What is the relationship among the bachelor, the aunt, and the three children in “The storyteller”?

Answer 1

Is the bachelor an old family friend, the local storekeeper who gives the three children free candy, or someone they don't know at all? Whose aunt is the woman? Is she someone everybody just calls "Auntie" or is she the children's real aunt? You tell me! You might wish to read the story to find out.