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Hansel said to Gretel: 'We shall soon find the way,' but they did

not find it. They walked the whole night and all the next day too

from morning till evening, but they did not get out of the

forest, and were very hungry, for they had nothing to eat but two

or three berries, which grew on the ground. And as they were so

weary that their legs would carry them no longer, they lay down

beneath a tree and fell asleep.