hansel and gretel
jacob and wilhelm grimm
next to a great forest there lived a poor woodcutter with his wife and his two children. the boy's name was hansel and the girl's name was gretel. he had but little to eat, and once, when a great famine came to the land, he could no longer provide even their daily bread.
"man, do you know what?" answered the woman. "early tomorrow morning we will take the two children out into the thickest part of the woods, make a fire for them, and give each of them a little piece of bread, then leave them by themselves and go off to our work. they will not find their way back home, and we will be rid of them.""oh, you fool," she said, "then all four of us will starve. all you can do is to plane the boards for our coffins." and she gave him no peace until he agreed."but i do feel sorry for the poor children," said the man.
the two children had not been able to fall asleep because of their hunger, and they heard what the stepmother had said to the father.
gretel cried bitter tears and said to hansel, "it is over with us!"
"be quiet, gretel," said hansel, "and don't worry. i know what to do."
and as soon as the adults had fallen asleep, he got up, pulled on his jacket, opened the lower door, and crept outside. the moon was shining brightly, and the white pebbles in front of the house were glistening like silver coins. hansel bent over and filled his jacket pockets with them, as many as would fit.
then he went back into the house and said, "don't worry, gretel. sleep well. god will not forsake us." then he went back to bed.
at daybreak, even before sunrise, the woman came and woke the two children. "get up, you lazybones. we are going into the woods to fetch wood." then she gave each one a little piece of bread, saying, "here is something for midday. don't eat it any sooner, for you'll not get any more."
gretel put the bread under her apron, because hansel's pockets were full of stones. then all together they set forth into the woods. after they had walked a little way, hansel began stopping again and again and looking back toward the house.
the father said, "hansel, why are you stopping and looking back? pay attention now, and don't forget your legs."
"oh, father," said hansel, "i am looking at my white cat that is sitting on the roof and wants to say good-bye to me."
the woman said, "you fool, that isn't your cat. that's the morning sun shining on the chimney."
however, hansel had not been looking at his cat but instead had been dropping the shiny pebbles from his pocket onto the path.
when they arrived in the middle of the woods, the father said, "you children gather some wood, and i will make a fire so you won't freeze."
hansel and gretel gathered together some twigs, a pile as high as a small mountainhansel and gretel sat by the fire. when midday came each one ate his little piece of bread. because they could hear the blows of an ax, they thought that the father was nearby. however, it was not an ax. it was a branch that he had tied to a dead
tree and that the wind was beating back and forth. after they had sat there a long time, their eyes grew weary and closed, and they fell sound sleep.
when they finally awoke, it was dark at night. gretel began to cry and said, "how will we get out of woods?"
but the father was overjoyed when he saw his children once more, for he had not wanted to leave them alone.
not long afterward there was once again great need everywhere, and one evening the children heard the mother say to the father, "we have again eaten up everything. we have only a half loaf of bread, and then the song will be over. we must get rid of the children. we will take them deeper into the woods, so they will not find their way out. otherwise there will be no help for us."
the man was very disheartened, and he thought, "it would be better to share the last bit with the children."
but the woman would not listen to him, scolded him, and criticized him. he who says a must also say b, and because he had given in the first time, he had to do so the second time as well.
early the next morning the woman came and got the children from their beds. they received their little pieces of bread, even less than the last time. on the way to the woods, hansel crumbled his piece in his pocket, then often stood still, and threw crumbs onto the ground.
"hansel, why are you always stopping and looking around?" said his father. "keep walking straight ahead."
"i can see my pigeon sitting on the roof. it wants to say good-bye to me."
"fool," said the woman, "that isn't your pigeon. that's the morning sun shining on the chimney."
but little by little hansel dropped all the crumbs onto the path. the woman took them deeper into the woods than they had ever been in their whole lifetime.
when it was midday gretel shared her bread with hansel, who had scattered his piece along the path. then they fell asleep, and evening passed, but no one came to get the poor children.
