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The Brothers Grimm.

Nocturnal transmissions is proud to present

little brother and little sister

by those awful, grim.

Little brother took his little sister by the hand and said,

Since our mother died, we have had no happiness.

Our stepmother beats us every day, and if we come near her, she kicks us away with her foot.

Our meals are the hard crusts of bread that are left over.

The little dog under the table is better off, for she often throws it a nice bit.

May heaven pity us, if our mother only knew, come, we will go forth together

into the wide world. They walked the whole day over meadows, fields and stony places,

and when it rained, the little sister said, Heaven and our hearts are weeping together.

In the evening they came to a large forest,

and they were so weary with sorrow and hunger and the long walk,

that they lay down in a hollow tree and fell asleep.

The next day when they awoke the sun was already high and shone down hot into the tree. Then the little brother said,

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