Have you ever thought about Hansel and Gretel, the children’s story? Hansel and Gretel’s father abandons them in the woods because their step mother says that she can no longer feed them. They are found by an evil witch who captures them and tries to fatten them up so she can eat them. They eventually push the witch into the oven and kill her. Then they return home to discover that their stepmother is dead.

It is a wonder we didn’t have more nightmares growing up.