Hansel and Gretel are the children of a poor lumberjack. Afraid of food shortage, the carpenter's wife, the children's stepmother, persuaded the carpenter to take the children to the forest and abandon them. Handzel and Graeter heard their plan, so they collected some small stones in advance so that they could find their way home along them. When they came back, the stepmother persuaded the carpenter to throw them into the forest again. But this time, they arranged bread crumbs on the roadside. Unfortunately, the crumbs were eaten by animals in the forest, so Handzel and Gretel got lost in the forest. They looked at Hansel and Gretel.

In the forest, they found a house made of bread and the windows were made of candy. The owner of the house is an old woman. She invited them into the house and held a banquet for them. However, this old woman is actually a witch. She built this house to lure children so that she could fatten them up and kill them to eat. She locked Handzel up and asked Gleiter to serve her. When she was preparing to cook Handzel, Gleiter climbed into the stove to confirm, but Gleiter guessed that the witch was going to roast her, so she tricked the witch into climbing into the stove and scalded her alive.

After taking all the jewels from the witch's house, they found their way home and reunited with their father. At this time, their stepmother had died, and they lived happily ever after.