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Cuento infantil de Hansel y Gretel en inglés
Once upon a time a very poor woodcutter lived in a tiny cottage in the forest with his two children, Hansel and Gretel. His second wife often ill-treated the children and was forever nagging the woodcutter. She said the wasn't enough food for all of them, and that he shold abandon his children in the forest.
Finally, one day the woodcutter led Hansel and Gretel away into the forest. But as they went into the depths of the trees, Hansel dropped a little white pebble here and there on the mossy green ground.
At a certain point, the two children found they really were alone. Night fell but the woodcutter did not return. Gretel began to sob bitterly. Hansel too felt scared but he tried to hide his feelings and comfort his sister.
-Don´t cry, trust me! I swear I'll take you home. Now give me your hand!- he said.
But the little boy had forgotten about the hungry birds that lived in the forest. When they saw him, they flew along behind and in no time at all, had eaten all the crumbs. Hansel tried to encourage his sister, but he too shivered when he glimpsed frightening shadows and evil eyes around them in the darkness.
All night the two children huddled together for warmth at the foot of a large tree. When dawn broke, they started to wander about the forest, seeking a path, but all hope soon faded. They were well and truly lost. On they walked and walked, till suddenly they came upon a strange cottage in the middle of a glade.
-This is chocolate!- gasped Hansel as he broke a lump of plaster from the wall.
-And this is icing!- exclaimed Gretel, putting another piece of wall in her mouth.
Starving but delighted, the children began to eat pieces of candy broken off the cottage.
-Isn't this delicious?- said Gretel, with her mouth full.
She had never tasted anything so nice.
-We´ll stay here- Hansel declared, munching a bit of nougat.
They were just about to try a piece of the biscuit door when it quietly swung open.
-Well, well!- said an old woman, peering out with a crafty look. - And haven't you children a sweet tooth? Come in! Come in, you´ve nothing to fear!
Unluckily for Hansel and Gretel, however, the sugar candy cottage belonged to an old witch, her trap for catching unwary victims. The two children had come to a really nasty place.
- You´re nothing but skin and bones!- said the witch, locking Hansel into a cage. -I shall fatten you up and eat you! And your sister can do the housework, and then I'll eat her too.
As luck would have it, the witch had very bad eyesight, an when Gretel smeared butter on her glasses, she could see even less.
-Let me feel your finger!- said the witch to Hansel every day to check if he was getting any fatter.
Now, Gretel had brought her brother a chicken bone, and when the witch went to touch his finger, Hansel held out the bone.
-You´re still much too thin!- she complained -When will you become plump?
One day the witch grew tired of waiting.
-Light the oven - she told Gretel -We're going to have a tasty roasted boy today!
A little later, hungry and impatient, she went on:
-Run and see if the oven is hot enough-
Gretel returned, whimpering:
-I can´t tell if it is hot enough or not- said Gretel
Angrily, the witch screamed at the little girl:
-Useless child! All right, I´ll see for myself-
But when the witch bent down to peer inside the oven and check the heat, Gretel gave her a tremendous push and slammed the oven door shut. Gretel ran to set her brother free and, as they were running out of the house, they discovered amongst the witch's belongings, a huge chocolate egg. Inside lay a casket of gold coins
-The witch is now burnt to a cinder- said Hansel- so we'll take this treasure with us.
They filled a large basket with food and set off into the forest to search for the way home. This time, luck was with them, and on the second day, they saw their father come out of the house towards them, weeping.
-Your stepmother is dead. Come home with me now, my dear children!
The two children hugged the woodcutter.
-Promise you'll never ever desert us again- said Gretel, throwing her arms round her father's neck.
Hansel opened the casket.
-Look, Father! We´re rich now . . . You´ll never have to chop wood again-
And they all lived happily together ever after
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Once upon a time there was a family. The boy
was named Hansel. The girl was named Gretel.
The father was a farmer. The mother had died
long ago.
One day, the father married a new wife.
The new wife was the stepmother of Hansel
and Gretel.
Times were hard. For many months, there was
no rain. The crops did not grow. Without crops,
there was no food. There was not enough to eat.
Now, the family was hungry and poor.
One night, the father asked,
“Wife, what will
we do? We do not have enough to eat.”
