Kitabı oku: «Scary Fairy Tales. A1 / Страшные сказки», sayfa 3

When they finallyawoke, it was dark at night. Gretel began to cry and said, “How will we get out of woods?”

Hansel calmed her, “Wait a little until the moon comes up, and then we'll find the way.”

When full moon came up, Hansel took his little sister by the hand and followed the little stones that sparkled like new coins, showing them the way. They walked throughout the entire night, and early in the morning they arrived at the father's house.

They knocked on the door, and when the woman opened it and saw that it was Hansel and Gretel, she said, “Younasty children, why did you sleep so long in the woods? We thought that you did not want to come back.”

But the father was happy when he saw his children once more. He did not want to leave them alone.

Not long after there was once again great hunger everywhere. One evening the children heard that mother said to the father, “We have nothing to eat. We have only a half loaf of bread, and then the song will be over. We mustget ridof the children. We will take them deeper into the woods, so they will not be able to come back. Or we will all die.”

The man was very sad, 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. Who says A must also say B, and because he gave up the first time, he had to do so the second time too.

The children were still awake. They heard the conversation. When the adults were sleeping, Hansel got up and wanted again to gather little stones, but this time the door was locked, and Hansel could not go out. But he calmed his little sister and said, “Don't cry, Gretel. Sleep well. God will help us.”