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We all know what that music means.
It's time for the Olympics in Paris.
I'm Matt Rogers and I'm Bowen Yeigh.
And we're doing an Olympics podcast?
Uh yeah.
We're hosting the two guys Five Rings Podcast.
Watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympics beginning July 26th on NBC and Peacock.
And for the first time, you can stream the 2024 Paris Games on the I Heart Radio app.
And listen to two guys Five Rings on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast,
or wherever you get your podcasts.
Hello, my name is Mariam.
Today's story is one that you may have last heard when you were very young.
It involves two children who head off into a forest where things take a turn for the worse.
These children are a girl and boy called Hansel and Gretel.
When they were very young, their mother died, but their father remarried.
Of course, as is always the way in fairy tales, the children's new stepmother turns out to be cruel and evil.
This is how cruel she is.
One day, she leaves the children deep into the forest.
The children are scared, especially as their father has told them never to go there.
But she turns a blind eye and leads them deeper and deeper into the forest,
turning this way and that.
And then she leaves them there alone, up up from the birds and the squirrels and some other wildlife.
But that smart thinking Hansel has used some bread crumbs that he found in his pocket
to lay a trail so they can find their way home. Simple.
Unfortunately, when they turn back to follow the trail,
they realise that those birds that I just mentioned have eaten all the bread crumbs.
So the children are stranded in the deep dark forest.
And to make matters worse, they walk further and further into the forest.
By now, they are hungry and tired.
And there's no fast food burger bar to be seen.
Then there's an interesting turn of events.
They suddenly turn up at a beautiful and colourful little cottage.
Amazingly, the cottage is made out of sweets and cakes.
Imagine that!
So without delay, they start to eat it.
Mmm, it tastes delicious.
So the children are eating the house made of sweets when suddenly,
out pops a witch who lives there.
She turns to the children and threatens to eat them.
That's not very nice, is it?
She grabs hold of them and locks them in a cage.
This old witch is quite good at cooking children,
so she's not going to turn her nose up at the chance of using them in her soup.
As Hansel has just turned eight, he's the oldest,
and so she decides to cook him first.
She starts to boil up a big pot of water,
but doesn't realise that behind her,
Gretel has escaped from her cage.
Gretel gives the wicked witch a big push,
and the witch falls straight into the boiling water.
Bye-bye, witch.
She's dead.
Then the children have to find their way home.
But before they do, they find lots of treasure lying around the house.
They quickly gather it all up and make their way home.
They walk for miles,
but eventually they get home and are greeted by their father,
who tells them that their stepmother has died.
Hooray!
The children sell the treasure,
and in turn, use the money to buy food.
And they never go hungry again.
A happy ending then,
unless you're the wicked witch or the evil stepmother.
Well, I hope you enjoy the story,
and that you'll join me for another one soon.
We all know what that music means.
It's time for the Olympics in Paris.
I'm Matt Rogers, and I'm Bowen Yeung.
And we're doing an Olympics podcast?
Uh, yeah.
We're hosting the two guys, Five Rings podcast.
Watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympics,
beginning July 26th on NBC and Peacock.
And for the first time, you can stream the 2024 Paris Games on the I Heart Radio app.
And listen to two guys, Five Rings on the I Heart Radio app,
Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.
