Once upon a time, in a small village in Germany, there lived a brother and a sister. The brother was named Hansel and the sister was named Gretel. Their stepmother was very unkind to them. The family was very poor. One day, the stepmother looked at the two children and had an evil idea. She said to the father, "We don't have enough food to raise these two children. Let's leave them in the forest." Although the father was very helpless, he still followed what the stepmother said.
After hearing this news, Hansel was very clever. He quietly picked up a lot of small stones on the way to the forest. When they were taken deep into the forest, the brother and sister were left there alone. However, at night, Hansel relied on the marks of the small stones he had dropped before and led Gretel back home smoothly.
When the stepmother saw them come back, she was very angry and came up with an even worse idea. A few days later, she asked the father to take the brother and sister deeper into the forest again. This time, Hansel had no chance to pick up small stones. He could only break off some breadcrumbs and scatter them along the way, hoping to find the way home as he did last time.
But the birds in the forest ate up all the breadcrumbs, and the brother and sister got completely lost in the forest. They walked and walked, and suddenly they found a house made of candies, biscuits and cakes. The roof of the house was made of chocolate and the windows were transparent sugar cubes. The brother and sister were both hungry and tired. Seeing such a house, they were very surprised.
They didn't know that this was the house of an evil witch. The witch lived in it. She used this attractive house to attract lost children and then catch and eat them. When the witch saw Hansel and Gretel, she pretended to be very friendly and invited them into the house to eat.
After Hansel and Gretel entered the house, the witch wanted to fatten Hansel up before eating him. So she gave Hansel a lot of food every day and made Gretel do a lot of housework. Gretel discovered the witch's plot. She was very frightened, but she didn't want to be eaten like this. She discussed with Hansel and they decided to find a way to escape.
One day, the witch asked Gretel to see if the oven was hot, intending to push Hansel into it to bake. Gretel pretended that she didn't know how to check. Then the witch went to check in person. At this time, Gretel pushed the witch into the oven forcefully and then closed the oven door.
The brother and sister found a lot of treasures in the witch's house. They took the treasures and walked back home along the way they came. Finally, they returned home successfully. Their father was very happy to see them come back, and the stepmother was also punished for what she had done before. From then on, Hansel, Gretel and their father lived a happy life.
