Gretel shook out
her pinafore, and Hansel emptied his pockets, and the floor of the
little room was quite covered with glittering precious stones.
So now their troubles were at an end, for the cruel stepmother was
dead, and Hansel and Gretel and their father lived together happily
ever after.
My story is ended, and see, there runs a little mouse, and the first
who catches him shall have a fur cap made from his skin.
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THE FAIR CATHERINE AND PIF-PAF POLTRIE
"Good day, Father Hollenthe. How do you do?" "Very well, I thank you,
Pif-paf Poltrie." "May I marry your daughter?" "Oh, yes! if the mother
Malcho (_Milk-Cow_), the brother Hohenstolz (_High and Mighty_), the
sister Kasetraut (_Cheese-maker_), and the fair Catherine are willing,
it may be so."
"Where is, then, the mother Malcho?"
"In the stable, milking the cow."
"Good day, mother Malcho. How do you do?" "Very well, I thank you,
Pif-paf Poltrie." "May I marry your daughter?" "Oh, yes! if the father
Hollenthe, the brother Hohenstolz, the sister Kasetraut, and the fair
Catherine are willing, it may be so."
"Where is, then, the brother Hohenstolz?"
"In the yard, chopping up the wood.
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