Gretel (shyly).
I'm such a goose, don't understand!
You'll have to show me
how to stand on tip-toe!
The Witch (makes a movement of impatience).
Do as I say,
it's merely play!
(She begins creeping up to the oven, muttering all the time, and just as she is bending over it, Hänsel and Gretel give her a good push, which sends her toppling over into it, upon which they quickly shut the door.)
Hänsel and Gretel (mocking her).
Then "One little push, bang