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Quotation from Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
“Be easy, dear little sister, and go to sleep quietly; God will not forsake us”
Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales), Hansel and Grethel, trans. Lucy Crane
After hearing his stepmother's plan to leave them in the forest, Hansel slips out to gather white pebbles and comforts his weeping sister.
Citation: "Be easy, dear little sister, and go to sleep quietly; God will not forsake us" — Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales), Hansel and Grethel, trans. Lucy Crane. (id grimms-fairy-tales-q1)
Portrait: Grimm, Elisabeth Baumann, Public domain.
