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PROPUESTAS DE INTENSIFICACIÓN DE LA ENSEÑANZA INGLÉS
HANSEL
and
GRETEL
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Part One
Once upon a time, there were two children:
a brother and a sister. The boy was called
Hansel and the girl was called Gretel. Hansel
and Gretel lived with their father and their
stepmother in a tiny little house in the forest.
The family was very, very poor.
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One night, Hansel and The next day, their father called: “Children!
Gretel were so hungry Let’s go into the forest to cut some wood.”
that they could not go to
sleep. Hansel took a piece of bread and
They heard their put it in his pocket.
parents having this
conversation: The family walked
“We have no more food. and walked deep
Hansel and Gretel are into the forest.
a problem now! They Bit by bit, Hansel
have to go!” said the dropped a trail
stepmother. of breadcrumbs to
mark the way home.
“Oh, no! My poor children!” the father replied.
The father stopped and said: “I’ll make a fire.
“It’s the only solution!” she said. “Tomorrow, You two wait here! We’ll be back.”
we’ll take the children deep into the forest and
leave them there.” Night came. And they never returned.
Gretel started to cry. “Let’s follow the trail of breadcrumbs,”
Hansel said. But there was no trail. The birds
“Shhh! Be quiet!” said Hansel. “Don’t worry! I of the forest had eaten every crumb. Now,
have an idea!” Hansel and Gretel were lost in the forest.
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Part Two Hansel and Gretel froze. Then, the witch said:
“Come on in, the door’s open. Ha, ha, ha!”
Three nights and three days went by. Hansel
and Gretel were hungry and thirsty and tired. Hansel and Gretel went in. The table was set.
And just then… They had milk and pancakes and apples and
jam. Just for one night, Hansel and Gretel
“Hansel! Look!” cried Gretel. were happy.
“A gingerbread house!”
Part Three
The windows were
made of sugar. The The next morning, the witch locked Hansel up
doors were made of in a cage. And she made Gretel a prisoner.
chocolate. The roof
was made of cake. “I’ll cook your brother when he’s fat enough,”
In the garden, there she said.
were lollipops and
candy bars. “Oh, no!” cried Gretel.
Every day, the witch
“Mmm! Taste the door!” said Hansel. checked on Hansel.
“Try the window!” said Gretel. And every day she said:
Then, they heard a witch’s voice say: “You’re too thin!”
But the day came.
“Nibble, nibble little mouse.
Who’s that nibbling at my house?”
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“Fat or thin, I’ll eat your brother!” the witch
said. “I’ll make a fire to cook him.” And she took Hansel quickly out of the cage.
Gretel took the risk and pushed the witch into They found the witch’s diamonds, pearls and
the fire. gold- and they filled their pockets full.
“AHHHHHHHH!” cried the witch. And she was Then, they ran and ran until they got home safe
gone! and rich.
“THE WITCH IS DEAD! THE WITCH IS DEAD!”
Gretel shouted.
The End
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Las imágenes utilizadas con fines pedagógicos fueron tomadas
de Pixabay, salvo las indicadas a continuación:
pp. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: Jerrold, Walter (ed.); Robinson Charles (ill.)
(1911) The Big Book of Fairy Tales. Blackie & Son Ltd., Londres.
pp.6: Gieseler, Hanns (ed.); Liebich, Curt (ill.) (1925) Hänsel und
Gretel und andere Märchen der Brüder Grimm. Abel & Müller
Verlag, Leipzig.
Desde el sitio Continuemos Estudiando de la DGCyE, se puede
acceder a las orientaciones docentes para trabajar con este
cuento en la clase de Inglés.
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IT’S STORY TIME!
Hansel and Gretel is the
story of two brave
children, a candy house
and a cruel witch.
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