Once in winter, when it was freezing hard, and snow lay deep on hill and valley, the woman made a frock out of paper, called her stepdaughter, and said, "Here, put on this frock, go out into the wood and fetch me a basket of strawberries; I have a great wish for some."

"Oh dear," said the girl, "there are no strawberries to be found in winter; the ground is frozen, and the snow covers everything. And why should I go in the paper frock? it is so cold out of doors that one's breath is frozen; the wind will blow through it, and the thorns will tear it off my back!"

"How dare you contradict me!" cried the stepmother, "be off, and don't let me see you again till you bring me a basket of strawberries." Then she gave her a little piece of hard bread, and said, "That will do for you to eat during the day," and she thought to herself, "She is sure to be frozen or starved to death out of doors, and I shall never set eyes on her again."

冬天到了，一切都冻得像石头一样硬，山顶和山谷都被大雪覆盖着。 一天，女人用纸做了件衣服，把她的继女叫过来，说："听着，你穿上这件衣服，到森林里去给我采一篮草莓，我很想吃。""天哪！"姑娘说，"冬天怎么会有草莓呢？地上都结了冰，大雪把一切都盖住了，再说，我怎么能穿着这身纸衣服出去呢？外面冷得连呼出的气都能冻起来。风会往这衣服里面吹，荆棘也会把它挂破的。""你敢跟我顶嘴？"继母说，"你快给我去！要是没有采到一篮草莓，你就别想回来！"然后她又给姑娘一小块硬梆梆的面包，说："这是你一天的口粮，"心里却在想："你在外面不会冻死也会饿死的，别想再回来烦我。"