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This scene introduces Hansel and Gretel to the audience. They are twins who live in the forest with their parents. Hansel is fascinated by facts and permanently has his head buried in his encyclopedia. Meanwhile, Gretel is interested in engineering and enjoys designing new inventions to help their lives in the forest. Like every brother and sister, the twins argue and tease each other.
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START: HANSEL: (Reads his encyclopedia.) Gretel, listen to this. It says here the universe is infinite, that it has no end... Imagine that!
[GRETEL tickles HANSEL again.]
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END: HANSEL: Can't have it! (Offers it.) No, really, here you are. [GRETEL punches him in the stomach and takes the apple. She takes a bite. ]
Carl Grose, Hansel and Gretel, Oberon Books, 2012, pp.13-16.
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