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when the moon appeared they got up, but they could not find any crumbs, for the many thousands of birds that fly about in the woods and in the fields had pecked them up. hansel said to gretel, "we will find our way," but they did not find it.
"let's help ourselves to a good meal," said hansel. "i'll eat a piece of the roof, and gretel, you eat from the window. that will be sweet."
hansel reached up and broke off a little of the roof to see how it tasted, while gretel stood next to the windowpanes and was nibbling at them. then a gentle voice called out from inside:
nibble, nibble, little mouse, who is nibbling at my house? the children answered: the wind, the wind, the heavenly child. they continued to eat, without being distracted. hansel, who very much like the taste of the roof, tore down another large piece, and gretel poked out an entire round windowpane. suddenly the door opened, and a woman, as old as the hills and leaning on a crutch, came creeping out. hansel
and gretel were so frightened that they dropped what they were holding in their hands. she took them by the hand and led them into her house. then she served them a good meal: milk and pancakes with sugar, apples, and nuts. afterward she made two nice beds for them, decked in white. hansel and gretel went to bed, thinking they were in heaven. but the old woman had only pretended to be friendly. she was a wicked witch who was lying in wait there for children. she had built her house of bread only in order to lure them to her, and if she captured one, she would kill him, cook him, and eat him; and for her that was a day to celebrate.
witches have red eyes and cannot see very far, but they have a sense of smell like animals, and know when humans are approaching.
when hansel and gretel came near to her, she laughed wickedly and spoke scornfully, "now i have them. they will not get away from me again."
early the next morning, before they awoke, she got up, went to their beds, and looked at the two of them lying there so peacefully, with their full red cheeks. "they will be a good mouthful," she mumbled to herself. then she grabbed hansel with her withered hand and carried him to a little stall, where she locked him behind a cage door. cry as he might, there was no help for him.
then she shook gretel and cried, "get up, lazybones! fetch water and cook something good for your brother. he is locked outside in the stall and is to be fattened up. when he is fat i am going to eat him."
gretel began to cry, but it was all for nothing. she had to do what the witch demanded. now hansel was given the best things to eat every day, but gretel received nothing but crayfish shells.
every morning the old woman crept out to the stall and shouted, "hansel, stick out your finger, so i can feel if you are fat yet."
but hansel stuck out a little bone, and the old woman, who had bad eyes and could not see the bone, thought it was hansel's finger, and she wondered why he didn't get fat.
when four weeks had passed and hansel was still thin, impatience overcame her, and she would wait no longer. "hey, gretel!" she shouted to the girl, "hurry up and fetch some water. whether hansel is fat or thin, tomorrow i am going to slaughter him and boil him."
oh, how the poor little sister sobbed as she was forced to carry the water, and how the tears streamed down her cheeks! "dear god, please help us," she cried. "if only the wild animals had devoured us in the woods, then we would have died together." "save your slobbering," said the old woman. "it doesn't help you at all."
the next morning gretel had to get up early, hang up the kettle with water, and make a fire.
"first we are going to bake," said the old woman. "i have already made a fire in the oven and kneaded the dough."
she pushed poor gretel outside to the oven, from which fiery flames were leaping. "climb in," said the witch, "and see if it is hot enough to put the bread in yet." and when gretel was inside, she intended to close the oven, and bake her, and eat her as well.
but gretel saw what she had in mind, so she said, "i don't know how to do that. how can i get inside?"
"stupid goose," said the old woman. the opening is big enough. see, i myself could get in." and she crawled up stuck her head into the oven.
then gretel gave her a shove, causing her to fall in. then she closed the iron door and secured it with a bar. the old woman began to howl frightfully. but gretel ran away, and the godless witch burned up miserably. gretel ran straight to hansel, unlocked his stall, and cried, "hansel, we are saved. the old witch is dead." then hansel jumped out, like a bird from its cage when someone opens its door. how happy they were! they threw their arms around each other's necks, jumped with joy, and kissed one another. because they now had nothing to fear, they went into the witch's house. in every corner were chests of pearls and precious stones. "these are better than pebbles," said hansel, filling his pockets.
gretel said, "i will take some home with me as well," and she filled her apron full. "but now we must leave," said hansel, "and get out of these witch-woods."
after walking a few hours they arrived at a large body of water. "we cannot get across," said hansel. "i cannot see a walkway or a bridge."
