‘She waited and waited, leaning against a tree, and as she stood there it seemed to her that the tree became soft and yielding, and lowered its branches. Suddenly the branches twined around her, and they were two arms. When she turned to look, the tree was a handsome young man, who held her in his arms.’

from ‘The Old Woman in the Forest’, Grimms’ Tales for Young and Old, translated by Ralph Manheim (Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1979)