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from Percz

I wonder if there is any basis for mentioning the connection between this story and Wayland Wood, Watton as well as the link shown at the bottom of the page. i would also like to inquire as to the name of the author, the person who actually wrote the contents of the book. thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.111.136.4 (talk) 04:09, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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On 14 Mar 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The result was keep. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Babes in the Wood for a record of the discussion. —Korath (Talk) 01:05, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)

Sanitized versions

There are, reportedly, versions of this story with a happy ending but I have been unable to locate reliable sources on this so far. Such versions are out there, though I could use some help with the sourcing. MezzoMezzo (talk) 13:08, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The story is sufficiently similar to Hansel and Gretel and to The Lost Children (which however are more similar to each other) that one could suspect they all form part of a large family in which the various embellishments freely moved around. If that is true, then in a way you can find your answer in those articles.

Surely someone must have done scholarly research on the connections between those stories.

This image of a postcard suggests that there is also another related fairy tale in Romance languages (French and Italian) which features a 'marzipan fairy'. Hans Adler 11:37, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lots of pointers to further stories of this type here: suite101.com/article/the-history-of-hansel-and-gretel-tales-a105073. (Not linked due to spam filter.) Hans Adler 11:45, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, uh...do I just copy that into the browser with a www before it? This is something which interests me, primarily because the story is so depressing. There's got to be scholarly sources or literary studies on versions with a happy ending somewhere. MezzoMezzo (talk) 07:33, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just copy it into your browser's URL bar without www, although it probably works with www as well. You can add http:// in front, but if you don't, your browser will do it. Hans Adler 10:58, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well based on the above, I would suggest including the following paragraph:

"The events in the story have been referred to as a "Hansel and Gretel tale" due to the similarity of many folk stories to the more famous one by the Brothers Grimm. Like a number of traditional folk tales regarding abandoned children and evil wards, Babes in the Wood was likely based on a composite of the harsh realities of day-to-day life in the Middle Ages."

I hope this is acceptable. Obviously, scholarly sources need to be found - I will return once I can find some. MezzoMezzo (talk) 04:34, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What is the point of this story?

I don't get it. Is this like one of those stories where two people fall in love and one of them dies, except more emo? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:00, 20 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No. The children are left orphaned, after their wealthy, & loving parents die from fatal illnesses, & are left to the care of their greedy uncle. Whereupon he sets them both up to be murdered so that he can take their inheritances. This evil crime invokes the Wrath Of God, Who Curses him (the uncle) to misfortune after misfortune, until he is ultimately brought to justice.--Splashen (talk) 17:13, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Walt Disney Studios

It says in the article that Disney reworked the story into a short film, & included elements from Hansel and Gretel. Actually, the story WAS Hansel and Gretel, just with the name of the poem, The Babes In the Wood.--Splashen (talk) 04:32, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Additional info for Babes In The Woods

I have a poster for a 1917 movie of that title presented by William Fox; will try to upload a photo at some point if I can ever get anything to work. I see no mention of it in the existing article. It is listed in William Fox's IMDb Filmography in 1917. Larry Salisbury 172.251.107.4 (talk) 03:38, 21 September 2016 (UTC) 172.251.107.4 (talk) 22:42, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Round 288

There is a folk song that is similar to this story also called "babes in the woods" JayBirdtyper (talk) 07:28, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's given the label of roud folk song index # 288 JayBirdtyper (talk) 07:29, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]