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00:00Oh, oh, oh!
00:35What you are about to see are tales from Syria and the Philippines, which will remind you
00:40of the well-known story of Hansel and Gretel.
00:43They are Hansel and Gretel's stories because they tell about innocent victims who have
00:47to escape a greedy captor with their intelligence as their only weapon.
00:52Our first tale, The Woodcutter's Wealthy Sister, comes from Syria in Southwest Asia.
01:01A woodcutter lived at the edge of the Arabian Desert.
01:04He was a mean and stubborn man.
01:06He would never listen to what his wife had to say.
01:09One day, a rich caravan was passing by.
01:12A golden litter stopped right in front of the woodcutter.
01:15Its curtains parted, revealing a beautiful princess inside.
01:20Oh, brother, how good to see you.
01:22You must come to my palace with your whole family.
01:25I will feed you all well, and you will live like a king.
01:28The woodcutter had no idea who she was.
01:31He had no sister, but he couldn't pass up an offer of food and riches.
01:37Please say yes, dear brother, for I'm lonely and I miss you so.
01:42So the woodcutter agreed.
01:43He took his wife, their ten children, and their faithful cow to the palace of the mysterious princess.
01:49They were given a richly furnished house to live in, and at meals they were served the most delicious delicacies
01:55of the land.
01:57The woodcutter's family ate and ate and grew fatter and fatter on the princess's food.
02:03Of course, the problem was, the princess wasn't anyone's sister.
02:08In fact, she wasn't even human.
02:11She was a monster.
02:14So bloodthirsty that she ate human flesh.
02:18She was fattening up the woodcutter's family so she could eat them.
02:22That night, the monster crept up to the door of the family's house.
02:26She was just about to sneak inside when she felt something grab her backside.
02:31It was the woodcutter's cow.
02:36What?
02:38Oh, husband, wake up! Wake up!
02:42What is it now?
02:43A monster! A monster!
02:46It's trying to get in the house!
02:48The cow is fighting with it!
02:50Oh, please get up and help!
02:53Go back to bed!
02:54You're only dreaming!
02:56No, it's true!
02:58You must get up!
03:00Silence!
03:01Go to sleep!
03:04The next morning, the princess came to their door.
03:07Dear brother, I would like some beef for dinner.
03:12May I kill your cow?
03:14What?
03:15No, not our cow!
03:18Oh, shut up, woman.
03:20The cow is old.
03:21And if the princess wishes it, she shall have it.
03:26And so the faithful cow was killed.
03:28And they all had beef for dinner.
03:36Tonight, the monster will kill us all.
03:39And my husband does nothing to save us.
03:42Go to sleep, stupid wife.
03:45There is no monster!
03:49When the woodcutter was asleep, his wife gathered up her ten children, all their belongings, and left.
03:55So they got away.
03:57But the stubborn woodcutter was not so lucky.
04:02And he was never heard from again.
04:06And he was never heard from me.
04:07And he was never heard from me.
04:08And he was never heard from me.
04:09And he was never heard from me.
04:09And he was never heard from me.
04:09You
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