"there are no boats here," answered gretel, "but there is a white duck swimming. if i ask it, it will help us across."
then she called out: duckling, duckling, here stand gretel and hansel. neither a walkway nor a bridge, take us onto your white back. the duckling came up to them, and hansel climbed onto it, then asked his little sister to sit down next to him. "no," answered gretel. "that would be too heavy for the duckling. it should take us across one at a time."
that is what the good animal did, and when they were safely on the other side, and had walked on a little while, the woods grew more and more familiar to them, and finally they saw the father's house in the distance. they began to run, rushed inside, and threw their arms around the father's neck.
the man had not had even one happy hour since he had left the children in the woods. however, the woman had died. gretel shook out her apron, scattering pearls and precious stones around the room, and hansel added to them by throwing one handful after the other from his pockets.
now all their cares were at an end, and they lived happily together.
my tale is done, a mouse has run. and whoever catches it can make for himself from it a large, large fur cap.
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在大森林的边上,住着一个贫穷的樵夫,他妻子和两个孩子与他相依为命。他的儿子名叫汉赛尔,女儿名叫格莱特。他们家里原本就缺吃少喝,而这一年正好遇上国内物价飞涨,樵夫一家更是吃了上顿没下顿,连每天的面包也无法保证。这天夜里,愁得辗转难眠的樵夫躺在床上大伤脑筋,他又是叹气,又是呻吟。终於他对妻子说:「咱们怎么办哪!自己都没有一点吃的,又拿甚么去养咱们那可怜的孩子啊?」
「听我说,孩子他爹,」他老婆回答道:「明天大清早咱们就把孩子们带到远远的密林中去,在那儿给他们生一堆火,再给他们每人一小块面包,然后咱们就假装去干咱们的活,把他们单独留在那儿。他们不认识路,回不了家,咱们就不用再养他们啦。」
「不行啊,老婆,」樵夫说「:我不能这么干啊。我怎么忍心把我的孩子丢在丛林里喂野兽呢!」 「哎,你这个笨蛋,」他老婆说,「不这样的话,咱们四个全都得饿死!」接着她又叽哩呱啦、没完没了地劝他,最后,他也就只好默许了。
那时两个孩子正饿得无法入睡,正好听见了继母与父亲的全部对话。听见继母对父亲的建议,格莱特伤心地哭了起来,对汉赛尔说:「这下咱俩可全完了。」
「别吱声,格莱特,」汉赛尔安慰她说,「放心吧,我会有办法的。」
等两个大人睡熟后,他便穿上小外衣,打开后门偷偷溜到了房外。这时月色正明,皎洁的月光照得房前空地上的那些白色小石子闪闪发光,就像是一块块银币。汉赛尔蹲下身,尽力在外衣口袋里塞满白石子。然后他回屋对格莱特说:「放心吧,小妹,只管好好睡觉就是了,上帝会与我们同在的。」
说完,他回到了他的小床上睡觉。
天刚破晓,太阳还未跃出地平线,那个女人就叫醒了两个孩子,「快起来,快起来,你们这两个懒虫!」她嚷道,「我们要进山砍柴去了。」说着,她给一个孩子一小块面包,并告诫他们说:「这是你们的午饭,可别提前吃掉了,因为你们再也甭想得到任何东西了。」格莱特接过面包藏在她的围裙底下,因为汉赛尔的口袋里这时塞满了白石子。
随后,他们全家就朝着森林进发了。汉赛尔总是走一会儿便停下来回头看看自己的家,走一会儿便停下来回头看自己的家。他的父亲见了便说:「汉赛尔,你老是回头瞅甚么?
