The Good Stepmother The old witch locked Hansel in a cage se Gretel to clean the house.

She planned to eat them both. Each night the children cried an begged the witch to let them go Meanwhile, at home, their stepmother was beginning to wish she had never tried to get rid of the children. must find them,! she said and set off into the forest. Man" hours later, when her feet were tired from walking and her lips were dr" from thirst, she came to the cottage belonging to the witch. The stepmother peeped through the window. Her heart cried out when she saw the two children. She picked up the broom leaning against the door and crept inside. The witch was putting some stew in the oven when the stepmother gave her an almight" push. The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door. #hildren, have come to save "ou,! she said, hugging them tightl". have done a dreadful thing. hope in time "ou will forgive me. $et me take "ou home and become a famil" again. The" returned to their home and the stepmother became the best mother an"one could wish to have, and of course the" lived happil" ever after% &. a. b. c. d. e. a. b. c. d. e. /. The stor" is about a stepmother who ''' . #ried ever" night (lanned to eat her children )egged a witch for mone" Tried to run awa" from a witch Saved her children from a witch +hich statement is T,-E about the stepmother. She was the witch!s friend. She loved her stepchildren. She hit the witch with a broom. She locked her children in a cage. She visited the witch to see her children.

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0The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door1 2paragraph 34 The underlined word can be replaced b" the word ''' . a. #losed b. 5pened c. (ainted d. Marked e. (olished a. b. c. d. e. How did the witch die. She was burnt in he oven. She was trapped in cage. She was hit with a broom. She was locked in her house. She was pushed against the wall.

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