(Takes a strawberry from the basket and pokes it into Hänsel's mouth; he sucks it up as though he were drinking an egg.)
Hänsel (jumping up).
Oho, I can do that just like you!
(Takes some strawberries and lets them fall into Gretel's mouth.)
Let us do like the cuckoo too,
who takes what doesn't belong to him!
(It begins to grow dark.)
Hänsel (helping himself again).
Cuckoo, how are you?
Gretel.