专心走你的路。」
「哦,爸爸,」汉赛尔回答说:「我在看我的白猫呢,他高高地蹲在屋顶上,想跟我说'再见'呢!」 「那不是你的小猫,小笨蛋,」继母讲,「那是早晨的阳光照在烟囱上。」其实汉赛尔并不是真的在看小猫,他是悄悄地把亮亮的白石子从口袋里掏出来,一粒一粒地丢在走过的路上。 到了森林的深处,他们的父亲对他们说:「嗨,孩子们,去拾些柴火来,我给你们生一堆火。」 汉赛尔和格莱特拾来许多枯枝,把它们堆得像小山一样高。当枯枝点着了,火焰升得老高后,继母就对他们说:「你们两个躺到火堆边上去吧,好好呆着,我和你爸爸到林子里砍柴。等一干完活,我们就来接你们回家。」
於是汉赛尔和格莱特坐在火堆旁边,等他们的父母干完活再来接他们。到了中午时分,他们就吃掉了自己的那一小块面包。因为一直能听见斧子砍树的彭、彭声,他们相信自己的父亲就在近旁。其实他们听见的根本就不是斧子发出的声音,那是一根绑在一棵小树上的枯枝,在风的吹动下撞在树干上发出来的声音。兄妹俩坐了好久好久,疲倦得上眼皮和下眼皮都打起架来了。没多久,他们俩就呼呼睡着了,等他们从梦中醒来时,已是漆黑的夜晚。格莱特害怕得哭了起来,说:「这下咱们找不到出森林的路了!」
「别着急,」汉赛尔安慰她说,「等一会儿月亮出来了,咱们很快就会找到出森林的路。」 不久,当一轮满月升起来时,汉赛尔就拉着他妹妹的手,循着那些月光下像银币一样在地上闪闪发光的白石子指引的路往前走。他们走了整整的一夜,在天刚破晓的时候回到了他们父亲的家门口。他们敲敲门,来开门的是他们的继母。她打开门一见是汉赛尔和格莱特,就说:「你们怎么在森林里睡了这么久,我们还以为你们不想回家了呐!」
看到孩子,父亲喜出望外,因为冷酷地抛弃两个孩子,他心中十分难受。
他们一家又在一起艰难地生活了。但时隔不久,又发生了全国性的饥荒。一天夜里,两个孩子又听见继母对他们的父亲说:「哎呀!能吃的都吃光了,就剩这半个面包,你看以后可怎么办啊?咱们还是得减轻负担,必须把两个孩子给扔了!这次咱们可以把他们带进更深、更远的森林中去,叫他们再也找不到路回来。只有这样才能挽救我们自己。」
听见妻子又说要抛弃孩子,樵夫心里十分难过。他心想,大家同甘共苦,共同分享最后一块面包不是更好吗?但是像天下所有的男人一样,对一个女人说个「不」字那是太难太难了,樵夫也毫不例外。就像是「谁套上了笼头,谁就必须得拉车」的道理一样,樵夫既然对妻子作过第一
次让步,当然就必然有第二次让步了,他也就不再反对妻子的建议了。
然而,孩子们听到了他们的全部谈话。等父母都睡着后,汉赛尔又从床上爬了起来,想溜出门去,像上次那样,到外边去捡些小石子,但是这次他发现门让继母给锁死了。但他心里又有了新的主意,他又安慰他的小妹妹说:「别哭,格莱特,不用担心,好好睡觉。上帝会帮助咱们的。」 一大清早,继母就把孩子们从床上揪了下来。她给了他们每人一块面包,可是比上次那块要小多了。
在去森林的途中,汉赛尔在口袋里捏碎了他的面包,并不时地停下脚步,把碎面包屑撒在路上。 「汉赛尔,你磨磨蹭蹭地在后面看甚么?」他的父亲见他老是落在后面就问他。「我在看我的小鸽子,它正站在屋顶上'咕咕咕'地跟我说再见呢。」汉赛尔回答说。
「你这个白痴,」他继母叫道,「那不是你的鸽子,那是早晨的阳光照在烟囱上面。」但是汉赛尔还是在路上一点一点地撒下了他的面包屑。
继母领着他们走了很久很久,来到了一个他们从未到过的森林中。像上次一样,又生起了一大堆火,继母又对他们说:「好好呆在这儿,孩子们,要是困了就睡一觉,我们要到远点的地方去砍柴,干完活我们就来接你们。」
到了中午,格莱特把她的面包与汉赛尔分来吃了,因为汉赛尔的面包已经撒在路上了。然后,他们俩又睡着了。一直到了半夜,仍然没有人来接这两个可怜的孩子,他们醒来已是一片漆黑。汉赛尔安慰他的妹妹说:「等月亮一出来,我们就看得见我撒在地上的面包屑了,它一定会指给我们回家的路。」
