The yellow fairy book . you all th< -<• years and you never even threwrue a bone, but the dear children gave me their own piece of ham. Then the witch was furious with the watch-dug and with thebirch-trees, because they had let the children pass. But tho duganswered: I have served you all these years and you never gave me somuch as a hard , Init the dear children gave me their own loafof bread. And the birch rustled its -leaves, and suid : • ! have sened you 220 TEE WITCH longer than I can say, and you never tied a bit of twine even roundmy branches; and the dear children bound the
The yellow fairy book . you all th< -<• years and you never even threwrue a bone, but the dear children gave me their own piece of ham. Then the witch was furious with the watch-dug and with thebirch-trees, because they had let the children pass. But tho duganswered: I have served you all these years and you never gave me somuch as a hard , Init the dear children gave me their own loafof bread. And the birch rustled its -leaves, and suid : • ! have sened you 220 TEE WITCH longer than I can say, and you never tied a bit of twine even roundmy branches; and the dear children bound them up with theirbrightest ribbons. So the witch saw there was no help to be got from her oldservants, and that the best thing she could do was to mount on herbroom and set off in pursuit of the children. And as the childrenran they heard the sound of the broom sweeping the ground closebehind them, so instantly they threw the handkerchief down overtheir shoulder, and in a moment a deep, broad river flowed The comb grows into a forest When the witch came up to it, it took her a long time beforeshe found a place which she could ford over on her broom-stick;but at last she got across, and continued the chase faster thanbefore. And as the children ran they heard a sound, and the littlesister put her ear to the ground, and heard the broom sweeping theearth close behind them; so, quick as thought, she threw the combdown on the ground, and in an instant, as the cat had said, a denseforest sprung up, in which the roots and branches were soclosely intertwined, that it was impossible to force a way throughit. So when the witch came up to it on her broom she found that THE WITCH 221 there wag nothing for it but to turn round and go back to herhut. But the twins ran straight on till they reached their own they told their father all that they had suffered, and he wasso angry with their step-mother that hs drove her out of the house,and never let her return; but he a
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