The Magic Circle
by Donna Jo Napoli
If she keeps far enough away from humans, perhaps she won't be forced
to hurt them. Deep in the woods lives the old witch called Ugly One.
All she wants is to forget -- that she was once a loving mother and
a healer, blessed and powerful within her magic circle, and not a
witch, claimed by the devils. Then one day she hears the footsteps
she dreads. Then real voices -- children's voices. The Ugly One longs
to take care of sturdy, sensible Gretel and her young brother Hansel.
They are such good children, such delicious, beautiful children. But
the demons' voices scream in her head: 'Eat them!' How can she?...
How can she not?
Hansel and Gretel
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