The next day, their father called: “Children! Let’s go into the forest to cut some wood.”

Hansel took a piece of bread and put it in his pocket. The family walked and walked deep into the forest. Bit by bit, Hansel dropped a trail of breadcrumbs to mark the way home.

The father stopped and said: “I’ll make a fire. You two wait here! We’ll be back.”

Night came. And they never returned.

“Let’s follow the trail of breadcrumbs,” Hansel said. But there was no trail. The birds of the forest had eaten every crumb.

Now, Hansel and Gretel were lost in the forest.