Everyone knows the story of Hansel and Gretel, but no one knows that it is false. We are going to tell you the real story. Once upon a time there was a family with two young children called Hansel and Gretel, their father, who was a farmer called Dylan, and their evil stepmother Margaret. They were very poor, and they could hardly afford the animals´ food. “Let’s sell the pig!” We could earn money and save a lot, we wouldn’t have to buy more food, as he eats a lot!” proposed Dylan, the farmer. “NOT POGLO! Your kids eat way more than the poor pig! If someone leaves, it will not be Poglo!” shouted Margaret, full of anger. “WHAT?!” asked the farmer, trying to understand what was going on. “They’re my kids! How can I let them go?” The stepmother wanted them to leave so badly, but she didn´t have the final decision. His final answer was simply “NO”. The next day, Dylan prepared his children’s breakfast. He wanted to surprise them, taking them breakfast to their beds. As he walked towards the door, he realized that the fact that they ate too much was true. Hansel looked kind of fat, but he was still cute. “AHHH!” he screamed as he noticed Hansel wasn’t in his bed, and Poglo was taking his place. “AHHH!” he screamed as he noticed Gretel wasn’t there, either. Everything was probably part of Margaret’s plan. He had to go and look for them! But the question was “Where?” The only idea he could think of was to call 911. “9-1-1, what’s your emergency?” He didn´t know what to say. The police was waiting. “I lost my children, help me find them.” Meanwhile, the kids woke up in the middle of nowhere. “Where are we?” Gretel wondered. “I don’t know, it seems like we’re in a forest” Hansel replied. “I’m starving” said Gretel. “Me too, we haven’t had breakfast today”. They suddenly smelt cupcakes right behind them. “Look! Is that a house?” asked Gretel. Hansel stared at the house with curiosity. Gretel suddenly screamed “WAIT FOR ME!!!!!” as Hansel ran towards the house.
“Look what we have here.” said a very old and ugly lady that owned the candy house, “Enjoy the chocolate walls, I built all of this for hungry children like you.” The kids didn’t have to think twice. They started with the walls but couldn’t even finish the first one. “Eat more, I have no problem,” the lady insisted, but they were already full. “No, thank you, but could we stay here until we find our way back home?” asked Hansel. The woman didn’t doubt it, “Sure, I’ll show you the way, follow me!” Before the kids could notice, they found themselves trapped in a room. They were handcuffed and had no idea about what was going on. “Goodnight kids” she said, and then she whispered, “Let’s see if you wake up tomorrow.” The next day, the sound of the police car woke them up. “HANDS UP, EVERYONE!” one of them shouted. “Please, find them!” said someone crying. His voice was familiar. It was their dad! They suddenly heard a “woof”, followed by an “oink”. POGLO WAS THERE TOO! They tried to scream, but they couldn’t utter a sound. The policemen searched the house, and they found the lady, but she said she had no idea where the kids were. “Okay, nothing here,” said one of them, “let’s leave; maybe they are in another house.” A few minutes later the police was gone, but Dylan stayed. He knew his kids were there, because Poglo kept on sniffing the walls, and he wasn’t smelling them because of the chocolate, but because he was smelling something else. He hated chocolate, and candies. “HANSEL? GRETEL?” he asked shouting. He grabbed a dark chocolate chair and broke the door of the room with it. Poglo ran towards the kids and jumped over them, he was so happy! Their dad helped them escape. “What’s going on here?” the witch said as she came out of nowhere. Dylan stood in front of the children, to protect them. Poglo tried to bite the witch, but she stopped him. “Look what we have here! A little piggy!” she said. “I think I´d rather eat the pig and leave you guys for dessert.” Dylan started crying, but Hansel proposed something, “I have an idea: why don’t you let us free and we bring you someone else in return? She’s kind of fat, you’ll love her and you will get along fine!”
The children were thinking of their stepmother. Their dad realized who they were thinking about and was mad at first. Then he agreed, as his wife had caused this entire terrible situation! The witch took a minute to think and finally agreed. They walked back home followed by the old lady. When they arrived, they captured Margaret and the witch took her to the candy house. Father and the two children saw them leaving and Margaret didn´t seem afraid or disappointed. Those two would sure make a good duet. They were happy, having dinner at the table, when Gretel said “Look, Dad! I took some jewels from the witch’s house. We’re not going to be poor anymore and we don’t have to buy food for Margaret anymore!” A few months later, Hansel, Gretel, Dylan and Poglo welcomed a new family member, Cindy, the female pig. Poglo’s words were “Oinkie oink”. He seemed very interested in the new buddy and they all lived happily ever after.
THE END