Narrative Text : Hansel and Gretel

Hansel And Gretel 

          Once upon a time, there was once a very, very poor woodcutter, who lived in a forest with his wife and his two children Hansel and Gretel.

          One day, their stepmother, for she was not their real mother, told her husband that they ought to abandon them in the forest, for that way the small amount of food they had left would all be for them. Their father was persuaded and they abandoned the children in the forest. But Hansel, who was very bright, was dropping crumbs of bread along the path, so that they would be able to find their way home. That night they slept and at dawn they looked for the crumbs of bread, but they did not find any, for the birds had eaten them up. They walked and walked, lost in the immense forest, and in the very deepest part of it, they came upon a pretty little house. When they came near to the little house, they realized that it was made of candy, cakes and chocolate. They were so hungry that they started to eat the bricks made of chocolate and candy, stuffing them in greedily. “Isn’t this nice?”

          But suddenly, out of the house came a witch. “What’s going on here? who is eating my house?” she was a wicked witch who had build the house with sweetmeats to attract the children so that she could eat them up. That was how Hansel and Gretel fell into the trap laid by the wicked witch, who shut Hansel up in the cage and gave him lots of cakes to eat to fatten him up for the pot. She set Gretel to work helping her in the kitchen, but she was intending to eat her up too. Days went by and when the witch saw that Hansel was not getting any fatter, she decided to cook him and eat him. The little girl was very frightened when she saw the fate that awaited her little brother. The witch prepared the oven for Hansel, but decided she was hungry enough to eat Gretel, too. She coaxed Gretel to the open oven and prods her to leaned over in front of it to saw if the fire is hot enough.

          Gretel sensed the witch’s intent, pretended she did not understand what she mean. Infuriated, the witch demonstrated, and Gretel instantly shoved the witch into the oven, slum and bolted the door shut, leaving the ungodly witch to be burned to ashes. The witch screaming in pain until she died. Gretel freed Hansel from the cage and the pair discovered a vast treasure and precious stones. Putting the jewels into their clothing, the children set off for home.

          A swan ferried them across an expanse of water and at home they find only their father, his wife was died from unknown cause. The father has spent all his day lamented the loss of his children, and was delighted to see them safe. And then they all live happily ever after.

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