And as they had no longer any cause for fear , they went in the old hag 's house , and here they found , in every corner of the room , boxes with pearls and precious stones . `` These are even better than pebbles , '' said Hansel , and crammed his pockets full of them ; and Grettel said : `` I too will bring something home , '' and she filled her apron full . `` But now , '' said Hansel , `` let 's go and get well away from the witch 's wood . '' When they had wandered about for some hours they came to a big lake . `` We ca n't get over , '' said Hansel ; `` I see no bridge of any sort or kind . '' `` Yes , and there 's no ferry-boat either , '' answered Grettel ; `` but look , there swims a white duck ; if I ask her she 'll help us over , '' and she called out : `` Here are two children , mournful very , Seeing neither bridge nor ferry ; Take us upon your white back , And row us over , quack , quack ! '' The duck swam toward them , and Hansel got on her back and bade his little sister sit beside him . `` No , '' answered Grettel , `` we should be too heavy a load for the duck : she shall carry us across separately . '' The good bird did this , and when they were landed safely on the other side , and had gone for a while , the wood became more and more familiar to them , and at length they saw their father 's house in the distance . Then they set off to run , and bounding into the room fell on their father 's neck . The man had not passed a happy hour since he left them in the wood , but the woman had died . Grettel shook out her apron so that the pearls and precious stones rolled about the room , and Hansel threw down one handful after the other out of his pocket . Thus all their troubles were ended , and they lived happily ever afterward . My story is done . See ! there runs a little mouse ; anyone who catches it may make himself a large fur cap out of it . -LRB- 1 -RRB- -LRB- 1 -RRB- Grimm . SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED A poor widow once lived in a little cottage with a garden in front of it , in which grew two rose trees , one bearing white roses and the other red . She had two children , who were just like the two rose trees ; one was called Snow-white and the other Rose-red , and they were the sweetest and best children in the world , always diligent and always cheerful ; but Snow-white was quieter and more gentle than Rose-red . Rose-red loved to run about the fields and meadows , and to pick flowers and catch butterflies ; but Snow-white sat at home with her mother and helped her in the household , or read aloud to her when there was no work to do .
The two children loved each other so dearly that they always walked about hand in hand whenever they went out together , and when XXXXX said , `` We will never desert each other , '' Rose-red answered : `` No , not as long as we live '' ; and the mother added : `` Whatever one gets she shall share with the other . ''
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