The Sweetest Day by Debra Bishop
This story starts out with the children heading off into the woods with their stepmother to get wood.
They are very poor and never have enough food for them all so she comes up with an answer to the problem.
Hansel is a bit older and his sister Greta have lost their way home and find a house that looks inviting. The old woman takes them in and feeds them but she has other plans for them.
After several years she is ready to cast a spell on them so she can eat them-this is where things turn dark for me....
The children understand what's going on and try NOT to gain weight til one day she declares they are ready. Love ending, never saw it happening that way...
Different take on Hansel and Gretal fairy tale wtih twists.
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