Hansel and Gretel and Richard

Grimm's "Hansel and Gretel" has been interpreted in so many, many ways. Is it about child welfare, infanticide, the transformation from children to adults, a contrast between the peasants and the upper class, maternal cannibalism, child abandonment issues, and I could go on and on. BUT....
maybe it is just about a very young child who merely pulled the stove open and sat down?