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Once upon a time, there lived a poor woodcutter 

and his wife. They had two kids; a boy named 

Hansel and a girl named Gretel. Seven years after 

the children were born, their mother had grew ill 

and died. The children's father married a new 

woman who was greatly evil. To make it all 

worse, a famine came over the land and food and 

money became scarce. 

One night, the woodcutter asked his wife, "What will become 

of us. We have no money to feed our faces and we shall all 

wither away."

The cruel stepmother didn't like Hansel and Gretel and said, 

"Listen well! We will take the children deep into the forest 

and leave them there! Then, we shall have enough food for 

both of us!" The woodcutter had no choice but to agree.

Hansel and Gretel heard their conversation. Gretel began to 

cry over the thought she would never see her father again. 

"It's okay Gretel." Hansel said. "We will not be lost in that 

forest. I swear on mothers grave!"

Once everyone was asleep, Hansel sneaked out of 

the cottage and collected some shining pebbles on 

the ground. "Tomorrow when we walk into the 

woods, I will drop these pebbles on the ground. 

When stepmother leaves us, we shall wait till 

night and they will light up. We will follow the 

lighted path to our home!" Hansel planned.

And so, he gathered the many pebbles and 

returned to his bed in the cottage.

The next day, the stepmother and the woodcutter 

led Hansel and Gretel deep into the woods. Along 

the way, Hansel dropped the pebbles as he 

walked.

The family got to a spot in the woods. The father 

made a small fire to keep the children warm and 

the parents set off "to look for more fire wood". 

Instead, they returned home. Hansel and Gretel 

slept until night. As they awoken, the lighted 

stones made a path. They followed it back to their 

cottage.

Once Hansel and Gretel returned home, their 

stepmother was furious while the woodcutter was 

as happy as a lark. Later that night the stepmother 

said, "Tomorrow we shall take them back to the 

woods, but we will take them deeper into the 

forest. Understand?" The father had no choice but 

to agree.

Gretel began to cry again and Hansel comforted 

her. "Don't worry Gretel. I will return outside to 

get more pebbles."

The stepmother over heard this and locked the 

door and hid the key. Hansel couldn't go outside 

and had no plan. So he returned to his bed and 

sobbed. 

The next morning, the woodcutter gave each child 

a biscuit to eat for later. Hansel got the idea of 

using breadcrumbs as a path. So Hansel would 

drop a crumb as they walked, but the birds would 

sweep down and gobble them up! 

So now they didn't have a path. 

The stepfather set them up a fire 

again and they slept till night. That night they could 

find no crumbs! Hansel was also hungry for he now 

had no biscuit to eat. Gretel generously gave her 

brother half of her biscuit and 

the two ate the halves. Then the

 two fell asleep next to the fire and 

dreamed an angel watched over them as they slept.

The next day, they awoken and smelt something 

delicious. They followed the smell to a 

gingerbread house in the middle of the woods! 

Hansel had a piece of it's roof while Gretel had a 

piece of a window pane. Suddenly they heard a 

noise that said,

"Nibble Nibble Little Mouse, Who's That Nibbling 

on My Little House?"

An old woman came out of the house and greeted 

the children. She offered to feed them and they 

could spend the night in her home and the next 

morning she would take them out of the forest. 

They agreed and had tasty treats inside and later 

fell asleep inside her cozy house.

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