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Hansel and Gretel is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of Grimms' Fairy Tales. The story is about two siblings, Hansel and Gretel, who are abandoned in the forest by their parents after their stepmother convinces their father to leave them in the woods because of famine. On their first attempt, they are able to find their way back home using a trail of pebbles. However, they fail the second time when they used a trail of breadcrumbs because they were all eaten by animals. Hansel and Gretel encounter a gingerbread house made of candies and sweets.

Hansel's father finds a child lost and alone during a violent thunderstorm. After bringing her in from the tempest, he and his son are startled to discover that she is Gretel, a princess of Larkein the enemy kingdom their own king has just destroyed. Fearful for her life, Hansel pleads with his father to save her. He believes they can make Gretel good by teaching her their ways. His kindhearted father agrees, but with great trepidation. . .

Hansel y Gretel son dos hermanos que son abandonados en el bosque y encuentran una casita de chocolate y dulces. En ella vive una anciana que los invita a pasar. Sin embargo, la anciana es una bruja y los encierra….

A witty retelling of a well-known fairy tale features the adventures of two children who are abandoned in the forest and lured into the clutches of a witch by her confection cottage. By the creator of the George and Martha series.

When they are left in the woods by their parents, two children find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.

Hansel and Gretel are sent into the forest by their mother to collect berries as a punishment. The siblings get lost in the twilight and discover the gingerbread house of an old ugly witch. She enchants the children and wants to bake them into gingerbread. Hansel and Gretel use their wits to save themselves and push the wicked old woman into her own oven. The children are finally found by their worried parents, who are looking for them in the forest. In the end the family is happily united.

Revisit the tale of Hansel and Gretel. Left in the woods, the two encounter a witch. Will the brother and sister find their way out of the forest safely, or be left at the hands of the witch?

In the last months of the Nazi occupation of Poland, two children are left by their father and stepmother to find safety in a dense forest. Because their real names will reveal their Jewishness, they are renamed "Hansel" and "Gretel". They wander in the woods until they are taken in by Magda, an eccentric and stubborn old woman called "witch" by the nearby villagers.

Think there's just one fairy tale with two children sent into the woods? Think again! Cultures all around the world have their own Hansel and Gretel stories. Visit Germany, Russia, Italy, and Japan, and find out who follows a line of ashes instead of breadcrumbs, and who escapes the witch using a handkerchief that turns into a river. Listen to the Spanish audio.

"Hansel and Gretel" (also known as Hansel and Grettel, Hansel and Grethel, or Little Brother and Little Sister / German: Hänsel und Gretel) is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister kidnapped by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children escape with their lives by outwitting her. Hansel and Gretel are the young children of a poor woodcutter.

Hänsel und Gretel sind die Kinder eines armen Holzfällers, der mit seiner Frau im Wald lebt. Als die Not zu groß wird, überredet sie ihren Mann, die beiden Kinder im Wald auszusetzen. Der Holzfäller führt die beiden am nächsten Tag in den Wald. Doch Hänsel hat die Eltern belauscht und legt eine Spur aus kleinen weißen Steinen, anhand derer die Kinder zurückfinden. So kommt es, dass der Plan der Mutter scheitert. Doch der zweite Versuch gelingt: Dieses Mal haben Hänsel und Gretel nur eine Scheibe Brot dabei, die Hänsel zerbröckelt, um eine Spur zu legen.

Years have passed since Marlene's death, and Gretel, unable to cope with her mother's descent into madness, has fled the Back Country for the solitude and anonymity of the Old World. But one quiet day in the remote village of Stedwick, Gretel is taken by Gromus, an ageless mythical figure known only by locals, but whose reputation and power is steadily growing.

A charming collection of classic children's stories hosted by a hilarious wicked witch and narrated with charm and excitement. The delightful favorites include the tale of "Hansel and Gretel", the giant-sized adventures of "Tom Thumb", the hilarious story of "The Brave Little Tailor", and the real story behind the classic nursery rhyme "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe".

The classic story of Hansel and Gretel is here retold for adult readers. As in the original fairy tale, the beautiful young brother and sister are lost in the woods, then rescued by an old woman. In this version, each of them is sent off to become submissives.

Hansel and Gretel is set in medieval Germany. There appears to be some confusion around whether the wicked stepmother is actually the children's biological mother. There is also synergy between the stepmother and the witch—they both die at the same time and could be "related" metaphorically. It was commonplace, back in those darker times, to abandon offspring if there were too many mouths to feed. So a bit strange for our modern understanding, but perfectly acceptable back then! And as we all know, stepmothers are always "evil", speaking as one myself.

Papa Martin möchte seine Tochter Emma ins Bett bringen, aber sie ist einfach nicht müde. Um sie zu beruhigen, beschließt er, ihr die Geschichte von Hänsel und Gretel vorzulesen. Emma lauscht gebannt und taucht schnell in die Welt der beiden Waisenkinder ein. Sie folgt Hänsel und Gretel auf ihrem Abenteuer durch den dunklen Wald, entdeckt das lecker duftende Pfefferkuchenhaus und begegnet der freundlichen, aber geheimnisvollen Frau, die sie hereinbittet. In Emmas Träumen entfaltet sich eine zauberhafte Welt voller Spannung und Magie, bis sie schließlich sanft in einen tiefen Schlaf gleitet.

La belle-mère d'Hansel et Gretel n'aime pas les enfants. Un jour, alors que la famine frappe durement la famille, la méchante bonne femme réussit à convaincre son mari d'abandonner le frère et la sœur au fin fond de la forêt, là où rôdent les loups. Seuls, perdus, affamés et fatigués, Hansel et Gretel vont faire une bien étonnante découverte : une maison entièrement construite en chocolat, nougat et autres friandises ! Mais cette demeure est celle d'une vilaine sorcière.

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