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Jul 2023
33m 22s

Hansel & Gretel

JOANNE D'AMICO
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CONTENT WARNING: This story is a vintage fairytale containing sensitive descriptions that may be triggering or upsetting and is not suitable for very young listeners. Parents should always listen to the whole story first before deciding whether the story is appropriate for their child.



Tonight’s bedtime storytelling is the story of Hansel and Gretel, a German fairytale collected by the Brother’s Grimm, about siblings are are abandoned in the forest and fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a gingerbread house. The witch locks Hansel in an iron cage and his sister Gretel saves him and they both escape with the witch’s treasure. 

Music in episode is 'Gentle Whispering' by 369 via https://www.epidemicsound.com


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