Hansel and Gretel

Once  upon  a  time,  there  lived  two  children  called  Hansel  and  Gretel.  They  lived  with  their  father  and  stepmother  in  a  house  in  the  woods.  Their  father  was  a  woodcutter.  The  woodcutter  was  very  poor.  He  could  no  longer  provide  food  for  his  family.

One  night,  his  wife  suggested  that  they  take  the  children  into  the  forest  and  leave  them  there.  Hansel  and  Gretel  overheard  what  their  stepmother  had  said.  They  were  very  sad.  Hansel  crept  outside  and  found  some  white  pebbles.  They  shone  brightly  in  the  moonlight.

He  filled  his  pockets  with  the  pebbles  and  crept  back  inside.  The  next  morning,  they  all  went  for  a  walk  in  the  forest.  As  they  walked,  Hansel  dropped  the  pebbles  along  the  path.  They  went  further  and  further  into  the  forest.  Hansel  and  Gretel  grew  tired,  so  the  woodcutter  made  a  fire  and  told  them  to  rest  here.

When  they  awoke,  they  were  all  alone.  But  Hansel's  plan  had  worked.  They  could  follow  the  stones  all  the  way  home.  When  they  arrived  home,  the  woodcutter  was  overjoyed.  However,  their  stepmother  was  very  cross.

Later  that  night,  she  told  the  woodcutter  that  he  must  get  rid  of  the  children  again.  The  next  day,  the  stepmother  gave  Hansel  and  Gretel  two  slices  of  bread  for  their  breakfast.  They  set  out  into  the  forest  again.  This  time  they  walked  a  lot  further  into  the  heart  of  the  forest.  As  they  walked  along,  Hansel  dropped  breadcrumbs  along  the  path.

When  the  children  were  tired,  the  woodcutter  told  them  to  gather  wood  so  that  he  could  build  them  a  fire.  He  told  them  to  rest  by  the  fire,  and  once  again  they  fell  asleep.  When  they  awoke,  they  found  themselves  alone  again.  Hansel  was  not  worried.  He  told  Gretel  about  the  breadcrumbs.

But  when  they  looked  along  the  path,  they  found  they  had  been  eaten  by  the  birds  and  animals  in  the  forest.  And  animals  in  the  forest.  Hansel  and  Gretel  walked  and  walked  through  the  forest.  Eventually  they  came  across  an  amazing  house.  It  was  made  of  gingerbread  and  decorated  with  sweets,  icing  and  lollips.

Hansel  and  Gretel  began  to  eat  the  sweets.  Then,  all  of  a  sudden,  an  old  woman  came  out  of  the  gingerbread  house.  She  invited  them  both  inside.  But  once  the  children  were  inside,  they  found  that  the  old  woman  was  very  cruel.  She  locked  Hansel  in  a  cage.

She  wanted  to  fatten  him  up  and  eat  him.  One  day,  the  old  woman  showed  Gretel  the  oven  where  she  was  going  to  cook  Hansel.  Gretel  decided  to  trick  the  old  woman.  She  told  her  that  Hansel  was  too  big  to  fit  into  the  oven.  The  old  woman  leaned  forward  to  take  a  closer  look.

Gretel  pushed  her  straight  into  the  oven.  Next,  Gretel  found  the  key  to  the  cage  and  unlocked  it  so  that  Hansel  could  get  out.  They  were  overjoyed.  Before  leaving,  Hansel  and  Gretel  had  a  look  around  the  gingerbread  house.  They  found  a  chest  full  of  gold  coins.

They  decided  to  bring  the  chest  home  with  them.  After  a  long  walk  through  the  forest.  Hansel  and  Gretel  eventually  found  a  path  they  recognized.  They  ran  excitedly  along  the  path  and  finally  saw  their  home  in  the  distance.  There,  outside  the  cottage,  was  their  father.

Their  step  mother  had  died.  Now  they  had  enough  riches  to  last  them  a  lifetime  and  they  would  never  be  hungry  again.  The  three  of  them  lived  happily  ever  after.