Hetalia Fairy Tales

Hansel and Gretel Part 1

Me: *uses England's wand to turn him into a girl*

Nyo England: great. Just great.

Next to a great forest there lived a poor woodcutter, named Francis, with his wife, Alice, and his two children. The boy's name was Vash and the girl's name was Erika. He had but little to eat, and once, when a great famine came to the land, he could no longer provide even their daily bread.

Liechtenstein: Big Brother, we get to be main characters together! *hugs him*

Switzerland: ja. *scratches the back of his neck and gives her a small smile*   This should be fun.

France: why am I the horrible father again!?

Me: you abandoned Canada! You are a horrible parent!

Nyo England: why am I the horrible mother again?

Me: The sun never sets on the British Empire cause God doesn't trust the British in the dark.

Nyo England: that was uncalled for!

One evening as he was lying in bed worrying about his problems, Francis sighed and said to his wife, "What is to become of us? How can we feed our children when we have nothing for ourselves?"
"Man, do you know what?" answered the Alice. "Early tomorrow morning we will take the two children out into the thickest part of the woods, make a fire for them, and give each of them a little piece of bread, then leave them by themselves and go off to our work. They will not find their way back home, and we will be rid of them."
"No, woman," said Francis. "I will not do that. How could I bring myself to abandon my own children alone in the woods? Wild animals would soon come and tear them to pieces."
"Oh, you fool," Alice said, "then all four of us will starve. All you can do is to plane the boards for our coffins." And she gave him no peace until he agreed.

America and Canada: yep that is definitely them.

Nyo England and France: hey!

"But I do feel sorry for the poor children," said Francis.
The two children had not been able to fall asleep because of their hunger, and they heard what their stepmother had said to their father.
Erika cried bitter tears and said to Vash, "It is over with us!"
"Be quiet, Erika," said Vash, "and don't worry. I know what to do."
And as soon as the adults had fallen asleep, he got up, pulled on his jacket, opened the lower door, and crept outside. The moon was shining brightly, and the white pebbles in front of the house were glistening like silver coins. Vash bent over and filled his jacket pockets with them, as many as would fit.
Then he went back into the house and said, "Don't worry, Erika. Sleep well. God will not forsake us." Then he went back to bed.
At daybreak, even before sunrise, Alice came and woke the two children. "Get up, you lazybones. We are going into the woods to fetch wood." Then she gave each one a little piece of bread, saying, "Here is something for midday. Don't eat it any sooner, for you'll not get any more."
Erika put the bread under her apron, because Vash's pockets were full of stones. Then all together they set forth into the woods. After they had walked a little way, Vash began stopping again and again and looking back toward the house.
Francis said, "Vash, why are you stopping and looking back? Pay attention now, and don't forget your legs."
"Oh, father," said Vash, "I am looking at my white cat that is sitting on the roof and wants to say good-bye to me."
Alice said, "You fool, that isn't your cat. That's the morning sun shining on the chimney."
However, Vash had not been looking at his cat but instead had been dropping the shiny pebbles from his pocket onto the path.
When they arrived in the middle of the woods, Francis said, "You children gather some wood, and I will make a fire so you won't freeze."
Vash and Erika gathered together some twigs, a pile as high as a small mountain.
The twigs were set afire, and when the flames were burning well, Alice said, "Lie down by the fire and rest. We will go into the woods to cut wood. When we are finished, we will come back and get you."
Hansel and Gretel sat by the fire. When midday came each one ate his little piece of bread. Because they could hear the blows of an ax, they thought that Francis was nearby. However, it was not an ax. It was a branch that he had tied to a dead tree and that the wind was beating back and forth. After they had sat there a long time, their eyes grew weary and closed, and they fell sound sleep.

Everyone: *glares at France*

France: it's a story!

When they finally awoke, it was dark at night. Erika began to cry and said, "How will we get out of woods?"
Hansel comforted her, "Wait a little until the moon comes up, and then we'll find the way."
After the full moon had come up, Vash took his little sister by the hand. They followed the pebbles that glistened there like newly minted coins, showing them the way. They walked throughout the entire night, and as morning was breaking, they arrived at their father's house.
They knocked on the door, and when Alice opened it and saw that it was Vash and Erika, she said, "You wicked children, why did you sleep so long in the woods? We thought that you did not want to come back."

Everyone: *looks at Nyo England* you're even worse.

Nyo England: it's a story!

But Francis was overjoyed when he saw his children once more, for he had not wanted to leave them alone.
Not long afterward there was once again great need everywhere, and one evening the children heard Alice say to Francis, "We have again eaten up everything. We have only a half loaf of bread, and then the song will be over. We must get rid of the children. We will take them deeper into the woods, so they will not find their way out. Otherwise there will be no help for us."