The production of the puppets on two levels allows impressing perspective effects. In this passage, the parents' size which is ten times bigger, emphasizes the dramatic effect of the scene.
But what's happening to you, little sister ? Hans I'm hungry.
These puppets are about 4 feet high and are handled with the Bunraku technique (the puppeteers dressed in black on a black background, hold the puppets thanks to rods fastened to the puppets' arms and heads).
The mother : From this place, they will never be able to find their way back.
The father : It will be so, I'm afraid.
