Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

“ In the middle of the night the Witch crept up holding an axe in her right hand, while with her left she felt if there was any one there. Then she seized the axe with both hands, struck—and struck off her own child’s head.
When she had gone away, the Maiden got up, and went to the house of her Sweetheart Roland, and knocked at his door. When he came out, she said to him, ‘Listen, dear Roland; we must quickly fly. ”

“ My step-mother tried to kill me, but she hit her own child instead. When day comes, and she sees what she has done, we shall be lost.’
The Maiden fetched the magic wand, and then she took her step-sister’s head, and dropped three drops of blood from it
‘But,’ said Roland, ‘you must first steal her magic wand, or we shall not be able to escape if she comes after us.’ The Maiden fetched the magic wand, and then she took her step-sister’s head, and dropped three drops of blood from it—one by the bed, one in the kitchen, and one on the stairs. ”

“ Then the Maiden changed herself into a beautiful Rose in
The quicker he played, the higher she had to jump.
the middle of a briar hedge, and Roland into a Fiddler. Before long the Witch came striding along, and said to the Fiddler, ‘Good Fiddler, may I pick this beautiful Rose?’ ‘By all means,’ he said, ‘and I will play to you.’
As she crept into the hedge, in great haste to pick the flower (for she knew well who the flower was) , Roland began to play, and she had to dance, whether she liked or not, for it was a magic dance. ”