Hansel and Gretel is the story of a young brother and sister abandoned in the forest by their wood-cutter father and their stepmother because they could not afford to keep them (Hansel). The first time the parents try to abandon the children, they overhear the plan the night before and Hansel sneaks out in the night and fills his pockets with white pebbles. When they go into the woods next day, he leaves a trail so he and Gretel can find their way home after they are abandoned. The second time, he cannot get out to gather stones, so leaves a trail of crumbs,
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