Hansel and Gretel Short Story

Hansel and Gretel
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Hansel and Gretel
Name: _________________________
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Once upon a time there was a very poor

woodcutter. He lived in a tiny cottage in the forest
with his two kids, Hansel and Gretel and his second
wife.
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His wife often ill-treated the kids and was always

nagging her husband, “There is not enough food in
the house for all of us. We need to get rid of the
kids.”
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She kept trying to persuade her husband to abandon the

kids in the forest. The woodcutter didn’t know what to do.
One night Hansel, overheard the conversation.
Hansel slipped out of the house and filled his
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pockets with little white pebbles, then went to bed.

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The next day, as the woodcutter took his children into

the forest, Hansel dropped a pebble here and there on
the mossy green ground. The woodcutter had gone to
cut wood and never returned to take the children home.
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When night fell, Gretel began to cry. Hansel

comforted his sister and when the moon was up,
together, they followed the gleaming, white pebbles
home. They climbed in the window and slipped into
bed.
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The next day, the stepmother was not happy when

she found out that the children had returned. She
kept them locked in their room with a little water
and some hard bread.
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When dawn came the next morning, the husband

took his children into the forest again. Hansel, who
had not eaten his bread the day before, left a trail of
breadcrumbs behind him to help him find his way
home.
Hansel did not think of the hungry birds that lived in the
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forest that saw him drop the breadcrumbs and flew

behind him, eating them all up.
Again the woodcutter went off to chop wood and never
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returned to take the children home. “I left a trail like

last time,” Hansel whispered to Gretel. But when night
fell, to their horror, the crumbs were all gone.
“I’m frightened, cold and hungry.” wept Gretel. “I

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want to go home.”
The two children huddled together for warmth at
the foot of a large tree until the sun began to rise.
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When dawn broke, they started to wander. Even

though they were lost, they kept walking and
suddenly came upon a strange cottage.
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“This is chocolate,” gasped Hansel as he broke a

piece of plaster from the wall.
“And this is icing!” exclaimed Gretel, touching
another part of the house.
The hungry children began to break pieces of candy
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off the house and eat them until suddenly, the door
swung open.
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“Well, well,” said an old woman. “Haven’t you

children a sweet tooth! Come in, you’ve nothing to
fear!” went on the old woman.
Unluckily for Hansel and Gretel, the sugar candy
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cottage was a trap the old witch used to catch her

victims.
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“You’re nothing but skin and bones!” said the witch to

Hansel. “I will fatten you up and eat you!” she said,
locking him in a cage.
“You can do the housework,” she said to Gretel. “Then
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I will make a meal of you too!” As luck would have it,

the witch had bad eyesight, which was made worse
when Gretel smeared butter all over her glasses.
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“Let me feel your finger,” said the witch to Hansel

every day, checking to see if he was getting fatter.
The witch kept complaining that Hansel was not
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growing any fatter. What she didn’t know was that

Gretel had brought her brother a chicken bone and he
held that out to the witch when she asked to feel his
finger.
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The witch grew tired of waiting and one day asked

Gretel to light the oven. “We are going to have
roasted boy today!” she said.
Growing impatient, the witch asked Gretel to see if
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the oven was hot enough yet. Gretel returned and

whimpered, “I can’t tell if the oven is hot enough or
not.”
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Angrily, the witch screamed at the girl as she went

to check the oven herself. When she bent down to
peer inside the oven, Gretel gave her a tremendous
push and slammed the oven door shut.
Gretel ran to set her brother free, who then helped to
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make sure the oven was tightly shut. They fastened it

with a large padlock.
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The children went through the witch’s house and

discovered treasure chests full of jewels and pearls.
They took the treasure with them and set off into the
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forest to find their way home. On the second day,

they saw their father come out of their house,
weeping.
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He saw them and came running, “Your stepmother is

dead. Come home with me, my dear children.”
“Promise you will never desert us again,” said Gretel
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as Hansel opened the casket and showed their father

what they had found.
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They all lived happily ever after.

