The True Story of Hansel and Gretel

On Friday, part of the senior school went to the Royal Ballet of Hansel and Gretel. There were other schools that went too. Teachers and kiwi can leaders also went with to watch the ballet with us. Inside was quite big and our school got to sit at the very front on the top. We were able to see the second act but not the first bit. But we did get to know what happened on the first act because we were told on what happened. We didn't get to see the full act because it will be too long for other schools and if it was to perform the whole act, it would already be home time.

On Monday after the performance, during writing we got to do some free writing about Hansel and Gretel. We were able to write about any version of Hansel and Gretel but it has to be about Hansel and Gretel. Also we were allowed to start in the beginning or end or even when Hansel and Gretel got lost in the forest and found the witch's house. We could do and write anything with our writing but it has to be about Hansel and Gretel.

This is my story about Hansel and Gretel:

The True story of Hansel and Gretel

Minutes passed and still they were asleep. Little footsteps passed the hallway as two sneaky kids opened a door that was leading to the kitchen. Creeeek…

“Shh, we musn’t be heard” Hansel whispered,

“Oh sorry, I’m just too excited”,

As Hansel and Gretel walked past by a door near the bathroom, lights suddenly flashed on their eyes. 

“Ahh, I can’t see anything”,

“What are you doing here in the middle of the night creeping?” said the stepmother,

“What is this fuss about?” said the father as he bent down to grab his slippers.

“We just needed to go to the toilet but now we're off to bed”,

“It doesn’t look like, go back to bed now!” shouted the stepmother.

Hansel and Gretel quickly went back to their rooms and was hoping tomorrow will be the day. 

The next day while Hansel was washing his face in the bathroom, Gretel was in the living room eating her food, but all of the sudden the stepmother screamed,

“AHHH, A SPIDER”,

“Ha, what’s happening, why are you screaming all of a sudden?”,

“A…. spi….der…”, 

Then Hansel came in and grab the spider and threw it outside.

At lunch time, all of them were sitting on the table looking at each other so miserable. When Gretel looked down at the table with a piece of bread on her plate, she was confused on why she only has a piece of bread on her plate.

“No food today, just pieces of bread left, so don’t be greedy and taking the other pieces of bread later and we will be only eating once a day,'' said the stepmother, 

But Gretel hated bread so she pushed the plate with the bread to the side and looked at everyone. 

After lunch the stepmother and the father stayed in the living room while Hansel and Gretel fell asleep in their rooms after the piece of bread they had.

“We need to get rid of these kids, their too much and they are so greedy when it comes to food, if you want to we could leave them in the forest since we live near the forest and we could have lots and lots of food” said the stepmother,

The father wasn’t quite sure, he loved Hansel and Gretel so much that he promised their mother that he won’t leave them but also it would be easy for him so he will only have to feed himself and the stepmother.

Meanwhile, Hansel woke up and was hungry, so he walked to the kitchen but overheard his dad and stepmom talking about them leaving Gretel and him in the forest. Hansel was so disappointed that his dad would agree about leaving them in the forest, so Hansel didn’t go and destroy their conversation he went back to his room and was thinking of a way for him and sister to not get lost in the forest. 

When it was getting dark, the father and stepmom went to sleep while Gretel sneaked into Hansel’s room to check on him. 

“Are you okay, shouldn’t you be asleep?”,

“Yes I am okay, come in and close the door”,

“Why?”,

“Just come in”,

Gretel closed the door and sat next to Hansel that was on his bed looking at a picture of him and his mum.  

“Gretel, father and our stepmom is going to abandon us and leave us in the forest”,

“Huh, what do you mean?, father won’t do such a thing, but our stepmother would, she’s very evil you know,” said Gretel,

Then Hansel started crying all of sudden,

“What’s wrong?, did I say anything bad?“,

“No it’s just I feel like I’m not a good big brother to you and to this family”,

“What? Yes you are, your the best big brother I could ever wish for, don’t say anything bad to yourself because you know it's not true”,

Gretel moved closer to Hansel and gave him a big hug and that did make Hansel feel quite better.

During the night, Hansel creeped out of his room and once again sneaked to the kitchen. Creek….

Slowly Hansel opened a cupboard with pieces of bread in it and grabbed the pieces of bread and slowly went back to bed. 

Days passed and the father and stepmother were still thinking of a way to leave Hansel and Gretel in the forest, but one day the stepmother thought of a way to leave Hansel and Gretel in the forest and it wasn’t really the best plan that she could ever think of but she was tired of Hansel and Gretel taking their food so she decided for it to happen the day after tomorrow.

The next day Gretel was sitting on her bed feeling quite sad, she was worried about Hansel and about their father and stepmom leaving both of them in the forest, but she was more worried about Hansel because she’s afraid of the plan that Hansel made a few days ago. 

As the sun sets, everyone falls asleep quite early but not Hansel and Gretel. The plan that Hansel made was not quite smart at all. Instead of him and Gretel not getting lost, he decided to run away with Gretel and with the pieces of bread so they won’t starve and go to the city and live there by themselves. Hansel was so ready to leave that he didn’t even think about Gretel. When it was getting dark, that’s when Hansel and Gretel decided to escape but the stepmom suddenly woke up so they decided to get through the back, but it would be quite rough for them because the back of their house is full of bushes of thorns, that's why they never go at the back of their house to play.

“Ouch”,

“Ouch”,

“Ouch”,

“Huh, I’m getting hurt”,

“Ouch, me too”,

“But we're almost there, just keep holding on to me”,

Hansel was at the front trying to push the thorns to the side but they were hurting to much so Hansel took Gretel and piggy back her for it to be more easier.

“Ouch”,

“Are we nearly there yet?”,

“Yup few more steps”,

“Ok”,

“Ok?, you’re so heavy and I’m the one who’s suffering”,

“Shhh, they might hear us”,

“Uhhh”,

As Hansel and Gretel reached the end, Hansel was so tired so he let go of Gretel and Gretel slammed to the ground. 

“Ouch”,

“Come on, we have a such a long journey to go”,

They were walking for a long, long time since they reached the forest. 

“Isn’t there a shortcut for us to go through but not in the forest?”said Gretel shivering,

“No, this is the only way we could go”,

As they both took a step forward, they could already feel the creepy vibes going on through the forest.

To be continued.......

What I enjoyed during the performances was that every character was introduced and their true colours were shown during the performance.