Now, the stepmother of these poor children was a wicked witch.She had seen the children go away, and, following them cautiously like a snake, had bewitched all the springs and streams in the forest.

此时，这两个可怜孩子的继母是个邪恶的女巫，她已经发现孩子们离家出走了，并且，她像蛇一样谨慎的跟着他们，还对这个树林里的所有小溪和小河施了魔法。

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Now, the stepmother of these poor children was a wicked witch. She had seen the children go away, and, following them cautiously like a snake, had bewitched all the springs and streams in the forest.

此时，这两个可怜孩子的继母是个邪恶的女巫，她已经发现孩子们离家出走了，并且，她像蛇一样谨慎的跟着他们，还对这个树林里的所有小溪和小河施了魔法。

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In the widely known version of Hansel and Gretel, we hear of two little children who become lost in the forest, eventually finding their way to a gingerbread house which belongs to a wicked witch.

从奇幻森林历险记的流行版本里，我们知道两个在森林里迷路的孩子最终找到了一间华美的屋子。

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Stories like Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel might be fantasy, but in the days when wolves and outlaws patrolled the forest, they were a warning for children to keep out of the woods.

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Researchers from Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina studied 30 children diagnosed with nutritional rickets over a 10-year period.

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