[Music] little fox hansel and gretel there once was a woodcutter who lived in germany he had two children named hansel and gretel they lived together in a house in the forest during the winter the woodcutter would go deep into the forest to cut firewood when he came home he and hansel and gretel would take the firewood to town to sell it and buy food goodbye children said the woodcutter i am going to cut firewood i will come home tonight for dinner goodbye father said hansel and gretel and they waved as their father walked away [Music]
dinnertime came and the woodcutter did not come home where is father asked gretel i don't know said hansel but we won't eat dinner until he comes home they waited and waited and waited they waited so long they fell asleep when they woke up the sun was shining through the windows oh no said hansel father did not come home something must have happened we must go look for him they packed some bread to eat and walked into the woods wait hansel how will we find our way home asked gretel uh oh i will leave breadcrumbs in
the path to show us how to get home said hansel good idea gretel said they walked for hours and hours and hours because they had used their bread to show the way home they had nothing to eat i am getting hungry said hansel yes and i am getting cold too said gretel it is getting late maybe we should go home maybe father is waiting there for us yes maybe he is let's go home hansel agreed but when they turned around to go home they did not know which way to go oh no said gretel our
bread crumbs are gone how will we find our way home the birds must have eaten all our crumbs said hansel maybe home is this way said gretel they walked and walked and walked finally they saw smoke coming from a chimney the children cried and they ran to the house but the smoke was not their father's it was a magical house its walls were made of cookies its roof was made of peppermint and the doors were made of chocolate wow said hansel and gretel and they began to eat the house what hansel and gretel didn't know
was that inside the house lived a witch while hansel was busy eating the witch opened the door and grabbed him who is eating my house asked the witch she was very angry i didn't know it was your house said hansel we're very sorry said gretel please let him go no he has eaten my house and now i will eat him the witch dragged hansel into a cage and locked him inside and you will be my servant she said to gretel then the witch laughed a terrible laugh the witch fed hanseled lots and lots of food
to make him fat so that he would be a delicious dinner but the witch had very old eyes that made everything seem blurry and she could not see if hansel was fat so every day she would say to hansel put out your finger and she would feel it to see if he was fat enough hansel was smart he did not put out his finger when the witch asked he saved the bone from his dinner and put that out instead the witch would feel the bone and say not fat enough maybe i will eat him tomorrow
freddle cried every day she didn't want her brother to be eaten finally the day came put out your finger the witch asked hansel put out the bone still not fat enough well i am not going to wait i will eat you tonight when gretel heard this she cried even harder stop crying silly girl the witch said crawl inside that oven and make a fire to cook dinner was smart too she knew the witch was trying to trick her so she said i don't know how to climb into an oven stupid girl the witch said i
will show you and then you will do it the witch climbed inside the oven to show gretel but just as she was inside gretel shut the oven door and locked it let me out cried the witch i promise not to eat you i'm very sorry please let me out but the children did not listen to her gretel freed hansel from his cage and they ran away from the witch's candy house as fast as they could [Music] they ran and ran and ran they saw another chimney with smoke coming out we must be careful hansel said
gretel she did not want to meet another witch they walked quietly up to the house just then the door opened and the woodcutter walked out father father father they cried and they ran to him with their arms open he gave them a big hug hansel gretel where have you been i was so worried about you we went looking for you father said gretel [Music] yes you didn't come home so we went to find you said hansel ah i'm sorry children i broke my leg and came home the next day but you were gone you must
never go into the forest alone there are dangerous things in the forest yes father there are dangerous things in the forest they said hansel and gretel went inside the house with their father they decided to tell him about the witch but first they would eat dinner [Music] little fox you
