Hip hurrah! Hip hurrah!
Hurrah!
(They take each other round the waist and waltz together, first in the front of the stage, and then gradually in the direction of the Witch's house. When they get there Hänsel breaks loose from Gretel and rushes into the house, shutting the door after him. Then from the upper window he throws down apples, pears, oranges, gilded nuts, and all kinds of sweetmeats into Gretel's outstretched apron. Meanwhile the oven begins crackling loudly, and the flames burn high. Then there is a loud crash, and the oven falls thundering into bits. Hänsel and Gretel, who in their terror let their sweetmeats all fall down, hurry towards the oven startled, and stand there motionless. Their astonishment increases when they become aware of a troop of children around them, whose disguise of cakes has fallen from them.)
Hänsel and Gretel (spoken).
There, see those little children dear,
I wonder how they all came here!
Vierte Scene.
Gretel (nach einer Weile).
Da, sieh nur die artigen Kinderlein,
wo mögen die hergekommen sein?