但是当月亮升起来时,他们在地上却怎么也找不到一点面包屑了,原来它们都被那些在树林里、田野上飞来飞去的鸟儿一点点地啄食了。
虽然汉赛尔也有些着急了,但他还是安慰妹妹说:「我们一定能找到路的,格莱特。」
但他们没有能够找到路,虽然他们走了一天一夜,可就是出不了森林。他们已经饿得头昏眼花,因为除了从地上找到的几颗草霉,他们没吃甚么东西。这时他们累得连脚都迈不动了,倒在一颗树下就睡着了。
这已是他们离开父亲家的第三天早晨了,他们深陷丛林,已经迷路了。如果再不能得到帮助,他们必死无疑。就在这时,他们看到了一只通体雪白的、极其美丽的鸟儿站在一根树枝上引吭高歌,它唱得动听极了,他们兄妹俩不由自主地停了下来,听它唱。它唱完了歌,就张开翅膀,飞到了他们的面前,好像示意他们跟它走。他们於是就跟着它往前走,一直走到了一幢小屋的前面,小鸟停到小屋的房顶上。他俩这时才发现小屋居然是用香喷喷的面包做的,房顶上是厚厚的蛋糕,窗户却是明亮的糖块。
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then she called out: duckling, duckling, here stand gretel and hansel. neither a walkway nor a bridge, take us onto your white back. the duckling came up to them, and hansel climbed onto it, then asked his little sister to sit down next to him. "no," answered gretel. "that would be too heavy for the duckling. it should take us across one at a time."
that is what the good animal did, and when they were safely on the other side, and had walked on a little while, the woods grew more and more familiar to them, and finally they saw the father's house in the distance. they began to run, rushed inside, and threw their arms around the father's neck.
the man had not had even one happy hour since he had left the children in the woods. however, the woman had died. gretel shook out her apron, scattering pearls and precious stones around the room, and hansel added to them by throwing one handful after the other from his pockets.
now all their cares were at an end, and they lived happily together.
my tale is done, a mouse has run. and whoever catches it can make for himself from it a large, large fur cap.
