The Truth About Hansel and Gretel

             This is a tale that tells an alternate side to the famouse story of Hansel and Gretel. This story was inspired by some folk tales that have been told from another point of view such as The Frog Prince and The Big Bad Wolf. I attempted to write this story from the perspective of the witch and how she was "innocent" of her actions.

            Once upon a time, in a mysterious forest filled with countless little critters and other small animals, there lived a quiet old woman who loved to bake. One day the woman decided to make a whole house out of gingerbread and cakes, with window panes of clear sugar. This provided the old woman with much enjoyment and she grew to love her house to the point where she began living there in the quiet woods beyond the village. Unfortunately though, this old woman was diabetic and could not enjoy her wondrous pastries and sweets and as time moved on she soon lost her sight as well, becoming blind to the world around her.

            One day however, she herd a soft scratching almost nibbling sound coming from her rooftop. To her astonishment, there were two children eating her precious house. Infuriated by the wrong doing that has befallen her, she brought the kids into her home where she questioned them about where they were from.

            "We come from the Village." said Gretel.

            "Our father left us in the woods." stated Hansel.

            Pitying the children, the old hag allowed Gretel to stay with her inside the house, however Hansel would have to sleep outside because there wasn't enough room for him inside so he slept in the old habitat that she had set up for her previous guest. Unfortunately the two siblings were impatient and could not wait for the old hag to make them food so they began to gorge themselves on the surrounding houses once again.

            Upset that they were once again devouring her beloved home, the old witch locked Hansel in his outdoor courters and began having Gretel clean up the mess they had made.

            After several hours the witch began to feel sorry for them, partly for how she handled things and partly because they were so unhealthily thin, so she decided to bake some treats for Hansel and Gretel. When she was thrilled by their feed back of how delicious her baking was, she was easily encouraged to make more for them. After all she does love to bake. But as time went by she began to worry that she was over-feeding the two children so she continued to check Hansel's thickness by feeling his finger because she could not see due to her blindness. Unknowing that those pesky kids were playing a trick on her by offering her a bone that Hansel had found, she thought that over the course of a few weeks that he had gained virtually no weight.

            In one final attempt to "Put some meat on his bones.", as the old woman had phrased it to the two children, she decided to bake one ginormous pie the size of a grown boy. However if she was to do this she was going to need Gretel's help with the oven. When she had finally gotten the oven going and was ready to put the pie in, she had asked Gretel to check the oven to make sure it was warm enough. Thinking that she would play one last joke on the kind old hag, Gretel acted like she had no idea what was being asked of her so the woman attempted to explain to her how to check the temperature of the oven by leaning over the opening. But wouldn't you know it, Gretel decided she had  the opportunity seise the wondrous house all for themselves ,so she took it. She pushed the kind old woman, who had played host to them, into the massive oven and watched as she baked into her own pie. Even after her cruel murder the two kids continued to disrespect her not only by eating the majority of her prized house, but also by steeling her life savings of precious jewels and gems and taking them home to their father. This is the true story of Hansel and Gretel.

The End.