Cottage Baby Jagi

When he lay in bed in the evening he wondered about his fate and turned his worries from side to side, he sighed and said to his wife: "What will be with us? How will we feed our poor children when we ourselves have nothing?" - "You know what, husband," said the wife, "Tomorrow in the early morning we will lead the children to the forest, where it is thickest, we will fire them and give each piece a piece of bread." Then we will get to work and the children will leave alone. and we will be free from them. " - "I am not married," said the husband, "I will not do it, because my heart will burst with grief that I left the children in the forest, that wild beasts would soon tear them away." "You fool," she said, "then we'll starve four, you can start to plan your coffins," and she would not give him peace until he agreed. "I still feel sorry for poor children," said the husband.

Children from hunger could not fall asleep and could hear what their stepmother said to her father. Małgosia poured out bitter tears and said to Jaś: "Already for us." - "Hush, Gretel !," said John, "I can do something about it." And when the old ones fell asleep, he got up, put on his coat, opened the bottom door, and quietly sneaked out of the house. The moon was shining brightly, and the white silicon pebbles that lay in front of the house shone like money. Hansel bent down and stuffed them into his coat pocket as much as he crawled in, then he came back and said to Malgosia, "Do not worry dear little sister and sleep well. Good God will not leave us." And he went back to his bed.

When the day was over night and the sun did not rise yet, the wife came and woke up both: "Get up the slut! We go to the forest to cut wood" Then she gave each piece a piece of bread and said: "You have something for dinner here, but do not eat too fast, because then you will not get anything. " Małgosia hid the bread under her apron, because Johnny had stones in his pockets. And then they all went together to the forest. When they were walking, Jaś stood quietly and looked back at the house, and he did so every now and then. Father said: "Jasia, what are you looking behind me, be careful that you do not lose your legs." - "Ah, father," said Hansel, "I am looking behind my white cat, who is sitting upstairs, on the roof and wants to tell me papa ..." And the wife said: "Fool, it's not a kitten, just the morning sun, what a chimney shines." But Johnny did not look around for the kitten, but threw shining flints from his pockets.

When they were in the middle of the forest, said the father, "Save us, children, wood, we will light a fire, so that you do not freeze." Hansel and Gretel together had brushwood, high that he looked like a small mountain. A fire was fired, and when the flames shot really high, said the wife, "Lie down by the fire, little children, and rest, and we go to the forest to chop the wood. And when we're done, we'll come for you."

Hansel and Gretel were sitting by the fire, and when noon came, he ate every piece of bread. And because they heard the ax banging, they thought the father was close. But it was not an ax, but a branch tied to a dry tree, which the wind was constantly pounding back and forth. And they sat until the eyes closed themselves with fatigue and fell asleep in a hard sleep. When they woke up, it was a dark night. Małgosia began to cry and said: "And how we will get out of this forest now !," but John, consoled her: "Wait a moment until the moon rises, and we will find a way somehow." And when the full moon was in the sky, he took his little sister by the hand and followed the flints that glowed at night like newly minted coins and showed them the way. They walked all night, and when the day was already graying, they found their father's house. They knocked on the door, and when her stepmother opened it, she said, "You bad kids! What were you sleeping in this forest? We already thought you would never come home!" But my father was pleased because his heart started to break when he left his children in the forest.

Soon after, poverty came to their doorstep, and the children heard the mother talking to her father in bed at night: "Everything is eaten again, we have only half a loaf of bread, and then it's the end of the show, we have to get rid of the children. a forest so that they can not find a way back. "There is no other way to save us." My husband's heart was heavy and he thought: "It would be better if you shared the last bite with your children." But my wife did not want to hear anything, she scolded him and reproached him. Whoever says A must say B, and because he gave up the first time, he had to give in and after the second.

The children were still awake and heard the whole conversation. When the old ones were sleeping, Hansel got up and wanted to leave to pick up the puffs as before, but stepmother closed the door and could not. He comforted his little sister and said, "Do not cry, Gretel, sleep well, good God will help us."

Early in the morning, the stepmother came to bed for the children. They got a piece of bread, a bit smaller than the last time. On the way to the forest Hansel crushed it in his pocket, often quietly stopped and threw a piece on the ground. "Jasia, what are you doing and looking around," said my father, "go ahead." - "I look behind a dove, who sits on the roof and wants to tell me papa," answered Hansel. "Fool," said the stepmother, "It's not the pigeon but the morning sun, which shines on the chimney." And John was throwing and throwing his pieces on the road.

The woman led the children even deeper into the forest, where they have never been in life before. Then again they made a big bonfire, and my mother said: "Sit here, little children, and when you are tired, you can sleep a little bit. We go to the forest to cut wood, and in the evening, when we are finished, we will come for you." When it was noon, Małgosia shared a piece of bread with Jaś because Jaś threw his piece along the way. Then they fell asleep, and when evening passed, no one came to poor children. They woke up only late at night, and John was consoling his sister, saying, "Just wait, Malgosia, until the moon rises, and we'll see the crumbs I've crumbled, They'll show us the way home." When the moon cleared, they set out on a journey, but they did not find any crumbs, because the birds, who swarm in the forest and in the field, chased them away. Hansel said to Małgosia, "Somehow we will find the way," but they did not find her. They walked all night and day from morning to evening, but they did not leave the forest. They were terribly hungry because they had nothing but a few berries. And because they were so hungry, their legs would not wear them. So they lay under the tree and fell asleep.

