Analog Hansel, digital Gretel

Illustration by Alexander Zick of Hansel and Gretel via The New York Review

And what if Hansel had a smartphone, or Gretel a social media account?

They did not awake until it was dark night, and Hansel comforted his little sister and said, "Just wait, Gretel, until the moon rises, and then we shall see the crumbs of bread which I have strewn about, they w…