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There is much to think about in "Hansel and Gretel." On one level it is all about eating and being eaten. Eating is a terribly important part of a child's life, and fears of being eaten loom large in their nightmare fantasies. The story has an eating theme from beginning to end:

* The family is going hungry because it is poor, and so the children must be sent into the forest. * They are given bread, and they leave a trail of breadcrumbs. * Birds eat the breadcrumbs. * The children find a gingerbread house and break off a piece to eat. * The witch catches them and decides to eat Hansel. * First she must fatten him up, so she feeds him. * Gretel kills the witch by pushing her into the oven. Many other fears of children are embodied in this tale, from fear of abandonment to a caution about the kindly person who means them harm. It engages the young mind at a very subconscious level and teaches the child that very bad things can and do happen but that they can be survived and overcome.

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