Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman

Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman is a story written by Barbara K. Walker and illustrated by Michael Foreman based on a Turkish version of "Hansel and Gretel".

Their mother warns them to never go into the forest, where, according to their grandmother, lives a "Witch-Woman" who eats little children and uses their bones to build a fence around her house.

The boys spend all afternoon playing in the forest and soon it starts to get fairly dark, and the three become lost, hungry and tired.

Looking out of the bedroom window, he notices a knobby white fence surrounding the house and realizes it is made of human bones.

Aware of the old woman's motives, Teeny-Tiny makes up a series of bedtime rituals, such as cooking an egg, popcorn and raisins, and water in a sieve, to stall for time.

While the Witch-Woman prepares to fetch some water in a sieve for Teeny-Tiny, she places her three magic items, a bar of soap, a sewing needle, and a knife on a high shelf.

The three brothers sneak into the kitchen and climb up on each other's shoulders to steal the objects from the high shelf before fleeing from the cottage.

The knife cuts a crack in the earth, creating a ravine and abyss so long and wide, the Witch-Woman can neither run around it nor jump over it.

An animated short based on Barbara K. Walker's book was created by Weston Woods Studios in 1980.