子供に食物や寝床を与えてやったのに、魔女は一方的に悪く言われ、そのうえパン焼き釜のなかで焼き殺される。子どもを食べようとしたというのがその理由であるが、魔女の家から宝物を奪って逃げかえった子供たちの一方的な話である。
野口芳子、2002、『グリム童話と魔女』p.12
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Hansel and Gretel like playing in the woods, but their mother always says, “Don’t go into the woods. It’s dangerous!” One night Hansel and Gretel lose their way in the woods. It’s dark and they are afraid. The two children sleep under a tree.
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They letf the witch’s cottage and walked away through the trees. It was dark in the forest, but when they were lost the friendly birds and animals showed them the way.
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She led them inside the little cottage. A meal of pancakes, milk and fruit lay ready on the table. In the back room were two little beds. After they had eaten, the children lay down, happy to be safe at last.
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Just then, the door opened and one came an old woman, walking on crutches. Hansel and Gretel were so frightened, they dropped what they were eating. But the old woman smiled at them. “Come in, children!” she said.
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Hansel broke off a piece of bread. Gretel took a bite from one of the cakes. Soon they were both muching happily.
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Just then a beautiful white bird perched on a nearby branch. It sang so sweetly that they followed it as it flew through the trees. The bird led them straight to a little cottage! “Look, Hansel!” cried Gretel. “The cottage is made of bread and cakes, and the windows are made of sugar!”
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When they came to the middle of the forest, the woodcutter said, “I will make a fire so you won’t be cold.” “We are going to chop wood,” their stepmother said. “We will come for you when we are ready.”
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Once upon a time, there were two children, a boy called Hansel and a girl called Gretel. They lived with their father and stepmother in a little cottage at the edge of a forest.
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The bad stepmother does not live there now. Hansel and Gretel give Father the gold. Now they will never be hungry.
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