• HANSEL -AND- GRETHEL … EAR a great forest there lived a poorwoodcutter and his wife, and his twochildren ; the boys name was Hanseland the girls Grethel. They had verylittle to bite or to sup, and once, whenthere was great dearth in the land, theman could not even gain the daily bread. As he lay in bed one night thinking…
Fairy tales
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