When at last they woke it was night, and Grethel began to cry, and said, "How shall we ever get out of this wood? "But Hansel comforted her, saying, "Wait a little while longer, until the moon rises, and then we can easily find the way home." And when the full moon got up Hansel took his little sister by the hand, and followed the way where the flint stones shone like silver, and showed them the road. They walked on the whole night through, and at the break of day they came to their father's house. They knocked at the door, and when the wife opened it and saw that it was Hansel and Grethel she said, "You naughty children, why did you sleep so long in the wood? we thought you were never coming home again!" But the father was glad, for it had gone to his heart to leave them both in the woods alone.

等他们从梦中醒来时，已是漆黑的夜晚。 格莱特害怕得哭了起来，说："这下咱们找不到出森林的路了！"
"别着急，"汉赛尔安慰她说，"等一会儿月亮出来了，咱们很快就会找到出森林的路。"
不久，当一轮满月升起来时，汉赛尔就拉着他妹妹的手，循着那些月光下像银币一样在地上闪闪发光的白石子指引的路往前走。他们走了整整的一夜，在天刚破晓的时候回到了他们父亲的家门口。 他们敲敲门，来开门的是他们的继母。她打开门一见是汉赛尔和格莱特，就说："你们怎么在森林里睡了这么久，我们还以为你们不想回家了呐！"
看到孩子，父亲喜出望外，因为冷酷地抛弃两个孩子，他心中十分难受。