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Hansel and Gretel find an old Cabin.

But it was the wrong one.

By Russell Ormsby Published 2 years ago Updated 7 months ago 4 min read
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The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window.

"look Hansel."

"I know Gretel."

"This person looks as broke as we are?"

"I can see that Gretel, no lolly pops, no gingerbread, no decorative icing, nothing. What do they take us for?"

"I knew we should have eaten that bread instead of letting you feed it all to the birds."

"Maybe we should taste a bit? They are pretty clever with chocolate nowadays."

"Yes I've seen them make a lot of things out of chocolate and you would never know that it was made from chocolate."

"Okay come on let's try it."

"Mm? It has a woody flavor to it."

"Yes, it does. This is not nice Gretel."

"These roof tiles have been baked as hard as stone."

"Maybe these chocolate chips decorating this window sill might be tastier?"

"Yuck! I don't think that they are chocolate chips Hansel? I think that they are something that the squirrels left behind."

"That candle looks tastier."

"Let's see if anyone's home Gretel."

Knock! Knock!

"Who's there?"

"Hansel and Gretel."

"Hansel and Gretel who?"

"We don't know? Our father never told us."

The two twins looked at each other, "It's as if he has been trying to get rid of us doesn't it Hansel?"

Hansel spoke up, "Maybe you might know our father? He recently married a woman called Wicked Step Mother."

The door opened with a loud creak enough for an old lady to show her face.

"Anyway lady, your house tastes like crap." Hansel told her.

"What?" she replied.

"Your....house....tastes....like...CRAP!"

"I heard you! I'm not deaf. You're not supposed to be tasting it?"

"You're a witch aren't you?" Gretel asked.

"Who the hell are you calling a witch?"

"You. You're supposed to be a witch?" Hansel interjected

"And where did you get that idea?"

"Well...Legend has it that an old witch lives in a cabin in the woods. This is a cabin. It's in the woods isn't it?"

"Yes, but I think you two have the wrong address."

"Well, where is the cabin with the witch in it?" Gretel inquired

"Why ask me? I don't know?"

"With an attitude like that, I can see why people would never invite you to their homes. No wonder you don't know." Gretel replied.

"Look, go away before I call my dog on you."

"Don't you mean wolf?" Hansel asked.

"No? Dog."

"Dog?"

"Yes...DOG!"

"You don't happen to know a little girl who dresses in red called Riding Hood do you." Gretel wanted to know.

"Yes, that's my granddaughter."

"Her father doesn't happen to be Robin Hood is it?"

"No. Wrong forest. So what about it?"

"Oh, nothing. We always wondered why she always wore red while Robin Hood wore green that's all. We thought if he was her dad why does he wear camouflage colours yet allow his daughter to wear colours that scream 'Here wolf, come and eat me!" Hansel pondered.

"It seems as though adults don't like kids these days? Snow White's father married a woman to help get rid of her. This woman went and hired a hunter to do a hit on Snow White but he was too lazy to keep up with her and lost her in the woods. Lucky for Snow White she found an old cabin that was full of hard-working dwarves." Gretel explained

"But that didn't stop her from trying did it Gretel? She came back and knocked her out with an apple."

"Knocked her out with an apple? The woman must have a good arm on her," the old woman inquired.

"So your not a witch?" Hansel asked.

"No for the last time!"

"Can you smile? We just want to check something."

"Like what?"

"We just want to see the size of your teeth." Gretel added.

"What teeth? Can't you see that I don't have any? You two are idiots! You are the reason why a father would try to get rid of his kids. Poor man even went and married a wicked woman to help him to do the job."

"So, can you point us in the direction of a cabin made out of gingerbread? Then we shall take our leave and let you be." Hansel asked.

"Gingerbread?? Umm...Okay, go that way, where the forest starts getting really dark. Ignore any strange noises, breathing, or howling that you might hear behind you, it'll be nothing to be concerned about, just the birds."

"Oh, you don't have to tell us about how much of a nuisance the birds can be. They ate the last of the bread we had. We thought that we could eat the trail of bread crumbs that Hansel dropped while we made our way home. But the birds got to them first." Gretel explained.

"Wait one minute I'll give you some nice freshly cooked lumps of juicy roast beef that you can fill your pockets with before you go."

"That's mighty kind of you old lady."

"That was nice of her Hansel."

"I just hope her cooking is far better than her baking. Because her house tastes yuck!" 

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Russell Ormsby

Hello, let’s escape to somewhere different.

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  • Julie Lacksonen2 years ago

    Fun read!

  • Cathy holmes2 years ago

    This is hilarious. Love it.

  • Ali Howarth2 years ago

    Thumbs up! I was hoping that the lumps of juicy meat would be cooked children haha. You very effectively portrayed those kids as annoying af

  • L.C. Schäfer2 years ago

    I enjoyed this fun take on the challenge. Would you like feedback?

  • This was such a creative take on the challenge. Loved the retelling and the mentions of characters from other fairytales!

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