This is the magical story of Hansel and Gretel told in rhymes for your delight. In a hut in the woods lived a girl and boy. Little did they know their mother had a ploy. The boy was named Hansel, and the girl was Gretel; they had nothing to eat or drink but water from a kettle!
A poor woodcutter's two children, lost in the woods, come upon a gingerbread house inhabited by a wicked witch. With illustrations showing characters with modern dress and possessions.