“Don’t worry,
” the stepmother said. “I have a
plan. Tomorrow morning, we will take the kids
to the forest. We will go on a picnic.”
“A picnic!” the father said. “How will that help?”
“We will leave the kids in the forest,” said the
stepmother. “Then we will sneak away. The
kids will be lost. And we can have more food
at home.”
“That is a terrible idea. What kind of father
would do that to his children?” the father asked.
“A poor one,
” the stepmother answered.
“I don’t like it, but I’ll do it,
” the father said sadly.
Little did the parents know that Hansel and Gretel
had heard every word.
“Don’t worry, Gretel,
” Hansel whispered. “I have
a plan.”
The very next day, Hansel got up early. He
collected lots of bright blue pebbles. He put them
in his pocket.
After breakfast, the stepmother said,
“Let’s have
a picnic!” Then, the family went to the forest.
As the family walked into the forest, Hansel
dropped a bright blue pebble every few steps.
“Now, children,
” the mean stepmother said,
“your father and I are going to collect some
berries. We’ll be right back.”
The father kissed both of his children. Then he
walked away with the stepmother. Gretel started
to cry.
“Do not cry!” Hansel said. “We will find our
way home. I dropped blue pebbles all along
the way.”
Hansel and Gretel followed the pebbles all the
way home.
A few hours later, Hansel and Gretel arrived
home. The stepmother looked angry. The father
looked happy.
“Thank goodness, you came home!” their father
said.
“It was silly of you to get lost,
” said the
stepmother.
After Hansel and Gretel went to bed, the parents
had a talk.
“We have to try it again,
” the stepmother said.
“I can’t,
” said the father. “I love them.”
“We are doing it again. Tomorrow,
” the
stepmother said. Her voice was firm. This time,
Hansel and Gretel did not overhear them.
The next morning, the family went to the forest.
The stepmother gave each of them a crust of
bread. Hansel broke the piece into bits. He left
the bits as he walked through the forest.
“Now, children,
” the stepmother said,
“
your
father and I are going to get berries. We will be
right back.”
Of course, the parents did not come back.
“Do not worry,
” Hansel told Gretel. “We will
follow the bread crumbs home.”
But the bread crumbs had been eaten by birds.
They were long gone. Now Hansel and Gretel
were truly lost.
Hansel and Gretel kept walking. They tried to
find a way home. Suddenly, they came upon a
gingerbread house. It was made of gingerbread
and candy.
The children ran to the house. They were so
hungry. They started eating.
An old woman came out. “Why, children! How
nice to see you.”
“We are lost,
” Gretel explained.
“I can see that,
” the old woman said. “Please
come inside and have a good meal. I will take
good care of you.”
Hansel and Gretel could not believe their luck.
As soon as they got into the house, the old
woman changed. She was a witch. She threw
Hansel into a cage. She made Gretel do all the
housework.
“I will eat Hansel when he is fat enough,
” the old
woman said.
But Gretel tricked her. The old woman was
almost blind.
Every day, she checked to see if Hansel was fat
yet. “Let me touch your finger,
” the old woman
said.
Gretel gave Hansel a chicken bone. The old
woman touched the chicken bone.
“I don’t understand it,
” said the old woman.
“I keep feeding the boy. But he stays so thin.”
“Well, I have had enough of waiting,
” the old
woman said. “Thin or not, I am going to eat him
right now. Gretel, turn on the stove.”
Gretel opened up the stove. She had to think
fast. “Can you help me?” Gretel asked the old
woman. “There is something at the back of the
stove.”
The old woman stuck her head in the oven.
“Where?” the old woman asked.
With all her might, Gretel shoved the old woman
into the oven.
Then she unlocked Hansel’
s cage.
“Quick! Let’s go!” Gretel cried.
They ran outside. A swan spoke to them. “You two
look lost. I can take you home if you like. Hop on.”
So Hansel and Gretel hopped on. The swan carried
them home. When they got home, they found that
their stepmother had left. Only their father was
at home.
“Can you ever forgive me?” he asked them. “I looked
and looked for you. I know what I did was wrong.”
“We forgive you, Dad,
” said Hansel and Gretel.
Soon the rains came again. The crops grew. There
was enough food. Hansel and Gretel lived happily
ever after.
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