Hansel and Gretel is a story about a woodcutter and his wife and their two children. When the woodcutter and his wife discover that they don’t have enough money to take care of the children anymore they decide to lose them on purpose in the middle of the forest. After overhearing these horrible plans, the first time the kids are taken out into the forest they drop tiny pebbles during the walk so they can find their way back to the house again. The second time they were taken out into the forest the brother and sister dropped breadcrumbs, and their path got eaten by all of the animals on the forest. Because Hansel and Gretel couldn’t find their way back home they keep walking into the forest and eventually come across a house made of candy. To Hansel and Gretel’s dismay a very evil witch lives inside the house made of candy and tries to eat Hansel. Although this story has a moral (not to steal…) the story is very violent and talks about parents abandoning their children, little kids pushing people in stoves, and their mom dying. This particular version of the Hansel and Gretel story is definitely a version that I would not share with my students or my own children.
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