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her. Early the next morning, before
they awoke, she got up, went to
their beds, and looked at the two of
them lying there so peacefully.
"They will be a good mouthful,"
she thought.
She grabbed Hansel and put him
in a little stall, and when he awoke,
he found himself in a cage, locked
up like a young dog, and he could
walk only a few steps. Then she
shook Gretel and cried, "Get up,
lazybones! Fetch water. Go into the
kitchen and cook something to eat.
Your brother is locked in that stall
there. I want to fatten him up, and
when he is fat I am going to eat
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