Comic #4805: hansel-and-gretel

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Panel 1
Text: In the year of a great famine, Hansel and Gretel’s mother decided to leave them in the woods to fend for themselves.

Image description: A woman with long hair stands at a table, speaking to two children.

Panel 2
Text: Overhearing the conversation, Hansel had an idea.
Hansel: I will take these bright pebbles and leave them along our path. Then, we can follow them home.
Image description: Hansel is smiling and holding pebbles, while a girl beside him looks pleased.

Panel 3
Text: Little did they know, their mother had overheard their conversation.
Image description: The mother looks suspicious while standing near a window.

Panel 4
Text: That night, she created loops of shiny pebbles at various points in the woods.
Image description: The scene shows pebbles scattered in a wooded area at night.

Panel 5
Text: The following evening, she left them in the forest.
Text: It's easy! Just always go to the nearest pebble. Keep doing that until you arrive home.
Image description: A girl is cheerfully explaining the directions while standing next to another child.

Panel 6
Text: On the path home, they encountered a loop, which caused them to go in an endless cycle until they passed out from exhaustion.
Image description: The two children are wandering in circles in a dark forest.

Panel 7
Text: What’s the moral of this story?
Image description: The girl and Hansel look puzzled.

Panel 8
Text: There are arts far darker than witchcraft…
Image description: A sinister-looking man holds a book titled "Introduction to Algorithms" and smirks.

This comic creatively combines elements of the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale with a humorous twist about algorithms.