Extra Credit Reading Notes: Hansel and Grethel Pt. 2

Story source: Household Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt (1884).

Plot:

The children Hansel and Grethel arrived back at their father's house by the way of the stones. 

The step-mother answered the door and pretended to be excited to see them. The father actually was glad to see them. 

After some time, the mother suggested the same plan because the family was once again out of food. 

Hansel again heard the conversation and went to pick up stones as he did the first time. However, the step-mother had locked the door.

Instead, the next day, Hansel dropped balled up bits of bread to follow back to the house. 

When the night fell they were unable to find the crumbs left behind. Animals and other creatures had eaten the bread set behind them. 

The two were lost and without any food. 

They eventually passed out under a tree and that is where the story ends. 

Thoughts:

This section was again pretty similar to the first. I had no idea that the first section existed and thought this was just how the story began. I couldn't tell you why the author included this repeated sequence of events in the story. It seems a lot smarter to me to just start the plot out and have the children begin with bread. But the narrative seems interrupted now that we have to start and start all over again. 
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