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brother is fat enough now or not,
tomorrow I am going to slaughter
him and boil him. In the meantime
I want to start the dough that we
will bake to go with him." With a
sad heart Gretel fetched the water
in which Hansel was to be boiled.
The next morning Gretel had to
get up early, make a fire, and hang
up the kettle with water. "Watch it
until it boils," said the witch. "I am
going to make a fire in the oven
and put the bread into it." Gretel
stood in the kitchen and cried tears
of blood and thought that it would
have been better if wild animals
had devoured them in the woods,
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