blue fairy tale book

Chapter 36 Hansel and Gredo (2)
At noon, Gredo took out her bread and shared it with Hansuo, because he scattered all his bread all the way on the road that came. Then they fell asleep, and the evening passed, but no one came Beside the poor children. They didn't wake up until it was dark, and Hansel comforted his sister, saying, "Wait, Gredo, until the moon rises, and then we can see the crumbs I scatter along the road , they will lead us home. When the moon came up, they got up, but didn't see a crumb, because the thousands of birds flying around the woods and fields devoured them. "It's all right," Hansel said to Gray Say more, "You'll see we can find a way out. "But they still didn't find it, and wandered about in the woods all night and from morning to night the next day, but couldn't find their way out. And they were very hungry, except for the few berries they found growing on the ground. , and ate nothing. At last they were so tired that their legs could no longer support them, and they lay down under a tree and fell asleep soundly.

On the morning of the third day after they left their father's house they began to wander again, only to go deeper and deeper into the forest, and now they felt that if they were not helped they would die at once.At noon they saw a beautiful white bird standing on a branch, singing so sweetly that they stopped in silence to listen to it.When it finished singing, it flapped its wings and flew in front of them.They followed it to a small house, and it stopped on the roof.When they got close to the house, they saw that the little house was made of bread, the roof was made of cake, and the windows were made of transparent granulated sugar. "Now we're going to have a big meal," Hansuo said. "Have a good meal. I'll eat a piece of the roof, and you, Gredo, can eat some of the windows, and you'll find it sweet." He broke off a small piece of the roof to see what it looked like, while Gredo went to the window and bit it lightly.Then a scream came from the room:

"Bite, bite, little mouse, who is biting my little house?"

The two children replied:

"Children of the sky itself, the wind and the rain come together."

And continue to eat theirs, not caring about the inside at all.Hansel was very interested in the roof and tore off a large piece, while Greedo took out a whole circular pane and sat down to enjoy it better.Suddenly the door opened and an old lady staggered out on crutches.Hansuo and Gredo were very frightened, and all the things they held in their hands fell to the ground.The old woman shook her head and said, "Ah, ah! You two lovely children, who brought you here? Come in and be with me, and nothing bad will happen to you." She He led them both by the hand into the house, and gave them a good supper--milk and pancakes with sugar, and apples and nuts.After eating, the old woman prepared two beautiful white cots for them.When Han Suo and Gredo lay on the bed, they felt as if they had entered heaven.

The old woman is outwardly very friendly, but in reality she is an old hag, here to keep children at bay, and she has built this little bakery only to lure them into it.Anyone caught by her was killed, cooked, and celebrated for the day.Witches have red eyes and can't see very far, but they also have a keen sense of smell like wild animals, and they can smell people when they pass by.When Hansel and Gredo fell into her hands, she laughed hostilely, and sneered, "Now I've got them, they can't get away." Early the next morning, the child Before they woke up, she got up and saw that they were sleeping very peacefully with their round cheeks glowing. She murmured to herself, "That must taste delicious." It was of no use to catch Hansel and take him to a small stable and bar the door, however loudly he barked.Then she came to Gredo, shook her awake, and cried, "Get up, you lazy bum, and fetch water to cook something for your brother. I'll eat him when he's fattened up." " Gredo began to cry bitterly, but it was useless. She could only do as the vicious witch ordered.

So the best meals were prepared for poor Han Suo, and Gredo could only eat crab shells.Every morning, the old woman would come limping to the stable and shout, "Hansuo, stick out your finger, let me see if you have gained weight." But Hansuo always sticks out a bone , The old woman's eyesight is very poor, she didn't see what it was, she always regarded it as Han Suo's finger, it was very strange why he didn't gain weight because of his age.After four weeks, Han Suo was still very thin, and she lost her patience and decided not to wait any longer. "Hi, Gredo," she called to the girl, to get some water.Regardless of whether Han Suo is fat or thin, I plan to kill and cook him tomorrow. "Oh! how the poor sister wept bitterly, and how the tears rolled down her cheeks, as she went to draw water!" Good God, help us! she cried. "If only the beasts of the forest would eat us, then at least we could die together." "Shut up," said the old witch, "that won't help you much." "

Early the next morning, Gredo had to go out to set up the pot, fill it with water, and light the fire. "We're going to bake the bread first," said the old woman. "I've heated up the oven and kneaded the dough." She pushed Gredo over to the stove, which was already blazing fiercely. "Climb in," said the witch, "and see if the oven is almost hot enough for us to push the bread in." She was going to trick Gredo into it, and then turn off the oven and bake her, so that she could Gredo ate it together.But Gredo saw her intention, and said:
"I don't know what to do. How can I crawl in?" "You stupid goose!" Reach into the stove.Then Gredo pushed her in, closed the iron door, and bolted the bolt.God, how terribly she screamed.But Gredo ran away quickly, and the vicious old woman was locked there and burned to death in a tragic way.

Gredo ran straight to Hansuo, opened the door of the small stable and shouted: "Hansuo, we are free, the old witch is dead." So when the door opened, Hansuo flew out of the cage like a bird run out.How happy they were, with their arms around each other's necks, and dancing and kissing each other, because there was nothing to fear anymore.So they went into the old witch's house, and in every corner they found chests of pearls and precious stones. "These are better than pebbles," said Hansel, filling his pockets with jewels.Gredo said, "I'm taking some home, too," and she filled her apron to the brim. "Now," said Hansel, "let us get far from this witch's forest."

After walking aimlessly for several hours, they came to a large lake. "We can't get through," said Hansel.

"I don't see any bridges." "No, not even a ferry," Greedo replied. "But look, there's a white duck swimming there, and he'll help us if I ask him." Then she cried:

"Here are two very sad little children, who neither see the bridge nor the boat coming; let us sit on your white back, and carry us across the lake, quack, quack!"

The duck swam towards them, and Hansuo climbed on its back and asked the little sister to sit beside him. "No," Gredo replied, "we are too heavy for the duck to carry, so she has to carry us separately." The kind duck did so, and when they landed safely on the other side of the lake and walked on After a while, they felt that the woods became more and more intimate.At last they saw their father's house in the distance, and they started running, and jumped inside and threw their arms around his father's neck.The man had not been happy since he threw them into the forest, and the woman was dead.

Gredo shook off his apron, letting the pearls and gems roll all over the room, while Hansuo grabbed them out of his pockets one by one and threw them on the ground.This way, all their frustrations ended and they lived happily ever after.

(End of this chapter)