Hansel and Gretel - Sequence

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Read the texts in the boxes and number them from 1 to 8 to sequence the fairy

tale

When evening came, the children


She grabbed Hansel’s hand and Gretel was scared and she thought
heard their stepmother’s words
locked him in a room. She wanted to they would die, but Hansel comforted
again. She insisted to leave the kids
eat him after he got fatter. She her. He had a plan. He went outside
further into the froest next time.
ordered Gretel to cook him delicious and filled his pockets with pebbles.
Their father refused, but he could
food. Gretel cooked and Hansel ate. When they woke next morning, their
not resist the stepmother anymore
The witch had a poor eyesight, so stepmother gave them pieces of
again. Hansel wanted to collect
when she came to check Hansel’s bread and they set off for the woods.
pebbles again, but the door was
finger, he always sticked out a little On the way Hansel dropped a pebble
locked this time. In the morning,
bone and the witch thought he was every few steps.
they woke up early.
too thin to eat.

When they woke up, they realised


that wild animals had eaten the
crumbs. They decided to walk and
find their way to home. They were
very hungry and tired, when they saw
a house made of chocolate, cake and
sugar.
They started eating pieces of the
house. An old lady came out and
invited them in. She was actually a
witch.

They went deep into the forest and


stopped. Their stepmother told them
to sit and wait for them to come
back. The children waited the whole
day, but nobody came. It was
evening. They ate their bread and
slept in the forest. Next morning,
they followed the pebbles that Hansel
had dropped and reached home. Their
father was so happy.

stepmother had died and their father


One day she lost her patience and was very happy when he saw his Their stepmother gave them even smaller
decided to cook him. As she was children alive. pieces of bread this time. On the way
preparing the oven, Gretel shoved her They lived a wealthy life. Hansel dropped crumbs behind him. They
into in it and rescued her brother. walked for a long time and stopped. Their
They took the witch’s gems from her stepmother told them to wait for them
chest and went back home. Their again. They shared a piece of bread and
fell asleep. were so poor. One night they heard
When the woke up, it was dark. They Once upon a time there were their stepmother insisting that they
decided to go back in the morning. two children, Hansel and should get rid of the children or they
Gretel, who lived with their will die of starvation. The father
father and stepmother. Their didn’t want to do this, but could not
father was a woodcutter. They resist anymore.

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