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“In short, fairy tales are such a picture that we can all find ourselves in it.”

                                       ⠀⠀⠀⠀                                         ⠀⠀La Fontaine

Near a great forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife, and his two children; the boy's name was Hansel and the girl's Gretel. They had very little to bite or to sup, and once, when there was great dearth in the land, the man could not even gain the daily bread. As he lay in bed one night thinking of this, and turning and tossing, he sighed heavily, and said to his wife, "What will become of us? we cannot even feed our children; there is nothing left for ourselves."…

His wife said; " You know, there's an orphanage at the end of the forest. Shall we leave the children there? At least they won't starve there. Besides, we can have them back when we're better off." His wife thought that they would live in better conditions in the orphanage than starving the children. The woodcutter, after some desperate thought, decided that this was the best solution

The orphanage was a tall towering building at the end of the forest. It was the headmaster was a very evil woman, but also a witch, he steals children's laughter with her powers, so she always looked happy. If the children in the orphanage that's why they always looked sad. It was also among the rumors that some families could not find their children when they went to pick them up.

Of course, Hansel and Gretel's family didn't believe any of that. The next day, the woodcutter told Hansel and Gretel of their decision. He said that he would take them back once their condition improved. The two brothers were very upset. They did not want to be abandoned from their parents. But they also realized that there was nothing they could do. Hansel and Gretel set off with their father, taking very little belongings of their own.

When Hansel and Gretel arrived at the orphanage with their father, they came across a very old dilapidated building. Hansel and Gretel got scared and hid behind their father. When their father knocked on the door, the headmaster of the orphanage confronted them. Their father told them that he loved them and would come back to take them. He hugged both of them and started walking away. Hansel looked around and realized that the rumors about the orphanage were true, but he did not say anything to Gretel. Hansel and Gretel hugged each other in fear. They followed the headmaster silently down the long dark corridor. After the headmaster unlocked a rusty door, the eerie sight of the dormitory appeared before the children.

The dormitory was empty and cold, but it bore traces of the other children. Muddy footprints on the floor, cracks in the walls, handprints and dirty sheets were the first things that caught their eye. Pointing to the bed in the farthest corner, the headmaster said to Gretel, "Get to the bed and wait there!" and left taking Hansel with him. After sitting on the edge of her bed anxiously for a while, Gretel heard voices coming from outside. She opened the door and started to listen to the voices coming from the opposite room.

The headmaster was shouting and Hansel was crying with a sigh. After a while the headmaster came out of the room with Hansel but there was something strange...Hansel was very unhappy. Gretel was asking what was wrong but Hansel was not talking at all. The headmaster shouted at both of them, "Go to the cafeteria at once!" They noticed there were many children in the cafeteria. But one boy caught their attention. Gretel said "Hey what's your name?" The boy with the scar on his face turned to Gretel and said, "...Mark". Hansel "How did you get here?" Mark said "A long time ago..."