Hetalia Fairy Tales

Hansel and Gretel Part 3

Early the next morning, before they awoke, Yun got up, went to their beds, and looked at the two of them lying there so peacefully, with their full red cheeks. "They will be a good mouthful," she mumbled to herself. Then she grabbed Vash with her withered hand and carried him to a little stall, where she locked him behind a cage door. Cry as he might, there was no help for him.

Switzerland: you're dead! *trying to kill Nyo China*

Nyo China: *runs away screaming*

Then she shook Erika and cried, "Get up, lazybones! Fetch water and cook something good for your brother. He is locked outside in the stall and is to be fattened up. When he is fat I am going to eat him."
Erika began to cry, but it was all for nothing. She had to do what Yun demanded. Now Vash was given the best things to eat every day, but Erika received nothing but crayfish shells.
Every morning Yun crept out to the stall and shouted, "Vash, stick out your finger, so I can feel if you are fat yet."
But Vash stuck out a little bone, and Yun, who had bad eyes and could not see the bone, thought it was Vash's finger, and she wondered why he didn't get fat.
When four weeks had passed and Vash was still thin, impatience overcame her, and she would wait no longer. "Hey, Erika!" she shouted to the girl, "Hurry up and fetch some water. Whether Vash is fat or thin, tomorrow I am going to slaughter him and boil him."
Oh, how the poor little sister sobbed as she was forced to carry the water, and how the tears streamed down her cheeks! "Dear God, please help us," she cried. "If only the wild animals had devoured us in the woods, then we would have died together."

Everyone: don't cry! *glares over at Nyo China*

Nyo China: it's a story for the millionth time aru!

"Save your slobbering," said Yun. "It doesn't help you at all."
The next morning Erika had to get up early, hang up the kettle with water, and make a fire.
"First we are going to bake," said Yun. "I have already made a fire in the oven and kneaded the dough."
She pushed poor Erika outside to the oven, from which fiery flames were leaping. "Climb in," said the witch, "and see if it is hot enough to put the bread in yet." And when Erika was inside, she intended to close the oven, and bake her, and eat her as well.
But Erika saw what she had in mind, so she said, "I don't know how to do that. How can I get inside?"

Switzerland: good job

Liechtenstein: thank you!

"Stupid goose," said Yun. "The opening is big enough. See, I myself could get in." And she crawled up stuck her head into the oven.
Then Erika gave her a shove, causing her to fall in. Then she closed the iron door and secured it with a bar. Yun began to howl frightfully. But Erika ran away, and the godless witch burned up miserably. Erika ran straight to Vash, unlocked his stall, and cried, "Vash, we are saved. The old witch is dead."

Nyo China: did you really have to burn me alive aru?!

Me: yes.

Then Vash jumped out, like a bird from its cage when someone opens its door. How happy they were! They threw their arms around each other's necks, jumped with joy, and kissed one another. Because they now had nothing to fear, they went into the witch's house. In every corner were chests of pearls and precious stones.
"These are better than pebbles," said Vash, filling his pockets.
Erika said, "I will take some home with me as well," and she filled her apron full.
"But now we must leave," said Vash, "and get out of these witch-woods."
After walking a few hours they arrived at a large body of water. "We cannot get across," said Vash. "I cannot see a walkway or a bridge."
"There are no boats here," answered Erika, "but there is a white duck swimming. If I ask it, it will help us across."

Everyone: are you sure?

Me: ask the German brothers.

German brothers: yeah. It's a part of the story.

Then she called out:
Duckling, duckling,
Here stand Erika and Vash.
Neither a walkway nor a bridge,
Take us onto your white back.
The duckling, named Ludwig, came up to them, and Vash climbed onto it, then asked his little sister to sit down next to him.

Everyone: *laughing to the point they can't breathe*

Germany: shut your mouths before I do it for you!

"No," answered Erika. "That would be too heavy for the duckling. It should take us across one at a time."
That is what the Ludwig did, and when they were safely on the other side, and had walked on a little while, the woods grew more and more familiar to them, and finally they saw Francis's house in the distance. They began to run, rushed inside, and threw their arms around the father's neck.
Francis had not had even one happy hour since he had left the children in the woods. However, Alice had died. Erika shook out her apron, scattering pearls and precious stones around the room, and Vash added to them by throwing one handful after the other from his pockets.

Nyo England: wait I died to! Off screen!?

Now all their cares were at an end, and they lived happily together.
My tale is done,
A mouse has run.
And whoever catches it can make for himself from it a large, large fur cap.

Everyone: wait what?

America: so they lived happily, but what's with...

German Brothers: it's just a part of the story! Move on!

Liechtenstein: that was fun!

Switzerland: *nods and glared at China and England*

China and England: I didn't... at all

Francis: I only liked it cause England was miserable!

England: bloody frog!

Me: anyway! Here is the list of requests.
1. Goldilocks and the Three Bears starring: Liechtenstein and the Baltic Trio
2. The Princess and the Frog starring: France and England
3. Disney's Little Mermaid starring: Denmark and Norway
4. Beauty and the Beast starring: Germany and Italy
5. Sleeping Beauty starring: America and Romano
6. Jūratė and Kastytis starring: Poland and Lithuania
7. Eglė the Queen of Serpents starring: America and Lithuania
8. America and Belarus: The Nutcracker
9. Prussia and Canada (don't have a fairytale)