<P> The following morning, the family treks into the woods . Hansel takes a slice of bread and leaves a trail of bread crumbs for them to follow home . However, after they are once again abandoned, they find that birds have eaten the crumbs and they are lost in the woods . After days of wandering, they follow a beautiful white bird to a clearing in the woods, and discover a large cottage built of gingerbread, cakes, candy and with window panes of clear sugar . Hungry and tired, the children begin to eat the rooftop of the house, when the door opens and a hideous old hag emerges and lures the children inside, with the promise of soft beds and delicious food and a hot bath . They do this unaware that their hostess is actually a bloodthirsty witch who waylays children to cook and eat them . </P> <P> The next morning, the witch cleans out the cage in the garden from her previous captive . Then she throws Hansel into the cage and forces Gretel into becoming her slave . The witch feeds Hansel regularly to fatten him up . Hansel is smart and when the witch asks for Hansel to stick out his finger for her to see how fat he is, he sticks out a bone he finds in the cage every time . Due to her blindness, the witch is fooled into thinking Hansel is too thin to eat . After weeks of this, the witch grows too impatient and decides to eat Hansel anyway . </P> <P> The next day, the witch prepares the oven for Hansel, but decides she is hungry enough to eat Gretel too . She coaxes Gretel to the open oven and prods her to lean over in front of it to see if the fire is hot enough . Gretel, sensing the witch's intent, pretends she does not understand what she means . Infuriated, the witch demonstrates and Gretel instantly shoves the hag into the oven, slams and bolts the door shut, leaving "the ungodly creature to be burned to ashes", screaming in pain until she dies . Gretel frees Hansel from the cage and the pair discover a vase full of treasure and precious stones . Putting the jewels into their clothing, the children set off for home . </P> <P> A duck ferries them across an expanse of water and at home they find only their father who revealed that their mother died from an unknown cause . Their father had spent all his days lamenting the loss of his children and is delighted to see them safe and sound . With the witch's wealth, they all live happily ever after . </P>

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