“Perhaps the children should rest,” said the stepmother finally. They were standing in a gloomy clearing. “You two sit here, while your father and I… um… cut some wood.” “I’ll make you a fire first,” said the woodcutter. “Come on!” called his wife impatiently. And she dragged her husband into the forest.

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“Theb problem is,” their stepmother was saying, there’s just not enough food for the four of us. The children will have to go.” “What?” cried the poor woodcutter.

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Hansel and Gretel heard their stepmother shout,”Dinner!” and came running. It was only a slice of bread, but they were starving.

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