If death was quickly approaching you, would you not do everything you could to keep it from taking you over? This is exactly what Hansel of Hansel and Gretel did. Everyone agrees that Hansel did not want to be cooked and eaten, but some believe that he should have stuck his bone “finger” out to the witch, while some think that he should not have. I believe that Hansel should have stuck the bone “finger” out to the witch for three reasons: he had devised a smart plan, he wanted to deceive the witch, and he wanted to stay alive. The first reason that Hansel should have stuck the bone out to the witch is that he had devised a smart plan. The bone was very skinny, even though his finger was probably fat. It was little enough to pretend to be his