![]() ![]() I must be as revolting to others as I am to myself" (p 65). When I come to a lake, I know I must metamorphose once more. The story is told as though the Ugly One is somewhat narrating to herself: "I run at first randomly. She has iron teeth, can shape-change and cannot bleed or cry. ![]() She flees, leaving behind her cherished daughter, and the story picks up with the one most of us are familiar with-but with more details. She serves her village well for many years until she makes a fatal mistake one day and is from then on doomed to serve demons as a witch. The novel begins with The Ugly One as a pious Christian midwife and follows her as she is encouraged by a neighbor to become a healer-a sorceress. This version of the famous story of Hansel and Gretel and their encounter with a candied house and the witch inside is told from the perspective of the witch. ![]()
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