Hansel and Gretel Fairy Tales and Bedtime Stories for Kids in English Storytime Story Time

once upon time there lived brother and sister named hansel and gretel their mother had passed away when they were babies they lived with their dad in hut in the forest their dad was trying to earn their living by working as woodcutter and was looking after the kids at the same time couple of years passed and struggling to juggle work and two kids at the same time their dad decided to get married again the woodcutter's wife was from wealthy family and she hated the fact that they were poor and she had to live in small ruined hut deep into the forest plus she did not like her stepchildren at all on cold winter night as they were getting ready for bed hansel and gretel heard their stepmother talking to their dad how are you going to get through this winter we don't have enough food if you do not get rid of these kids we will all starve to death their dad opposed furiously no need to argue made up my mind tomorrow we'll take them to the woods and leave them there hearing all that gretel started to cry her brother hansel comforted her please don't worry gretel somehow we'll find our way back home later that night hansel snuck out and collected as many pebbles as he could in his pockets in the morning they all started to walk towards the forest their father told them that they were going for family hike as they were walking without anyone noticing hansel dropped the pebbles to mark the way back in the afternoon their dad and stepmother lit fire and told them that they will be back soon they walked off and vanished in the woods of course they did not come back when the night fell the horrible sounds of all the wild animals in the forest started to echo around them shivering with the horrifying sounds of the wolves hansel and gretel did not leave the fireside until the moon rise then they started to follow the pebbles shining in the moonlight and walk towards home well done ansel this was very clever of you when the kids came back home their dad was very happy and surprised at the same time their stepmother also acted as if she was happy but deep inside her decision was still the same she was very upset that they were back after three days the stepmother tried to get rid of them again this time at night she locked hansel and gretel's door and did not allow hansel to collect pebbles again but hansel was clever boy when they were walking to the forest in the morning this time he dropped the breadcrumbs that he had put in his pocket the night before and again made trail the way back home around noon their father and stepmother made up an excuse and went off leaving them all alone in the forest again realizing that they were not coming back hansel and gretel wanted to start walking back home before it got dark but this time they could not find the trail they left because all the breadcrumbs were eaten by the birds gretel started crying for the first time hansel also felt hopeless this time the kids were really lost with no food and scared to death they wandered around the forest for three days on the third day they saw bird wide as snow the bird chirped songs with its beautiful voice for them they forgot their hunger for moment and started to follow the bird the bird brought them in front of funny looking house this house had walls of bread roof made out of cake and windows of candy and was covered with colorful cream all around hansel and gretel could not believe their eyes the house looked incredibly delicious the kids forgot all about how tired they were and started to run to the house just as they were both going to have bite from the house they heard voice from inside now who is nibbling on my house they looked around and they saw cute and sweet old lady at the door when they told her all about what had happened to them she felt very bad for them and so she let them in the inside of the house was very different from the outside it was dark scary and it didn't feel right but because they were so tired and hungry the kids did not care much the old lady brought all kinds of food and desserts for them and the kids ate food that they hadn't had before that night they slept on the softest bed they had ever seen when they woke up in the morning the old lady wasn't there they started to look around at the end of the corridor they saw small door when they opened the door they found cases full of gold and treasure inside they were very surprised of course hansa wanted to get in and take closer look right at that moment they heard her voice again and what do you think you are doing when they turned around the kids face the witch standing right there in front of them apparently the old lady was witch leading the kids to dungeon with house covered with cake and candy the kids tried to run away but the door was locked the witch pulled hansel by the hair and locked him in cage then she dragged gretel to the kitchen your brother is too skinny cook some food for him and make him fat when he's in good shape he'll be delicious meal for me but don't you dare eat anything all the food is only for him having no choice gretel did what she asked for fortunately hansa was clever and wise boy he decided to trick the evil-hearted witch every night when the witch was asleep he was digging hole in the ground of the cage the witch was controlling hansel every morning to see if he gained weight or not but hansel wasn't eating