Hänsel und Gretel (B1) | Einfaches Deutsch mit einem Märchen

Welcome to German with Dana. After last time's so positive Now that I've received feedback, here's the next story right away. I am very pleased to present to you Hänsel and Gretel. If you'd like to choose next time, feel free to let me know. I post lots of polls in my Instagram Story and share them even generally a bit more from my daily life. Let's start with Hänsel and Gretel. Once upon a time, a poor woodcutter lived with his wife and Once there were two children, Hansel and Gretel. The family had little to eat. One night the father could not sleep. He said to his wife, what The woman, the children's stepmother, said, The father was sad, but in the end he said yes. Hansel and Gretel were still awake and heard everything. Gretel wept, but Hansel said, be quiet, I have an idea. He went quietly outside. In the moonlight Many small white stones sparkled in front of the house. Hansel stuffed as many stones as possible into his pockets. The next morning, everyone went into the forest together. Hansel secretly dropped a stone one after another onto the path. Deep in the forest, the parents made a fire and said, "Wait here, we'll be back." Later back. But they didn't come. That night the moon shone and the White stones gleamed like silver. Thus Hänsel and Gretel found their way back. Back home. The stepmother was angry. Soon there was Again too little food, and she wanted to take the children into the forest once more. This time, Gretel found no stones, because the door was locked. He also took a small piece of bread with him. Along the way, he dropped small crumbs of bread. fallen, but the birds in the forest ate up all the crumbs. So the children found the way home no longer. Hansel and Gretel walked for a long time through the forest. They were hungry and afraid. Suddenly, they saw a small house. The house was from bread, cake, and sugar. The children were so hungry that they immediately began to eat. Suddenly, an old woman came out of the house. She was kind and said, "Come in" Herein, my dear children. You are safe with me. She gave them good food and Soft beds. But the old woman was an evil witch. She had built the house out of cake to catch children. In the morning, she took Hansel and locked him in a small cage. To Gretel She said, "Cook something good for your brother. Let him get fat, then I'll eat him." him. Gretel cried, but she had to do what the witch said. Every day the witch wanted The witch felt whether Hansel was already fat. But the witch had poor eyesight. Hansel was clever. Instead of her finger, he always held a small bone out to her. That's what she thought The witch, he's still too thin. After four weeks, the witch grew impatient. Fat or Thin, today I'll eat him," she said. The witch heated up the oven. She said to Gretel, look into the oven to see if it's hot enough. But Gretel noticed that the The witch wanted to shove her inside. Gretel said, I don't know how to do it. Please show it to me. The witch became annoyed and stuck her own head in the oven. At that moment, Gretel gave her a a powerful shove. The witch fell into the oven, and thus the evil witch was dead. Gretel hurried quickly to Hansel and opened the cage. The witch is dead, she cried. The The children embraced each other and were very happy. In the house, they found many boxes. with pearls and precious stones. They inserted as many as possible into her pockets. Then they went home. After a long time, they found their way. The The father was very happy to see his children again. The wicked stepmother had died by then. With the jewels, they had Enough money. From then on, the father, Hansel, and Gretel lived happily. together and their worries were over. I find it very interesting that Stepmother figures in fairy tales are always portrayed so negatively. Is that the case in your Your homeland too? Do you have fairy tales about wicked stepmothers as well? Write to me Do share that in the comments, please. I'm really looking forward to your fairy tales. Listen. By the way, in German there is also a very famous children's song about Hansel and Gretel. And it goes like this. Perhaps the Lord is from this little cottage. Huh, huh, look, an old witch is peering out. She lures the children into the gingerbread house. She even appeared very friendly. Oh Hansel, what a plight! She wanted to bake him in the oven, brown as bread. Yet when the The witch peered into the oven, and was pushed by our little Gretel. The witch must now be roasted, the children go home. Now the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel are done. So, and that's it for today. Thank you for watching. I'm curious to know what you'd like to see Listen? I'm very willing to read more stories aloud. That really amuses me. See you next time. Bye!