WITCH: That was a collier.
LITTLE GIRL: Then I saw a gray man.
WITCH: That was a sportsman.
LITTLE GIRL: After him I saw a blood-red man.
WITCH: That was a butcher.
LITTLE GIRL: But, oh, I was most terrified. When I peeped through your window, and saw not you, but a creature with a fiery head.
WITCH: Then you have seen the witch in her proper dress. For you I have long waited, and now you shall give me light.
NARRATOR: So saying the witch changed the little girl into a block of wood, and then threw it on the fire. When it was fully alight, she sat down on the hearth and warmed herself, saying:
WITCH: How good I feel! The fire has not burned like this for a long time!
THE END