A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of the Brothers Grimm tale in which Hansel and Gretel, left in the forest in a time of hunger, follow a snow-white bird to a house made of bread and cake. There Gretel outwits the wicked witch who lives inside, and the children find their way home to their father.
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Near a great forest lived a poor woodcutter, his children Hansel and Gretel, and their stepmother. Hard times came, and soon there was no bread at all.
One night the stepmother said, “Tomorrow we will leave the children in the forest.” “No!” said the father. But she gave him no peace until he agreed.
The hungry children heard it all. Gretel cried. “I will find a way,” said Hansel. He crept outside. In the moonlight, white pebbles shone like silver pennies. He filled his pocket.
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