The Devil's Violin: 3

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Date: 06 February 2007 16:49:39

The door of the house opened and the girl went in. The witch seemed to know she was coming, and what she had come for.
“How much do you want this young man?” asked the witch.
“Oh!” said the girl, “More than anything! More than my own life!”
“Do you want him more than your soul?”
“Yes! I want him more than my own soul!”

The witch told the girl what to do, and that night, after her family were asleep, she crept out of the house, along the path into the forest. She carried with her a mirror and the largest knife from the kitchen.