HANSEL: Close your eyes. (She does just that). Now think of something that makes you happier than anything else in the world. (Gretel closes her eyes tighter, in deep concentration). What do you see? 
GRETEL: I see kitty. And number thirty-two. And now Poppa — before his beard. 
HANSEL: Good, now open your eyes. (She does what he asks). Now stick out your pinky finger, like this, and trace a pattern on the rug. Whichever one feels right. (Gretel stares intently at the rug for a moment, chooses a pattern, then begins to run her pinky along it’s shape). 
HANSEL: Follow it to the end. Good, good. Now, close your eyes again and repeat after me: Lead us home, lead us home, wherever we may roam, lead us home.

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Sept. 2010