Hansel and Gretel
Brothers Grimm
Hansel and Gretel
When food runs short, Hansel and Gretel are left alone in the forest, and when they get lost a second time they find a gingerbread house that belongs to a wicked witch. With Hansel’s clever bone trick and Gretel’s quick thinking they outwit her, and a friendly white duck carries them across a lake on their way home to their loving father.
- 5 chapters
- Illustrated
- Read aloud
- Free
Free to read in KidAI, with its pictures and narration.
How the story begins
Chapter 1: The Shining Pebbles
At the edge of a great forest lived a poor woodcutter with his two children, Hansel and Gretel, and their stepmother. One year there was so little food that the stepmother said, “We must leave the children in the forest.” Hansel overheard her, so that night he crept outside and filled his pockets with shiny white pebbles. The next day, as they walked deep into the woods, he dropped the pebbles one by one along the path. When the children were left alone, they waited for the moon to rise, and the pebbles shone like silver coins, leading them safely home.
Chapters in this story
- 1.The Shining Pebbles
- 2.The Candy House
- 3.The Witch’s Traps
- 4.Gretel’s Cleverness
- 5.Home at Last
