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Quotation from Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

“Nibble, nibble, like a mouse, Who is nibbling at my house?”

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (spoken by The witch)

Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales), Hansel and Grethel, trans. Lucy Crane

Portrait of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

The hungry children are eating the bread-and-cake house when a voice calls out from within.

Citation: "Nibble, nibble, like a mouse, Who is nibbling at my house?" — Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales), Hansel and Grethel, trans. Lucy Crane. (id grimms-fairy-tales-q2)

Portrait: Grimm, Elisabeth Baumann, Public domain.

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