Peter and Gertrude lived with the two children in the log cabin in the forest, for many happy years. And the fairies always took good care of both Hansel and Gretel.
[THE EAGLE AND THE FOX ]
One morning the fox said to his children, "I will find some eggs for breakfast."
Then he went to the woods.
The fox saw an eagle's nest in the top branch of a tree. "How can I reach those eggs?" thought he. "Ha, ha! Now I have a plan."
He put some grass stalks into his ears and knocked on the tree with them.
"Throw an egg to me," cried the fox. "If you do not throw an egg to me, I will knock this great tree over with these grass stalks."
The eagle was terribly frightened, and she threw an egg down to the fox.
"Throw another egg down to me at once," demanded the fox, when he saw that he had frightened the eagle.
"One egg is enough," said the eagle. "I shall not throw down any more eggs."