Hansel and Gretel Sequence Strips
Cut out the pictures and the sentences. Put them in order as they happened in the story.
Once upon a time there was a very

poor woodcutter who lived in a tiny
cottage in the forest with his two kids,
Hansel and Gretel and his second wife.
His wife often ill-treated the kids and was

always nagging her husband, “There is
not enough food in the house for all of us.
We need to get rid of the kids.”
She kept trying to persuade her husband

to abandon the kids in the forest. The
woodcutter didn’t know what to do. One
night Hansel, overheard the conversation.
Hansel slipped out of the house and filled his

pockets with little white pebbles, then went to
bed.
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The next day, as the woodcutter took his

children into the forest, Hansel dropped a pebble
here and there on the mossy green ground. The
woodcutter had gone to cut wood and never
returned to take the children home.
When night fell, Gretel began to cry. Hansel

comforted his sister and when the moon was
up, together, they followed the gleaming,
white pebbles home. They climbed in the
window and slipped into bed.
The next day, the stepmother was not

happy when she found out that the
children had returned. She kept them
locked in their room with a little water
and some hard bread.
When dawn came the next morning, the
husband took his children into the forest
again. Hansel, who had not eaten his bread
the day before, left a trail of breadcrumbs
behind him to help him find his way home.
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Hansel did not think of the hungry birds that

lived in the forest that saw him drop the
breadcrumbs and flew behind him, eating
them all up.
Again the woodcutter went off to chop wood

and never returned to take the children home.
“I left a trail like last time,” Hansel whispered
to Gretel. But when night fell, to their horror,
the crumbs were all gone.
“I’m frightened, cold and hungry.” wept
Gretel. “I want to go home.”
The two children huddled together for
warmth at the foot of a large tree until the
sun began to rise.
When dawn broke, they started to wander.

Even though they were lost, they kept walking
and suddenly came upon a strange cottage.
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“This is chocolate,” gasped Hansel as he broke

a piece of plaster from the wall.
“And this is icing!” exclaimed Gretel, touching
another part of the house.
The hungry children began to break pieces of

candy off the house and eat them until
suddenly, the door swung open.
“Well, well,” said an old woman. “Haven’t you

children a sweet tooth! Come in, you’ve nothing
to fear!” went on the old woman. Unluckily for
Hansel and Gretel, the sugar candy cottage was
a trap the old witch used to catch her victims.
“You’re nothing but skin and bones!” said the

witch to Hansel. “I will fatten you up and eat
you!” she said, locking him in a cage.
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“You can do the housework,” she said to

Gretel. “Then I will make a meal of you too!”
As luck would have it, the witch had bad
eyesight, which was made worse when
Gretel smeared butter all over her glasses.
“Let me feel your finger,” said the witch to

Hansel every day, checking to see if he was
getting fatter.
The witch kept complaining that Hansel was

not growing any fatter. What she didn’t know
was that Gretel had brought her brother a
chicken bone and he held that out to the witch
when she asked to feel his finger.
The witch grew tired of waiting and one day

asked Gretel to light the oven. “We are going
to have roasted boy today!” she said.
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Growing impatient, the witch asked Gretel to

see if the oven was hot enough yet. Gretel
returned and whimpered, “I can’t tell if the
oven is hot enough or not.”
Angrily, the witch screamed at the girl as she

went to check the oven herself. When she
bent down to peer inside the oven, Gretel
gave her a tremendous push and slammed the
oven door shut.
Gretel ran to set her brother free, who then

helped to make sure the oven was tightly shut.
They fastened it with a large padlock.
The children went through the witch’s house

and discovered treasure chests full of jewels
and pearls.
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They took the treasure with them and set off

into the forest to find their way home. On the
second day, they saw their father come out of
their house, weeping.
He saw them and came running, “Your

stepmother is dead. Come home with me, my
dear children.”
“Promise you will never desert us again,” said

