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The brother took his sister's hand and said to her, "Since our mother died we have had no good days; our stepmother beats us every day, and if we go near her she kicks us away; we have nothing to eat but hard crusts of bread left over; the dog under the table fares better," he gets a good piece every now and then. If our mother only knew, how she would pity us! Come, let us go together out into the wide world!" So they went, and journeyed the whole day through fields and meadows and stony places, and if it rained the sister said, "The skies and we are weeping together." In the evening they came to a great wood, and they were so weary with hunger and their long journey, that they climbed up into a high tree and fell asleep.

The next morning, when they awoke, the sun was high in heaven, and shone brightly through the leaves. Then said the brother, "Sister, I am thirsty; if I only knew where to find a brook, that I might go and drink! I almost think that I hear one rushing."

So the brother got down and led his sister by the hand, and they went to seek the brook. But their wicked stepmother was a witch, and had known quite well that the two children had run away, and had sneaked after them, as only witches can, and had laid a spell on all the brooks in the forest.

小弟弟拉着小姐姐的手说："自从妈妈死了之后，我们没有过过幸福的日子。继母天天打我们，而且只要我们走到她的跟前，她就用脚把我们踢开。我们每天吃的都是硬梆梆的剩面包皮，连桌子下面的小狗吃的都比我们好，因为她常常丢一些好吃的东西给它。愿上帝可怜我们，让我们的妈妈知道就好了！走，我们一起逃出去吧。"
他们在草地、田野和石岩中整整走了一天。 突然天下起了雨，小姐姐便说："看哪，天在和我们的心一起哭泣呢。"傍晚，他们来到了一片大森林，由于伤心和饥饿，再加上走了这么长的路，他们累坏了，便钻进一棵空心大树，躺在里面睡着了。
当他们第二天醒来时，太阳早已高高地挂在了天上，温暖地照进了这棵空心大树。 小弟弟说："姐姐，我口渴。要是知道哪里有条小溪，我就去喝点水。我好像听到小溪的流水声了。"弟弟站起来，拉着小姐姐的手，走过去找那条小溪。 可是他们那坏心肠的继母是个女巫，知道两个孩子逃跑了，便和所有的女巫一样，偷偷地跟在他们的后面，把森林里所有的小溪都使了妖术。