It was the third morning after they left their father's home. They started walking again, but they strayed even deeper into the forest. If they did not find help quickly, they would have to die. When it was noon, they saw a beautiful, snow-white bird that sat on the branch and sang so beautifully that the children stopped and listened to him. When he finished, he spread his wings and flew away, and the children followed him until they came to the house, on whose roof he sat. When the children came closer, they saw that the house was made of bread and covered with pancakes, and the windows were of light sugar. "We can go for it," said Hansel, "It will be a meal, I will eat a piece of the roof, Małgosia, and you can eat a piece of the window because it tastes sweet." Hansel reached up and broke off the roof from the roof to see how it tasted, and Gretel stood by the windowpane and crunched it. Then a thin voice called from the cottage:

"Crunch, crunch, munch
By my cottage? "
And the children replied:
"It's the wind, it's the wind,
Heavenly kid hula like that "

And they ate without getting fooled. Hansel, who liked the roof very much, he cut off a large chunk, and Małgosia chose the whole round glass, sat down and it was very nice. Suddenly, the door opened and a woman appeared in them trying to make a world based on a cane.

Hansel and Gretel were so frightened that they dropped everything they had in their hands. The old man nodded and said, "Ah, dear little children, who brought you here? Come in and stay with me, I will not hurt you." She caught both hands and led them to the house. There they got good food, milk, pancakes with sugar, apples and nuts. Then she gave them two white cuddly beds, and Hansel and Gretel lay down and thought they were in heaven.

The old woman only pretended to be so nice, because she was an old evil witch who only lurked on the house of bread, but only built a house of bread to tempt them. When some got into her power, she killed them, cooked them and ate, and it was a holiday for her. Witches have red eyes and they do not see very well, but they have a great sense of smell like animals and can sense when a human goes. When Hansel and Gretel passed nearby, she laughed maliciously and said sneeringly: "I have them and will not escape me." She got up early in the morning, before the kids woke up and looked at them as a tasty sleep and their full red cheeks, muttering: "It's going to be a bite" She grabbed Hansel his dry hand and carried it to a small manger, where it closed behind bars . He could have screamed how many things he'd got there, but it would not help him. Then she went to Małgosia and started to shake her until she awoke her and said: "Get up, lazy, and bring water." Cook something good for your brother who is sitting in the stable to get fat, and if he is fat, I will eat him. " Małgosia began to cry bitterly, but all for nothing, she had to do what the evil witch told her.

From that moment, for Jasia, the best food was, and for Małgosia, nothing but shells of crayfish. The old woman went to the stable every morning and called: "Jasiu, pull out your finger, let me know you're getting fat." But Hansel did not put out his finger, but the little bone, and the old woman, who had cloudy eyes and did not see anything, thought that it was Jasia's finger, she was surprised that it was not getting fat. When four weeks passed, and Johnny was still thin, she lost her patience and did not want to wait anymore. "Riding, Gretel," she cried to the girl, "Lean down and apply water: Will John be fat or not, I will slaughter him tomorrow and cook him." Oh, how the poor sister cried when she wore water and tears ran down her cheeks! "Dear God, help us," she cried, "If wild animals would devour us, we would at least die together." - "Save yourself this chatter," said the old woman, "Nothing will help you."

Early in the morning, Małgosia had to go out to hang the boiler with water and light a fire. "We will bake first," said the old woman. "I was already firing in the oven and crumpled the dough." She pushed poor Malgosia towards the stove, from which the flames were already bursting. "Get in," said the witch, "and see if it is well warmed up so that I can slip bread." And she wanted to close the stove when Małgosia was already inside. Małgosia was supposed to fry there, because the witch also wanted to eat her. Małgosia, however, got to know what the old woman had planned and said: "I do not know how to do it, how do I get in?" "Stupid goose," said the old woman. "You see that the hole is big enough. I would get in there myself. "Then she moved on all fours to the stove and put her head in his mouth, when Małgosia pushed her, that the old woman drove deep inside, closed the iron door, and locked the bolt Hu: She began to roar, quite horribly, but Gretel ran away, the wicked witch burned badly.

Małgosia ran straight to Jaś, opened the stall and shouted: "Jasia, we are saved." The old witch is dead. " Hansel jumped out like a bird from a cage when Małgosia opened the door for him. The children were very happy, they embraced each other and jumped around and kissed each other. And because they did not have to worry about anything anymore, they went back to the witch's house. There were chests of pearls and precious stones in all corners. "It's even better than the bubbles," said Hansel, and stuffed his pockets as much as he could. Małgosia said: "I want to bring something home too." and she filled her apron to the full. "We have to go on the road," said Hansel, "to leave the witches forest." Once they walked a few hours, they came across great water. "We can not go to the other side," said Hansel, "There is no footbridge or bridge" - "no ship is sailing," added Małgosia, "but there is a white duck flowing in. If I ask her, he will help us pass."

And then she called:

"Kaczuszko, kaczuszko
It's Jaś and Małgosia, tiny little children
They do not see a bridge or a footbridge
Take us on the white back. That children would not be like that "

Kaczuszka swam up, and John sat on it and asked his little sister to sit next to her. "No," said Malgosia, the duck would be too hard. It will lead us one by one. "And so did a good pet.After they were happily on the other side and they were walking, the forest became more and more familiar and finally they saw their father's home from afar.Then they started running, they rushed to the room and He has emptied his apron, so that the pearls and expensive stones in the room jumped, and Hansel threw a handful of them in his pockets. all the worries are over and henceforth they lived together in joy.This is the end of my beloved, get to catch, because there flies a mouse, and kisz, and kisz, And who will catch her by the tail or neck, let her with a fur kapota sew.