Name: Fatih Rafif

No: 17
Class: XC
Hansel and Gretel

once upon a time there lived a brother and sister named Hansel and Gretel. Their mother
had passed away when they were babies, they lived with their dad in a hut in
the forest, their dad was trying to earn their living by working as a woodcutter and
was looking after the kids at the same time. Couple of years passed and struggling to juggle
work and two kids at the same time, their dad decided to get married
again. The woodcutter's wife was from a wealthy family and she hated the fact that they
were poor and she had to live in a small ruined hut deep into the forest, plus she did not like
her stepchildren at all. On a cold winter night as they were getting ready for bed, Hansel and
Gretel heard their stepmother talking to their dad. “How are you going to get through this
winter? We don't have enough food if you do not get rid of these kids we will all starve to
death”. Their dad opposed furiously. “No need to argue I made up my mind tomorrow we'll
take them to the woods and leave them there”. Hearing all that Gretel started to cry. Her
brother hansel comforted her
“Please don't worry Gretel somehow we'll find our way back home”.

Later that night Hansel snuck out and collected as many pebbles as he could in his pockets.
In the morning they all started to walk towards the forest, their father told them that they
were going for a family hike, as they were walking without anyone noticing Hansel dropped
the pebbles to mark the way back, in the afternoon their dad and stepmother lit a fire and
told them that they will be back soon they walked off and vanished in the woods, of course
they did not come back. When the night fell
the horrible sounds of all the wild animals in the forest started to echo
around them, shivering with the horrifying sounds of the wolves Hansel and Gretel did not
leave the fireside until the moon rise then they started to follow the pebbles
shining in the moonlight and walk towards home “Well done Hansel this was
very clever of you”. When the kids came back home their dad was very happy and surprised
at the same time, their stepmother also acted as if she was happy but deep inside her
decision was still the same, she was very upset that they were back.

After three days the stepmother tried to get rid of them again, this time at night she locked
Hansel and Gretel's door and did not allow Hansel to collect pebbles again, but Hansel was a
clever boy when they were walking to the forest in the morning, this time he dropped the
breadcrumbs that he had put in his pocket the night before and again made a trail the way
back home around noon their father and stepmother
made up an excuse and went off leaving them all alone in the forest again. Realising that
they were not coming back Hansel and Gretel wanted to start walking back home before it
got dark, but this time they could not find the trail they left because all the breadcrumbs
were eaten by the birds. Gretel started crying, for the first time Hansel also felt hopeless,
this time the kids were really lost with no food and scared to death. They wandered around
the forest for three days, on the third day they saw a bird wide as snow, the bird chirped
songs with its beautiful voice for them, they forgot their hunger for a moment and started
to follow the bird. The bird brought them in front of a funny looking house, this house had
walls of bread a roof made out of cake and windows of candy and was covered with colorful
cream all around. Hansel and Gretel could not believe their eyes, the house looked
incredibly delicious. The kids forgot all about how tired they were and started to run to the
house, just as they were both going to have a bite from the house they heard a voice from
inside, “now who is nibbling on my house”. They looked around and they saw a cute and
sweet old lady at the door, when they told her all about what had happened to them she
felt very bad for them and so she let them in the inside of the house was very
different from the outside it was dark scary and it didn't feel right, but because they were so
tired and hungry the kids did not care much. The old lady brought all kinds of food and
desserts for them, and the kids ate food that they hadn't had before, that night they slept
on the softest bed they had ever seen.

When they woke up in the morning the old lady wasn't there they started to look around, at
the end of the corridor they saw a small door, when they opened the door they found cases
full of gold and treasure inside, they were very surprised of course Hansel wanted to get in
and take a closer look, right at that moment they heard her voice again. “And what do you
think you are doing?” When they turned around, the kids faced the witch standing right
there in front of them apparently the old lady was a witch leading the kids to a dungeon
with a house covered with cake and candy, the kids tried to run away but the door was
locked. The witch pulled Hansel by the hair and locked him in a cage, then she dragged
Gretel to the kitchen. “Your brother is too skinny cook some food for him and make him fat
when he's in good shape he'll be a
delicious meal for me but don't you dare eat anything, all the food is only for him”.

Having no choice Gretel did what she asked for, fortunately Hansel was a clever and wise
boy he decided to trick the evil-hearted witch, every night when the witch was asleep he
was digging a hole in the ground of the cage, the witch was controlling Hansel every
morning to see if he gained weight or not, but Hansel wasn't eating anything his sister
cooked instead he was burying them in the hole that he digged,
in the meantime the witch was telling Gretel to cook more, this went on for days until finally
the witch had enough. “Fat, skinny I don't care anymore today I will make cancel pie” she
turned to Gretel “Look in the oven to see if the dough is baked enough” Although she was in
fear Gretel was also a wise girl just like her brother, she
understood that the witch was going to push her in the oven. I can't get my head in there
and see the dough” whined Gretel. The witch pushed her aside and stuck her head inside
Gretel gathered all her strength and push the old witch into the oven and
close the oven door. Gretel knew where the witch was hiding the keys, she ran straight
away and saved Hansel from the cage, the flames from the oven covered the
whole house Hansel and Gretel ran away from the burning house into the woods
but they did not know where to go.

A while later they came across a river a giant swan took them one by one to the
other side of the river, the kids looked around and suddenly they realized where they were,
they ran home as fast as they could. Seeing his kids father was full of joy with tears of joy he
explained to them how their stepmother had gone back to her parents house soon after
they had left them in the forest and how sorry he was for all that he did, and no matter how
hard he had searched for them they were nowhere to be found. The kids loved their father
very much so they forgave him, but another surprise was waiting for their father they both
reached their pockets and brought out gold and diamonds they had found in the witch's
home. their father could not believe his eyes all the problems that their family had ever had
went away and they lived happily ever after.