and dearly love my fellow-men.

I'm artless as a new born child!

That's why the children to me are so dear,

so dear, so dear, ah, so che-arming to eat!

(Caresses Hänsel.)

Hänsel (turning roughly away).

Go, get you gone from my sight!

I hate, I loathe you quite!

The Witch.

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