anything his sister cooked instead he was burying them in the hole that he digged in the meantime the witch was telling gretel to cook more this went on for days until finally the witch had enough fat skinny don't care anymore today will make cancel pie she turned to gretel look in the oven to see if the dough is baked enough although she was in fear gretel was also wise girl just like her brother she understood that the witch was going to push her in the oven can't get my head in there and see the dough whined gretel the witch pushed her aside and stuck her head inside gretel gathered all her strength and pushed the old witch into the oven and closed the oven door gretel knew where the witch was hiding the keys she ran straight away and saved hansel from the cage the flames from the oven covered the whole house hansel and gretel ran away from the burning house into the woods but they did not know where to go while later they came across river giant swan took them one by one to the other side of the river the kids looked around and suddenly they realized where they were they ran home as fast as they could seeing his kids father was full of joy with tears of joy he explained to them how their stepmother had gone back to her parents house soon after they had left them in the forest and how sorry he was for all that he did and no matter how hard he had searched for them they were nowhere to be found the kids loved their father very much so they forgave him but another surprise was waiting for their father they both reached their pockets and brought out golden diamonds they had found in the witch's home their father could not believe his eyes all the problems that their family had ever had went away and they lived happily ever after in forest lived rather rickety mouse he was so afraid of the fox the wolf and even himself for that matter that if the wind blew and branch cracked he looked around for hole he could hide in because of this all the little animals made fun of him how scared is he you're even scared of the wind you're so scared you're so scared one day the mouse got his act together and went over to see the king of the jungle the lion the lion had just finished having his lunch he was taking nap in front of the cave the mouse's friends were all curious as to what the mouse had planned the mouse started to climb up the lion's tail he got up on the lion's back with very confident look on his face he posed to his friends although he was very scared he was doing everything in his hand not to make it obvious right at that moment the lion woke up and as he shook his bow the mouse fell off the mouse and the lion came eye to eye all the other animals were worried no the lion will swallow the match what nerve what courage what are you doing on my back my life passes off by shaking with fear if leaf falls off of the tree i'm scared fed up with this want to get rid of this fear you're the king of the jungle with just one big roar the animals fear you would you consider taking me to your custody the lion listened to the mouse in silence the mouse was wondering what his reply was going to be and why should help you give me one good reason as to why shouldn't eat you your help will be returned promise maybe one day will help you as soon as the mouse finished what he had to say the lion roared in such way how can such tiny mouse as yourself be of any help to me but seeing the tiny mouse shaking in front of him the lion decided not to eat him thank god am for now get out of my sight the mouse ran and got away from there watching all that was happening from afar the friends of the mouse were really surprised some time had passed by client got hungry and started wandering around in the forest but he could not notice the hunter's trap and got caught he was hung in the air in big net he tried to break free from the net but he could not do it he was the king of the forest so if he could yell for help he would be humiliated and all the hunters would hear him and come to get him faster being out of options he began to wait meanwhile the other animals living in the forest noticed the lion but nobody could dare get close to him when he was passing by little mouse saw the lion and he decided to help him he went directly next to him he started to climb the line's long tail and when he reached the net he began to chew on it at that moment the bunny came running next to them hey buddy hurry up the hunters are coming the other animals who were gathered around suddenly started to run around when they heard the word hunter but the mouse kept on chewing with persistence in the end the net was torn apart and the lion fell down and got away come on jump on my back let's get out of here the mouse jumped on the lion's back and they got away from there all breathless the lion arrived in front of his cave he kneeled down and the mouse jumped off when you told me that one day you might be able to help me underestimated you thought you were tiny mouse with no use at all but you saved my life thank you it's my pleasure my cake you don't have to be afraid of me anymore in fact you do not need to fear anything because you're very courageous mouse if am the king of the jungle from now on you are my courageous brains lion and the mouse began to laugh all the animals watching all that was happening from afar came out and applaud the courageous mouse the lion and the mouse became best friends and the forest lived in peace forever