Step 1 : Introduction to the question "2. A boy and a girl Found a gingerbread house and A wicked witch slew What is the name of this story?"
...1. Jack and Jill 2. Hansel and Gretel 3. Romeo and Juliet 4. Jorinde and Joringel The story of "Hansel and Gretel" is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. It is one of the most familiar of the fairy tales collected and published by the Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in 1812. In it two children are left in the forest by their father who can no longer support them. They find a house made of gingerbread which is inhabited by an old witch whose aim is to fatten them up then eat them. She is foiled by Gretel's cleverness. The story also has a wicked step-mother as one of the characters, a classic fairy device.The lesser-known "Jorinde and Joringel", which also features a wicked witch and her evil ways, is another of the Grimm's tales. Question by Jennifer5