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在大森林的边上,住着一个贫穷的樵夫,他妻子和两个孩子与他相依为命。他的儿子名叫汉赛尔,女儿名叫格莱特。他们家里原本就缺吃少喝,而这一年正好遇上国内物价飞涨,樵夫一家更是吃了上顿没下顿,连每天的面包也无法保证。这天夜里,愁得辗转难眠的樵夫躺在床上大伤脑筋,他又是叹气,又是呻吟。终於他对妻子说:「咱们怎么办哪!自己都没有一点吃的,又拿甚么去养咱们那可怜的孩子啊?」
「听我说,孩子他爹,」他老婆回答道:「明天大清早咱们就把孩子们带到远远的密林中去,在那儿给他们生一堆火,再给他们每人一小块面包,然后咱们就假装去干咱们的活,把他们单独留在那儿。他们不认识路,回不了家,咱们就不用再养他们啦。」
「不行啊,老婆,」樵夫说「:我不能这么干啊。我怎么忍心把我的孩子丢在丛林里喂野兽呢!」 「哎,你这个笨蛋,」他老婆说,「不这样的话,咱们四个全都得饿死!」接着她又叽哩呱啦、没完没了地劝他,最后,他也就只好默许了。
那时两个孩子正饿得无法入睡,正好听见了继母与父亲的全部对话。听见继母对父亲的建议,格莱特伤心地哭了起来,对汉赛尔说:「这下咱俩可全完了。」
「别吱声,格莱特,」汉赛尔安慰她说,「放心吧,我会有办法的。」
等两个大人睡熟后,他便穿上小外衣,打开后门偷偷溜到了房外。这时月色正明,皎洁的月光照得房前空地上的那些白色小石子闪闪发光,就像是一块块银币。汉赛尔蹲下身,尽力在外衣口袋里塞满白石子。然后他回屋对格莱特说:「放心吧,小妹,只管好好睡觉就是了,上帝会与我们同在的。」
说完,他回到了他的小床上睡觉。
天刚破晓,太阳还未跃出地平线,那个女人就叫醒了两个孩子,「快起来,快起来,你们这两个懒虫!」她嚷道,「我们要进山砍柴去了。」说着,她给一个孩子一小块面包,并告诫他们说:「这是你们的午饭,可别提前吃掉了,因为你们再也甭想得到任何东西了。」格莱特接过面包藏在她的围裙底下,因为汉赛尔的口袋里这时塞满了白石子。
随后,他们全家就朝着森林进发了。汉赛尔总是走一会儿便停下来回头看看自己的家,走一会儿便停下来回头看自己的家。他的父亲见了便说:「汉赛尔,你老是回头瞅甚么?
专心走你的路。」
「哦,爸爸,」汉赛尔回答说:「我在看我的白猫呢,他高高地蹲在屋顶上,想跟我说'再见'呢!」 「那不是你的小猫,小笨蛋,」继母讲,「那是早晨的阳光照在烟囱上。」其实汉赛尔并不是真的在看小猫,他是悄悄地把亮亮的白石子从口袋里掏出来,一粒一粒地丢在走过的路上。 到了森林的深处,他们的父亲对他们说:「嗨,孩子们,去拾些柴火来,我给你们生一堆火。」 汉赛尔和格莱特拾来许多枯枝,把它们堆得像小山一样高。当枯枝点着了,火焰升得老高后,继母就对他们说:「你们两个躺到火堆边上去吧,好好呆着,我和你爸爸到林子里砍柴。等一干完活,我们就来接你们回家。」
於是汉赛尔和格莱特坐在火堆旁边,等他们的父母干完活再来接他们。到了中午时分,他们就吃掉了自己的那一小块面包。因为一直能听见斧子砍树的彭、彭声,他们相信自己的父亲就在近旁。其实他们听见的根本就不是斧子发出的声音,那是一根绑在一棵小树上的枯枝,在风的吹动下撞在树干上发出来的声音。兄妹俩坐了好久好久,疲倦得上眼皮和下眼皮都打起架来了。没多久,他们俩就呼呼睡着了,等他们从梦中醒来时,已是漆黑的夜晚。格莱特害怕得哭了起来,说:「这下咱们找不到出森林的路了!」
「别着急,」汉赛尔安慰她说,「等一会儿月亮出来了,咱们很快就会找到出森林的路。」
