< 8 >Hansel and Gretel
My tale is done, there runs a mouse, whosoever catches it, may make himself a big fur cap out of it
the end
written by Brothers Grimm
< 7 >Hansel and Gretel
But Gretel saw what she had in mind, and said, "I do not know how I am to do it. How do I get in?"
"Silly goose," said the old woman, "the door is big enough. Just look, I can get in myself." And she crept up and thrust her head into the oven.
< 6 > Hansel and Gretel
Then she seized Hansel with her shrivelled hand, carried him into a little stable, and locked him in behind a grated door. Scream as he might, it would not help him. Then she went to Gretel, shook her till she awoke, and cried, "Get up, lazy thing, fetch some water, and cook something good for your brother, he is in the stable outside, and is to be made fat. When he is fat, I will eat him
< 5 >Hansel and Gretel
"We will set to 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 window, it will taste sweet
< 4 > Hansel and Gretel
"Hansel, why do you stop and look round?" Said the father. "Go on."
"I am looking back at my little pigeon which is sitting on the roof, and wants to say good-bye to me, answered Hansel.
< 3 >Hansel and Gretel
But Hansel comforted her and said, "Just wait a little, until the moon has risen, and then we will soon find the way.
< 2 > Hansel and Gretel
When day dawned, but before the sun had risen, the woman came and awoke the two children, saying, "Get up, you sluggards. We are going into the forest to fetch wood." She gave each a little piece of bread, and said,