The Truth about Hansel and Gretel - Hansel and Gretel were locked up by a wicked witch. At least, that's what everyone thinks. Rediscover the well-loved fairytale from the witch's point of view!
Written by Karina Law, and Illustrated by Elke Counsell
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Hi, welcome to Dixie's Storytime World. Most of us know the story about Hansel and Gretel,
but do you know the real truth about Hansel and Gretel? Let's find out in this beautiful book
by Carina Law. This is my house. Isn't it beautiful? The walls are made of gingerbread,
and the roof is made of toffee. I decorated it myself with all my favorite sweets.
I suppose you have read the stories about me. They're all untrue, you know. I'm not really
a witch. I'm just a harmless old lady. Once upon a time, I was very happy living in my beautiful
house in the woods. Then those dreadful children came along and spoiled everything.
I spotted them from my window. Hansel and Gretel were their names. I don't get many visitors,
so I was going to invite them in for a nice cup of tea. Imagine how cross I was when I opened
the door to find them eating my beautiful house. My new sugar windows had just been fitted,
and that naughty boy was snapping off part of a peppermint window frame.
His nasty sister was licking one of the strawberry lollipops on my wall. What a pest!
I shouted at them to stop, and do you know what those rude children did? They yelled,
leave us alone, you old witch! As you can imagine, I was really cross, and I started telling off
those naughty children, but they just sniggered and ran straight past me into my house. You won't
believe what happened next. Well, I followed the children into the house, and just as I was asking
where they lived, that wicked boy pushed me into the oven. His horrid sister was no better.
The dreadful pair ran away, laughing. I was left with my head stuck in a pot of stew.
Then, to make matters worse, those awful children told terrible lies about me. The shame of it!
Hansel told people that I locked him up. What a story! And Gretel said that I was a witch
who liked eating children. What a wicked thing to say! Life has never been the same since the
stories about me were printed in the local newspaper. I don't get any visitors now. People
are afraid of me. After all the dreadful stories Hansel and Gretel told, people think I'm a witch.
But you can see I'm not, can't you? Kids, look very carefully. Can you see what I see?
Look carefully. Is she a witch or isn't she? I hope you enjoyed this story. If you haven't
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