The family
Hansel and Gretel
- Story
Once upon a time a very poor woodcutter lived in a tiny cottage in the forest with his two children, Hansel and Gretel. His second wife often ill-treated the children and was forever nagging the woodcutter.
-"There is not enough food in the house for us all. There are too many mouths to feed! We must get rid of the two brats," she declared.
And she kept on trying to persuade her husband to abandon his children in the forest.
-"Take them miles from home, so far that they can never find their way back! Maybe someone will find them and give them a home."
The downcast woodcutter didn´t know what to do.
Hansel who, one evening, had overheard his parents´ conversation, comforted Gretel.
-"Don´t worry! If they do leave us in the forest, we´ll find the way home," he said.
And slipping out of the house he filled his pockets with little white pebbles, then went back to bed. All night long, the woodcutter´s wife harped on and on at her husband till, at dawn, he led Hansel and Gretel away into the forest. But as they went into the depths of the trees,
Hansel dropped a little white pebble here and there on the mossy green ground.
At a certain point, the two children found they really were alone: the woodcutter had plucked up enough courage to desert them, had mumbled an excuse and was gone. Night fell but the woodcutter did not return. Gretel began to sob bitterly. Hansel too felt scared but he tried to hide his feelings and comfort his sister.
-"Don´t cry, trust me! I swear I´ll take you home even if Father doesn´t come back for us!"
Luckily the moon was full that night and Hansel waited till its cold light filtered through the trees.
-"Now give me your hand!" he said. "We´ll get home safely, you´ll see!"
The tiny white pebbles gleamed in the moonlight, and the children found their way home. They crept through a half open window, without wakening their parents. Cold, tired but thankful to be home again, they slipped into bed.
Next day, when their stepmother discovered that Hansel and Gretel had returned, she went into a rage. Stifling her anger in front of the children, she locked her bedroom door, reproaching her husband for failing to carry out her orders.
The weak woodcutter protested, torn as he was between shame and fear of disobeying his cruel wife. The wicked stepmother kept Hansel and Gretel under lock and key all day with nothing for supper but a sip of water and some hard bread.
All night, husband and wife quarreled, and when dawn came, the woodcutter led the children out into the forest. Hansel, however, had not eaten his bread, and as he walked through the trees, he left a trail of crumbs behind him to mark the way.
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- Song
Lyrics/letra:
Mommy and Daddy
Sister and Brother
Grandma and Grandpa
My family
Mommy and me
Daddy and me
My family
I love my family.
Sister and me
Brother and me
My family
I love my family.
Grandma and me
Grandpa and me
My family
I love my family.
I love my family.
I love my family.
I love my family.
And my family loves me.
The seasons
- Story
- Song
Apples and Bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas
Now change the vowel sound to A:
I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays
I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays
Now change the vowel sound to E:
I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees
I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees
Now change the vowel sound to I:
I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis
I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis
Now change the vowel sound to O:
like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos
I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos
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