Gretel as Hansel opened the casket and
showed their father what they had found.
They all lived happily ever after.
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Hansel and Gretel Story Order
Cut out the pictures on the following page. Glue the pictures on.
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
10 11 12
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Cut out the pictures on this page. Glue the pictures onto the previous page.
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Cut out the pictures on the following page. Glue the pictures on.
A poor woodcutter, his son, daughter The wife wanted the man to get rid of the The wife was not happy when the kids
and second wife lived in the forest. kids. He took them into the forest, but they returned. She locked them up and nagged
used a trail of pebbles to get home. the man again to get rid of the kids.
The next time the kids went into the Hansel and Gretel wandered around The kids started to eat parts of the
forest, Hansel left a trail of breadcrumbs, the forest until they came to a cottage until the witch came out. She
but the birds ate the crumbs. strange cottage made of candy. invited the kids inside.
The witch locked Hansel in a cage to When the witch asked to feel Hansel’s One day, the witch asked Gretel to heat
fatten him up to eat him. She made finger, he held out a chicken bone that the oven. When the witch checked to see
Gretel clean the house. Gretel had given him instead. if it was hot, Gretel locked her in the oven.
Gretel let Hansel out and they They found some treasure and took it When they arrived home, their step
searched through the witch’s house. with them when they headed for mother had died and they lived happily
home. ever after with their father.
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Match the Picture to the Word
candy house
chest
witch
bird
breadcrumb
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Story Map
Characters Setting
Plot Resolution
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Uppercase Letter Practice
Practice tracing the letters below.
A B C D
E F G H
I J K L
M N O P
Q R S T
U V W X
Y Z
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Lowercase Letter Practice
Practice tracing the letters below.
a b c d
e f g h
i j k l
m n o p
q r s t
u v w x
y z
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All about birds!
Describe hens by writing descriptive words in each circle.
birds
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Hansel and Gretel Puppets
Cut out the pictures and glue to the top of a paddlepop stick and use to retell the story.
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Hansel and Gretel Puppets
Cut out the pictures and glue to the top of a paddlepop stick and use to retell the story.
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Counting Puzzle. Print, cut out on solid black lines, laminate for durability and put the puzzle
together in the correct number order.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
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33
30
27
24
21
18
15
12
9
6
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3
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4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44
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w
i
t
c
h
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d
i r b
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1
2
one
two
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3
4
four
three
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6
5
six
five
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8
7
seven
eight
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9
10
ten
nine
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Do-A-Dot
Dot / Color all the uppercase letter W
C
W M W W
D G
N P
G
W
W V
M G
W
W
D D
W W CC W
W B
S N W D M
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Do-A-Dot
Dot / Color all the uppercase letter T
T E
A J W T
A T
F C A
N
M T
T
B F
E F T
A T E A B
T
B T
T T B J X
W N
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Count the People
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Trace the Letters
chest
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witch
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candy
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house
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Trace the Letters
father
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mother
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Hansel
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Gretel
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Trace the Letters
bird
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breadcrumb
cage
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oven
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2 Piece Puzzles
witch
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father
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Hansel
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Gretel
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4 Piece Puzzle
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Puzzle Cards – Four Piece
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Count and Clip Cards
1 2 0 1 3 2
4 3 2 3 4 5
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Count and Clip Cards
6 5 7 5 6 7
7 6 8 9 7 8
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Addition – Shade the circle with the correct answer.
3
+ = 2
2 2 4
7
+ = 5
3 3 6
+ = 5
2 1 4
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Addition – Shade the circle with the correct answer.
8
+ = 6
4 2 7
5
+ = 6
4 3 7
+ = 5
3 2 7
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Subtraction – Shade the circle with the correct answer.
0
- = 1
2 2 2
3
- = 1
3 2 2
- = 1
3 3 2
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Subtraction – Shade the circle with the correct answer.
0
- = 1
3 1 2
1
- = 3
4 2 2
- = 1
5 3 2
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Tracing
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Cutting Practice
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Maze
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Play Dough Letter Activity
Play Dough Letter Activity

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Fingerprint Activity
Fingerprint Activity
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Which one is different?
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What Comes Next?
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Finish the Patterns.
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3 Part Cards
witch witch
candy house candy house

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3 Part Cards
chest chest
woodcutter woodcutter
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3 Part Cards
mother mother
bird bird
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3 Part Cards
Hansel Hansel
Gretel Gretel
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3 Part Cards
oven oven
cage cage
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3 Part Cards
drop drop
breadcrumb breadcrumb
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Size Sequencing Cards
Cut out and

sort according
to size.
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Cut out and

sort according
to size.
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Cut out and

sort according
to size.
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Cut out and

sort according
to size.
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Cut out and

sort according
to size.
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Cut out and

sort according
to size.
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bird
woodcutter
Hansel
Gretel
lost cage
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Characters
Setting
Sequence
breadcrumb
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chest
bone
pebbles
oven tree
stepmother
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