Grettel wept bitterly and spoke to Hansel : `` Now it 's all up with us . '' `` No , no , Grettel , '' said Hansel , `` do n't fret yourself ; I 'll be able to find a way to escape , no fear . '' And when the old people had fallen asleep he got up , slipped on his little coat , opened the back door and stole out . The moon was shining clearly , and the white pebbles which lay in front of the house glittered like bits of silver . Hansel bent down and filled his pocket with as many of them as he could cram in . Then he went back and said to Grettel : `` Be comforted , my dear little sister , and go to sleep : God will not desert us '' ; and he lay down in bed again . At daybreak , even before the sun was up , the woman came and woke the two children : `` Get up , you lie-abeds , we 're all going to the forest to fetch wood . '' She gave them each a bit of bread and said : `` There 's something for your luncheon , but do n't you eat it up before , for it 's all you 'll get . '' Grettel took the bread under her apron , as Hansel had the stones in his pocket . Then they all set out together on the way to the forest . After they had walked for a little , Hansel stood still and looked back at the house , and this maneuver he repeated again and again . His father observed him , and said : `` Hansel , what are you gazing at there , and why do you always remain behind ? Take care , and do n't lose your footing . '' `` Oh ! father , '' said Hansel , `` I am looking back at my white kitten , which is sitting on the roof , waving me a farewell . '' The woman exclaimed : `` What a donkey you are ! that is n't your kitten , that 's the morning sun shining on the chimney . '' But Hansel had not looked back at his kitten , but had always dropped one of the white pebbles out of his pocket on to the path . When they had reached the middle of the forest the father said : `` Now , children , go and fetch a lot of wood , and I 'll light a fire that you may not feel cold . '' Hansel and Grettel heaped up brushwood till they had made a pile nearly the size of a small hill .
The brushwood was set fire to , and when the flames leaped high the woman said : `` Now lie down at the fire , children , and rest yourselves : we are going into the forest XXXXX cut down wood ; when we 've finished we 'll come back and fetch you . ''
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