Hannah and Gretel
Once upon a time… there lived two beautiful sisters who dwelt hard by a great forest with their poor, woodcutter father and their surly, jealous stepmother. The elder and wiser of the sisters was named Hannah; tall and willowy with a luscious main of auburn curls and apricot-shaded skin that was as fair and flawless as porcelain. Her younger and more impetuous sibling was named Gretel; diminutive and curvaceous with a head of raven black locks and rose-stained lips that were as sweet and seductive as wine. Hannah and Gretel lived a lowly existence of chores and poverty and were endlessly persecuted by their odious stepmother. Their father had little to bite or break and once when a great dearth fell on the land he could no longer even procure daily bread. He thought this …