Hansel and Grethel
I've read this story before, but I don't ever remember the parents being the one's who sent the kids out to the forest in the first place. What a sad situation to be in! The rest of the story is semi-similar to what I have heard before. So, the evil step-mother made the father lead his two kids into the woods so that he and his wife would have more to eat. Their first attempt failed because the children had overheard the step-mother's plan, but the second time, it worked. They came upon a house made out of bread and sweets. The witch disguised herself as a sweet old lady that just wanted to feed them. Obviously, she wanted to EAT them. So after the first day, the witch had put Hansel in a cage outback and made Grethel feed him to make him fat. Hansel wasn't getting fat so the witch decided to eat him anyway. On that day, the witch warmed up the oven to "bake some bread" and told Grethel to get in so she could see if it was warm enough. The witch wanted to just shut up Grethel in the over though, but Grethel caught on and the witch ended up getting in to show her it was big enough and then she pushed her in and locked the door. She busted Hansel out of the cage and they both shagged out of there after filling their pockets full of jewels that the witch had all over the house. When they got back to their father's house, they found out their step-mother was dead. They showed their father all the stones that they had stolen.
Illustration of Hansel and Grethel by Theodor Hosemann. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
This story is about a couple that wanted a kid so bad, they didn't care how big he was, so of course, the wife gave birth to a boy that was no bigger than a thumb :) He was quite a sneaky little man and ended up going around tricking people to make money.
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