Next morning , when they woke up , the sun was already high in the heavens and was shining down bright and warm into the tree . Then said brother : ` I 'm so thirsty , sister ; if I did but know where to find a little stream , I 'd go and have a drink . I do believe I hear one . ' He jumped up , took sister by the hand , and they set off to hunt for the brook . Now their cruel stepmother was in reality a witch , and she knew perfectly well that the two children had run away . She had crept secretly after them , and had cast her spells over all the streams in the forest . Presently the children found a little brook dancing and glittering over the stones , and brother was eager to drink of it , but as it rushed past sister heard it murmuring : ` Who drinks of me will be a tiger ! who drinks of me will be a tiger ! ' So she cried out , ` Oh ! dear brother , pray do n't drink , or you 'll be turned into a wild beast and tear me to pieces . ' Brother was dreadfully thirsty , but he did not drink . ` Very well , ' said he , ` I 'll wait till we come to the next spring . ' When they came to the second brook , sister heard it repeating too : ` Who drinks of me will be a wolf I who drinks of me will be a wolf ! ' And she cried , ` Oh ! brother , pray do n't drink here either , or you 'll be turned into a wolf and eat me up . ' Again brother did not drink , but he said : ` Well , I 'll wait a little longer till we reach the next stream , but then , whatever you may say , I really must drink , for I can bear this thirst no longer . ' And when they got to the third brook , sister heard it say as it rushed past : ` Who drinks of me will be a roe ! who drinks of me will be a roe ! ' And she begged , ` Ah ! brother , do n't drink yet , or you 'll become a roe and run away from me . '
But her brother was already kneeling by the XXXXX and bending over it to drink , and , sure enough , no sooner had his lips touched the water than he fell on the grass transformed into a little Roebuck .
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