Jorinde and Joringel - A "Never Ending Story"
Once upon a time there was an old castle in the middle of a large, dense forest. An old woman lived all alone in the castle, she was a sorceress. During the day she turned into a cat or a night owl, but in the evening she became human again. She could lure all the animals, and then she slaughtered, boiled fried them. If you came within a hundred paces of the castle, you had to stand still and could not move from the spot until she absolved you. But if a young woman came into this circle, she turned her into a bird and locked her in a basket. She probably had seven thousand such baskets in the castle with such rare birds. At the same time there lived a girl named Jorinde. She was prettier than any other girl. She and a very handsome young man named Joringel were engaged to be married and they were having the greatest pleasure together. One beautiful evening they went for a walk in the woods and Joringel said to his loved one: "Beware, don't get that close to the castle!&qu