1 The children, however, saw them coming from a distance.
2 He took it home, therefore, and the two children grew up together.
3 The children, however, were still awake and had heard the conversation.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 4 But when she came in, and went to the beds, both the children were gone.
5 'But I feel very sorry for the poor children, all the same,' said the man.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 6 The two children therefore got up, dressed themselves quickly, and went away.
7 Early in the morning came the woman, and took the children out of their beds.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 8 Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 9 Then the cook sent three servants after them, who were to run and overtake the children.
10 The children, however, saw from afar that the three servants were coming, and the cook waddling after them.
11 Early next morning the forester got up and went out hunting, and when he was gone the children were still in bed.
12 Then the children went home together, and were heartily delighted, and if they have not died, they are living still.
13 The two children had also not been able to sleep for hunger, and had heard what their stepmother had said to their father.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 14 When the three servants came to the forest, nothing was there but a rose-tree and one rose on it, but the children were nowhere.
15 The brushwood was lighted, and when the flames were burning very high, the woman said: 'Now, children, lay yourselves down by the fire and rest, we will go into the forest and cut some wood.'
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 16 Not long afterwards, there was once more great dearth throughout the land, and the children heard their mother saying at night to their father: 'Everything is eaten again, we have one half loaf left, and that is the end.'
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 17 Now this king and queen had plenty of money, and plenty of fine clothes to wear, and plenty of good things to eat and drink, and a coach to ride out in every day: but though they had been married many years they had no children, and this grieved them very much indeed.
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