‘I’ve not brought you anything. I want a present.’
Grettel gives him a needle. Hans takes the needle, and sticks it in a load of hay, and walks home behind the cart.
‘Good evening, Mother.’
‘Good evening, Hans. Where have you been?’
‘I’ve been to Grettel’s.’
‘What did you give her?’
‘I gave her nothing. But she made me a present.’
‘What did she give you?’
‘She gave me a needle.’
‘What did you do with it?’