`The True Story of Hansel and Gretel` by Louise Murphy

The True Story of Hansel and Gretel

Transposing from the fairy tale into a parable of a holocaust , The True Story of Hansel and Gretel ' is a brainwork of Louise Murphy who traversed into the lives of Jews at the onslaught of the world war to give heartrending account of their struggle for survival

Originally , Hansel and Gretel ' was a fairy tale of German origin adapted by Giambattista Basile and then later by Brothers Grimm . They were children of a poor woodcutter and had a stepmother who feared of starvation and convinced

their father to leave them into deep forests When Hansel and Gretel came to know of their plan , Hansel gathered white pebbles and left trail behind to find their way back home . But their stepmother again coaxed woodcutter to leave them in the woods and this time children left the trail of breadcrumbs but unfortunately the birds ate these breadcrumbs and they lost the trail . They got lost in the woods and on the way they found a house made of ginger , bread and candies with sugar windows . They could not resist the temptation and started eating . Owner of the house was an old lady who invited them inside and prepared feast for them . But this old lady was a witch who wanted to bake them in the oven and eat them when they would get fat but children came to know about the trick of the old and made a plan to escape from her clutches . They...