O welcome,
poor children innocent!
(Joyfully embracing. Meanwhile two of the boys have dragged the Witch, in the form of a big gingerbread cake, out of the ruins of the magic oven. At the sight of her they all burst into a shout of joy. The boys place the Witch in the middle of the stage.)
Father.
Children, see the wonder wrought,
how the Witch herself was caught
unaware
in the snare
laid for you with cunning rare!
All the Rest.