About noon they saw a pretty snow-white bird sitting on a bough, and singing so sweetly that they stopped to listen. And when he had finished the bird spread his wings and flew before them, and they followed after him until they came to a little house, and the bird perched on the roof, and when they came nearer they saw that the house was built of bread, and roofed with cakes; and the window was of transparent sugar. "We will have some of this," said Hansel, "and make a fine meal. I will eat a piece of the roof, Grethel, and you can have some of the window-that will taste sweet." So Hansel reached up and broke off a bit of the roof, just to see how it tasted, and Grethel stood by the window and gnawed at it. Then they heard a thin voice call out from inside,

"Nibble, nibble, like a mouse,
Who is nibbling at my house?"

And the children answered,

"Never mind, It is the wind."

就在这时，他们看到了一只通体雪白的、极其美丽的鸟儿站在一根树枝上引吭高歌，它唱得动听极了，他们兄妹俩不由自主地停了下来，听它唱。 它唱完了歌，就张开翅膀，飞到了他们的面前，好像示意他们跟它走。 他们于是就跟着它往前走，一直走到了一幢小屋的前面，小鸟停到小屋的房顶上。 他俩这时才发现小屋居然是用香喷喷的面包做的，房顶上是厚厚的蛋糕，窗户却是明亮的糖块。
"让我们放开肚皮吧，"汉赛尔说："这下我们该美美地吃上一顿了。我要吃一小块房顶，格莱特，你可以吃窗户，它的味道肯定美极了、甜极了。"
说着，汉赛尔爬上去掰了一小块房顶下来，尝着味道。 格莱特却站在窗前，用嘴去啃那个甜窗户。 这时，突然从屋子里传出一个声音：
"啃啊！啃啊！啃啊啃！
谁在啃我的小房子？ "
孩子们回答道：
"是风啊，是风。”