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GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES

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The Witch climbed up 82
Pulling the piece of soft cheese out of his pocket, be squeezed it till the moisture ran out 90
They worked themselves up into such a rage thut they tore up trees by the roots, and hacked at each other till they both fell dead 94
All at once the door opened and an old, old Woman, supporting herself on a crutch, came hobbling out 104
Hansel put out a knuckle-bone, and the old Woman, whose eyes were dim, could not see, and thought it was his finger, and she was much astonished that he did mot get fat 106
When she got to the wood, she met a Wolf 116
‘O Grandmother, what big ears you have got,’ she said 118
At last she reached the cellar, and there she found an old, old woman with a shaking head 122
When Tom had said good-bye to his Father they went away with him 128
Then he ran after him, still holding the carving-knife, and cried, ‘Only one, only one!’ 140
The Old Man had to sit by himself, and ate his food from a wooden bowl 142
The quicker he played, the higher she had to jump 158
The Dwarfs, when they came in the evening, found Snowdrop lying on the ground 168
Ashenputtel goes to the ball 190
The Fishes, in their joy, stretched up their heads above the water, and promised to reward him 198
The Seven Kids and their mother capered and danced round the spring in their joy 204
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