不久,当一轮满月升起来时,汉赛尔就拉着他妹妹的手,循着那些月光下像银币一样在地上闪闪发光的白石子指引的路往前走。他们走了整整的一夜,在天刚破晓的时候回到了他们父亲的家门口。他们敲敲门,来开门的是他们的继母。她打开门一见是汉赛尔和格莱特,就说:「你们怎么在森林里睡了这么久,我们还以为你们不想回家了呐!」
看到孩子,父亲喜出望外,因为冷酷地抛弃两个孩子,他心中十分难受。
他们一家又在一起艰难地生活了。但时隔不久,又发生了全国性的饥荒。一天夜里,两个孩子又听见继母对他们的父亲说:「哎呀!能吃的都吃光了,就剩这半个面包,你看以后可怎么办啊?咱们还是得减轻负担,必须把两个孩子给扔了!这次咱们可以把他们带进更深、更远的森林中去,叫他们再也找不到路回来。只有这样才能挽救我们自己。」
听见妻子又说要抛弃孩子,樵夫心里十分难过。他心想,大家同甘共苦,共同分享最后一块面包不是更好吗?但是像天下所有的男人一样,对一个女人说个「不」字那是太难太难了,樵夫也毫不例外。就像是「谁套上了笼头,谁就必须得拉车」的道理一样,樵夫既然对妻子作过第一次让步,当然就必然有第二次让步了,他也就不再反对妻子的建议了。
然而,孩子们听到了他们的全部谈话。等父母都睡着后,汉赛尔又从床上爬了起来,想溜出门去,像上次那样,到外边去捡些小石子,但是这次他发现门让继母给锁死了。但他心里又有了新的主意,他又安慰他的小妹妹说:「别哭,格莱特,不用担心,好好睡觉。上帝会帮助咱们的。」 一大清早,继母就把孩子们从床上揪了下来。她给了他们每人一块面包,可是比上次那块要小多了。
在去森林的途中,汉赛尔在口袋里捏碎了他的面包,并不时地停下脚步,把碎面包屑撒在路上。 「汉赛尔,你磨磨蹭蹭地在后面看甚么?」他的父亲见他老是落在后面就问他。「我在看我的小鸽子,它正站在屋顶上'咕咕咕'地跟我说再见呢。」汉赛尔回答说。
「你这个白痴,」他继母叫道,「那不是你的鸽子,那是早晨的阳光照在烟囱上面。」但是汉赛尔还是在路上一点一点地撒下了他的面包屑。
继母领着他们走了很久很久,来到了一个他们从未到过的森林中。像上次一样,又生起了一大堆火,继母又对他们说:「好好呆在这儿,孩子们,要是困了就睡一觉,我们要到远点的地方去砍柴,干完活我们就来接你们。」
到了中午,格莱特把她的面包与汉赛尔分来吃了,因为汉赛尔的面包已经撒在路上了。然后,他们俩又睡着了。一直到了半夜,仍然没有人来接这两个可怜的孩子,他们醒来已是一片漆黑。汉赛尔安慰他的妹妹说:「等月亮一出来,我们就看得见我撒在地上的面包屑了,它一定会指给我们回家的路。」
但是当月亮升起来时,他们在地上却怎么也找不到一点面包屑了,原来它们都被那些在树林里、田野上飞来飞去的鸟儿一点点地啄食了。
虽然汉赛尔也有些着急了,但他还是安慰妹妹说:「我们一定能找到路的,格莱特。」
但他们没有能够找到路,虽然他们走了一天一夜,可就是出不了森林。他们已经饿得头昏眼花,因为除了从地上找到的几颗草霉,他们没吃甚么东西。这时他们累得连脚都迈不动了,倒在一颗树下就睡着了。
这已是他们离开父亲家的第三天早晨了,他们深陷丛林,已经迷路了。如果再不能得到帮助,他们必死无疑。就在这时,他们看到了一只通体雪白的、极其美丽的鸟儿站在一根树枝上引吭高歌,它唱得动听极了,他们兄妹俩不由自主地停了下来,听它唱。它唱完了歌,就张开翅膀,飞到了他们的面前,好像示意他们跟它走。他们於是就跟着它往前走,一直走到了一幢小屋的前面,小鸟停到小屋的房顶上。他俩这时才发现小屋居然是用香喷喷的面包做的,房顶上是厚厚的蛋糕,窗户却是明亮的糖块。
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