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The story ends with the children returning home. The witch is dead. They have pearls and jewels. But here is the question the fairy tale never answers: How do you go back to normal after you’ve shoved someone into an oven?

Candy and Gretel don’t just get lost. They are rejected . Psychologically, this is the core wound of every "people pleaser" or "over-achiever." They spend the rest of their lives trying to build a house safe enough to come home to, not realizing the person who locked them out was never coming back. candygrettel

Hansel gets locked in a cage. Gretel pretends to be stupid. She lies to the witch. She says, "I don't know how to check the oven." When the witch leans in, Gretel—a child—shoves a grown woman into the fire. The story ends with the children returning home

We think we know the story of Hansel & Gretel. Two kids lost in the woods. A house made of sugar. A witch who wants to eat them. They shove her in the oven and walk home with pockets full of jewels. The end. But here is the question the fairy tale

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