Hansel and Gretel
The witch's call from within the house: 'Nibble, nibble, gnaw, who is nibbling at my little house?' answered by the children: 'The wind, the wind, the heaven-born wind.'
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From Grimms' Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
Two children abandoned in the forest discover a witch's edible cottage and ultimately destroy her by pushing her into her own oven.
Hansel and Gretel
Hansel's trail of pebbles shining in the moonlight, and later the birds eating the breadcrumbs — the canonical image of children lost in the woods.
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Gretel shoving the witch into the oven, the defining moment of childlike cunning overcoming evil.
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