Once upon a time a very poor woodcutter
lived in a tiny cottage in the forest with his two children, Hansel and
Gretel. His second wife often ill-treated the children and was forever
nagging the woodcutter.
"There is not enough food in the house for us all. There are too many
mouths to feed! We must get rid of the two brats," she declared. And
she kept on trying to persuade her husband to abandon his children in
the forest.
"Take them miles...
