“" Then the robber ran back as fast as he could to his captain, and said, " Ah, there is a horrible witch sitting in the house, who spat on me and scratched my face with her long claws ; and by the door stands a man with a knife, who stabbed me in the leg ; and in the yard there lies a black monster, who beat me with a wooden club ; and above, upon the roof, sits the judge, who called out, ' Bring the rogue here to me !' so I o;ot away…”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 27 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan