Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

Name: Grimm's Goblins (1876) — Hans and his Wife Grettel
Author: Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

Grimm's Goblins (1876) — Hans and his Wife Grettel

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“Grimm's Goblins (1876) — Hans and his Wife Grettel”, is a work by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm. It explores elements such as Grettel, Hans and fowls.

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Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm's Goblins (1876) — Hans and his Wife Grettel

“ O Grettel! Grettel! make yourself happy, take another draught, and eat the rest of the fowl; it looks so oddly as it is; when you have eaten all, you will be easy: why should such good things be wasted?" So she ran once more to the cellar, took another drink, and ate up the rest of the fowl with the greatest glee.
Still her master did not come, and she cast a lingering eye upon the other fowl, and said, "Where the other went, this had better go too; they belong to each other; they who have a right to one must have a right to the other ”

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Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm's Goblins (1876) — Hans and his Wife Grettel

“ By and by Hans came home, but no Grettel was to be seen, and he said to himself, "What a clever wife I have! she works so hard that she does not even come home to her dinner!" Evening came and still she did not come; then Hans set off to see how much of the corn was reaped, but there it all stood untouched, and Grettel lay fast asleep in the middle. ”

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Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm's Goblins (1876) — Hans and his Wife Grettel

“ And when she came home, to put herself in good spirits, she would tipple down a drop or two of wine; and as wine gives a relish for eating, she would take a taste of everything when she was cooking, saying, "A cook ought to know whether a thing tastes well." It happened one day that her master said, "Grettel, this evening I have a friend coming to sup with me; get two fine fowls ready." "Very well, sir," said Grettel. Then she killed the fowls, plucked, and trussed them, put them on the spit, and when evening came put them to the fire to roast. ”

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Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm's Goblins (1876) — Hans and his Wife Grettel

“ The fowls turned round and round, and soon began to look nice and brown, but the guest did not come. Then Grettel cried out, "Master, if the guest does not come I must take up the fowls; but it will be a shame and a pity if they are not eaten while they are hot and good." "Well," said her master, "I'll run and tell him to come." As soon as he had turned his back, Grettel stopped the spit, and laid it with the fowls upon it on one side, and thought to herself, "Standing by the fire makes one very tired and thirsty ”

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Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm's Goblins (1876) — Hans and his Wife Grettel

“ When she came into the field, she sat down for a while and said to herself, "What shall I do? shall I sleep first or eat first? Heigho! I'll first eat a bit." Then she ate her dinner heartily, and when she had had enough she said again to herself, "What shall I do? shall I reap first or sleep first? ”

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Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm's Goblins (1876) — Hans and his Wife Grettel

“ Hans soon after got up that he might run no risk, and went (but not perhaps as quickly as he might have done) into the kitchen, and when he lifted up the boiler lid and looked in, to his great terror nothing was there but a ball of tow. Then off he slunk as dumb as a mouse, for he thought to himself that he was to blame for his laziness; and left Grettel to get on with her yarn and her spinning as fast as she pleased and no faster.
One day, however, he said to her, "Wife, I must go a little way this morning; do you go into the field and cut the corn." "Yes, to be sure, dear Hans!" said she ”

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Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm's Goblins (1876) — Hans and his Wife Grettel

“ Then Grettel was frightened lest when he had cut the sticks he should make a reel, and thus she would be forced to wind the yarn and spin again. So she pondered awhile, till at last a bright thought came into her head, and she ran slily after her husband into the wood. As soon as he had got into a tree and began to bend down a bough to cut it, she crept into the bush below, where he could not see her, and sang:
"Bend not the bough ”

Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

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