Winds of Change

In Grimm brothers' world-famous mythical story about "Hänsel and Gretel" in the forest, their answer to the witch's question about the strange sound she heard, was "Der Wind, der Wind, das himmlische Kind" (the wind, the wind, the heavenly child). The story of Hänsel and Gretel is a fairy tale about famine, destitute parents, being lost in the woods, being lured by false promises, and survival through intelligence and cooperation. The children's parents were intent on abandoning them deep in the forest after recognizing that they could no longer take care of them. Indeed, there are numerous historical records of terrible famines, all over the world.