1 At length the woman hoped that God was about to grant her desire.
2 There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child.
3 Early in the morning came the woman, and took the children out of their beds.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 4 The woman, however, would listen to nothing that he had to say, but scolded and reproached him.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 5 They agreed that until that time he should come to her every evening, for the old woman came by day.
6 In a village dwelt a poor old woman, who had gathered together a dish of beans and wanted to cook them.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN 7 The woman led the children still deeper into the forest, where they had never in their lives been before.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 8 The woman who had hoped to find a good sale, gave him what he desired, but went away quite angry and grumbling.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR 9 Suddenly the door opened, and a woman as old as the hills, who supported herself on crutches, came creeping out.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 10 The woman came up the three steps to the tailor with her heavy basket, and he made her unpack all the pots for him.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR 11 The old woman has destroyed all my brethren in fire and smoke; she seized sixty of them at once, and took their lives.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN 12 All the day long she flew about in the form of an owl, or crept about the country like a cat; but at night she always became an old woman again.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In JORINDA AND JORINDEL 13 The woman was satisfied with this; but the king's armour-bearer, who had heard all, was friendly with the young lord, and informed him of the whole plot.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR 14 When the old folks were asleep, Hansel again got up, and wanted to go out and pick up pebbles as he had done before, but the woman had locked the door, and Hansel could not get out.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 15 The man in his terror consented to everything, and when the woman was brought to bed, the enchantress appeared at once, gave the child the name of Rapunzel, and took it away with her.
16 The brushwood was lighted, and when the flames were burning very high, the woman said: 'Now, children, lay yourselves down by the fire and rest, we will go into the forest and cut some wood.'
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 17 Now it chanced that an old soldier, who had been wounded in battle and could fight no longer, passed through the country where this king reigned: and as he was travelling through a wood, he met an old woman, who asked him where he was going.
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