrow I
46will kill him, and cook him.' Ah, how the poor little sister did lament when she had to fetch the water, and how her
47tears did flow down her cheeks! 'Dear God, do help us,' she cried. 'If the wild beasts in the forest had but devoured
48us, we should at any rate have died together.' 'Just keep your noise to yourself,' said the old woman, 'it won't help
49you at all.' Early in the morning, Gretel had to go out and hang up the cauldron with the water, and light the fire. 'We
50will bake first,' said the old woman, 'I have already heated the oven, and kneaded the dough.' She pushed poor Gretel
51out to the oven, from which flames of fire were already darting. 'Creep in,' said the witch, 'and see if it is properly
52heated, so that we can put the bread in.' And once Gretel was inside, she intended to shut the oven and let her bake in
53it, and then she would eat her, too. But Gretel saw what she had in mind, and said: 'I do not know how I am to do it;
54how do I get in?' 'Silly goose,' said the old woman. 'The door is big enough; just look, I can get in myself!' and she
55crept up and thrust her head into the oven. Then Gretel gave her a push that drove her far into it, and shut the iron
56door, and fastened the bolt. Oh! then she began to howl quite horribly, but Gretel ran away and the godless witch was
57miserably burnt to death. Gretel, however, ran like lightning to Hansel, opened his little stable, and cried: 'Hansel,
58we are saved! The old witch is dead!' Then Hansel sprang like a bird from its cage when the door is opened. How they did
59rejoice and embrace each other, and dance about and kiss each other! And as they had no longer any need to fear her,
60they went into the witch's house, and in every corner there stood chests full of pearls and jewels. 'These are far
61better than pebbles!' said Hansel, and thrust into his pockets whatever could be got in, and Gretel said: 'I, too, will
62take something home with me,' and filled her pinafore full. 'But now we must be off,' said Hansel, 'that we may get out
63of the witch's forest.' When they had walked for two hours, they came to a great stretch of water. 'We cannot cross,'
64said Hansel, 'I see no foot-plank, and no bridge.' 'And there is also no ferry,' answered Gretel, 'but a white duck is
65swimming there: if I ask her, she will help us over.' Then she cried: 'Little duck, little duck, dost thou see, Hansel
66and Gretel are waiting for thee? There's never a plank, or bridge in sight, Take us across on thy back so white.'
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