And did you also behold all this?
Hänsel.
Truly, 'twas wondrous fair!
And upward I saw them float.
(He turns towards the background; at this moment the last remains of the mist clear away. In place of the fir-trees is seen the "Witch's house at the Ilsenstein," shining in the rays of the rising sun. A little distance off, to the left, is an oven; opposite this, on the right, a large cage, both joined to the Witch's house by a fence of gingerbread figures.)
Zweite Scene.
Gretel (hält Hänsel betroffen zurück).
Bleib stehn! Bleib stehn!
Hänsel (eine Weile sprachlos vor Staunen).
Himmel, welch Wunder ist hier geschehn!