Hansel and Gretel – A Fairy Tale by the Brothers Grimm

Once upon a time, there lived a poor woodcutter with his wife and two children; the boy was named Hansel and the girl Gretel. He had little to eat and to break, and one day, wheWhen a great inflation came to the country, he could no longer afford the daily bread. As he lay awake at night, worrying and tossing about in bed, he sighed and said to his wife:"What will become of us? How can we feed our poor children when we have nothing left for ourselves?" - "You know what, man," the woman replied, "we want to go early tomorrow morning theLead the children into the forest where it is thickest. There we will make a fire for them and give each one a piece of bread, then we go to our work and leave them alone. They will find the"Don't go home again, and we'll be rid of them." "No, ma'am," the man said, "I won't; how could I possibly leave my children alone in the woods!" The wild animals"they would soon come and tear them apart." "Oh, you fool," she said, "then we will all starve, you can only saw the planks for the coffins," and she gave him no rest until he did."He agreed. But the poor children moved me," said the man. The two children had also not been able to fall asleep from hunger and had heard what the stepmother had said to the father.Gretel wept bitter tears and said to Hansel, "Now it's all over for us." "Be quiet, Gretel," said Hansel, "don't grieve, I will help us." Watch the fairy tale to seeSee what Hänsel and Gretel experience. Pictures: The pictures by Herbert Leupin were used with kind permission. Our thanks go to: – Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled.and visually impaired (sbs)PDM License 1.0 and was made available for free use on Musopen.org. #lebensschulegelfingen #geschichtenfürkinder #HänselundGretel #GeschichtenfürKinder #Märche