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Frau Trude

032-frau-trude

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Original
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original ¶1

There was once a little girl who was obstinate and inquisitive, and when her parents told her to do anything, she did not obey them, so how could she fare well. One day she said to her parents, I have heard so much of frau trude, I will go to her some day. People say that everything about her does look so strange, and that there are such odd things in her house, that I have become quite curious. Her parents absolutely forbade her, and said, frau trude is a bad woman, who does wicked things, and if you go to her, you are no longer our child. But the maiden did not let herself be turned aside by her parents, prohibition, and still went to frau trude. And when she got to her, frau trude said, why are you so pale. Ah, she replied, and her whole body trembled, I have been so terrified at what I have seen. What have you seen. I saw a black man on your steps. That was a collier. Then I saw a green man. That was a huntsman. After that I saw a blood-red man. That was a butcher. Ah, frau trude, I was terrified. I looked through the window and saw not you, but, as I verily believe, the devil himself with a head of fire. Oho. Said she, then you have seen the witch in her proper costume. I have been waiting for you, and wanting you a long time already. You shall give me some light. Then she changed the girl into a block of wood, and threw it into the fire. And when it was in a full blaze she sat down close to it, and warmed herself by it, and said, that shines bright for once in a way.

v3 ¶1

Once there was a little girl who was very curious and sometimes a bit stubborn. When her parents told her to do something, she often did not listen. One day, she said to them, "I have heard so much about Frau Trude. I want to go see her. People say her house is very strange and full of odd things. I am getting quite curious." Her parents said, "No! Frau Trude is a bad woman who does mean things. If you go there, you are not our child anymore." But the little girl did not listen. She went to Frau Trude anyway. When she arrived, Frau Trude looked at her and asked, "Why are you so pale?

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v3 ¶2

I have been so scared," she said, shaking all over. "What did you see?" "I saw a man with black skin on your steps. That was a coal miner. Then I saw a man with green skin. That was a hunter. After that, I saw a man with red skin. That was a butcher." "Oh, Frau Trude," she cried. "I was so afraid! I looked through the window and saw not you, but the Devil himself with a head of fire." "Oh, I see," said she. "Then you have seen the witch in her true costume. I have been waiting for you for a long time. You shall give me some light." Then she turned the girl into a block of wood and threw it into the fire. When the wood was burning bright, she sat close to it to warm herself and said, "That shines so beautifully.

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