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into the woods than they had ever
been in their whole lifetime. There
they were told to sleep by a large
fire, and that the parents would
come and get them in the evening.
At midday Gretel shared her
bread with Hansel, because he had
scattered all of his along the path.
Midday passed, and evening passed,
but no one came to get the poor
children. Hansel comforted Gretel
and said, "Wait, when the moon
comes up I will be able to see the
crumbs of bread that I scattered,
and they will show us the way back
home."
The moon came up, but when
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