This story wrote by brothers Grimm. In a lot of cases, their stories are based on German fairy tales or old books. Therefore, time background is

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Once upon a time, there was a family of four. One day, because of their poverty, the stepmother decided to get rid of her son and daughter She took her son and daughter in the forest, and left them. Her son, Hansel spilled crumbs on the road in advance. But bird pecked at a crumb. So they wander in the forest. There, stood a little house. It was a candy house. There was an old woman in the house. Hansel and his sister, Gretel ate some cookies and candy. The fact is that the old woman is a witch and she had a scheme to eat the children. However, Gretel killed off the witch!! At last, Hansel and Gretel brought back some jewels. And they lived in happiness.