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Hansel and Grettel
By The Brothers Grimm
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ONCE upon a time there lived on the outskirts of a large forest a poor woodcutter with his wife and two children. Times were really bad. …. One night, as he was tossing about in bed, he sighed and said to his wife: “What’s to become of us? how are we to feed our poor children. “I’ll tell you what, husband,” answered the woman; “early to-morrow morning we’ll take the children out into the thickest part of the wood; there we shall light a fire for them and give them each a piece of bread; then we’ll go on to our work and leave them alone. They won’t be able to find their way home, and we shall be rid of them.”
(We are republishing Hansel and Grettel because it has mysteriously disappeared from our archive)
This is a RATHER SCARY STORY. Children and adults might be a touch frightened by Natasha’s rendering of the wicked witch who wants to cook little Hansel and Gretel. But they will also be enraptured by Hansel and Grettel’s ingenuity as they triumph over evil.
This version of the classic story by The Brothers Grimm is from the Blue Fairy Book of Andrew Lang, published in 1889.
As usual, before we get going, we pick-up some royal gossip from Prince Bertie’s the Frog’s Pond, where Colin the Carp is getting grumpy about tadpoles and their silly notions.
Read by Natasha Lee-Lewis. Duration 23 minutes.
ONCE upon a time there dwelt on the outskirts of a large forest a poor woodcutter with his wife and two children; the boy was called Hansel and the girl Grettel. He had always little enough to live on, and once, when times were bad, they had to get by with one piece of bread and butter each. One night, as he was tossing about in bed, full of cares and worry, he sighed and said to his wife: “What’s to become of us? how are we to feed our poor children, now that we have nothing more for ourselves?” “I’ll tell you what, husband,” answered the woman; “early to-morrow morning we’ll take the children out into the thickest part of the wood; there we shall light a fire for them and give them each a piece of bread; then we’ll go on to our work and leave them alone. They won’t be able to find their way home, and we shall be rid of them.” “No, wife,” said her husband, “that I won’t do; how could I find it in my heart to leave my children alone in the wood? The wild beasts would soon come and tear them to pieces.” “Oh! you fool,” said she, “then we must all four die of hunger, and you may just as well go and saw the boards for our coffins”; and they argued and argued, until he agreed that they must get rid of Hansel and Grettel. “But I can’t help feeling sorry for the poor children,” added the husband.
The children, too, had not been able to sleep for hunger, and had heard what their step-mother had said to their father. Grettel wept bitterly and spoke to Hansel: “Now it’s all up with us.” “No, no, Grettel,” said Hansel, “don’t fret yourself; I’ll be able to find a way to escape, no fear.” And when the old people had fallen asleep he got up, slipped on his little coat, opened the back door and stole out. The moon was shining clearly, and the white pebbles which lay in front of the house glittered like bits of silver. Hansel bent down and filled his pocket with as many of them as he could cram in. Then he went back and said to Grettel: “Be comforted, my dear little sister, and go to sleep: God will not desert us”; and he lay down in bed again.
At daybreak, even before the sun was up, the woman came and woke the two children: “Get up, you lie-abeds, we’re all going to the forest to fetch wood.” She gave them each a bit of bread and said: “There’s something for your luncheon, but don’t you eat it up before, for it’s all you’ll get.” Grettel took the bread under her apron, as Hansel had the stones in his pocket. Then they all set out together on the way to the forest. After they had walked for a little, Hansel stood still and looked back at the house, and this maneuver he repeated again and again. His father observed him, and said: “Hansel, what are you gazing at there, and why do you always remain behind? Take care, and don’t lose your footing.” “Oh! father,” said Hansel, “I am looking back at my white kitten, which is sitting on the roof, waving me a farewell.” The woman exclaimed: “What a donkey you are! that isn’t your kitten, that’s the morning sun shining on the chimney.” But Hansel had not looked back at his kitten, but had always dropped one of the white pebbles out of his pocket on to the path.
When they had reached the middle of the forest the father said: “Now, children, go and fetch a lot of wood, and I’ll light a fire that you may not feel cold.” Hansel and Grettel heaped up brushwood till they had made a pile nearly the size of a small hill. The brushwood was set fire to, and when the flames leaped high the woman said: “Now lie down at the fire, children, and rest yourselves: we are going into the forest to cut down wood; when we’ve finished we’ll come back and fetch you.” Hansel and Grettel sat down beside the fire, and at midday ate their little bits of bread. They heard the strokes of the axe, so they thought their father was quite near. But it was no axe they heard, but a bough he had tied on a dead tree, and that was blown about by the wind. And when they had sat for a long time their eyes closed with fatigue, and they fell fast asleep. When they awoke at last it was pitch dark. Grettel began to cry, and said: “How are we ever to get out of the wood?” But Hansel comforted her. “Wait a bit,” he said, “till the moon is up, and then we’ll find our way sure enough.” And when the full moon had risen he took his sister by the hand and followed the pebbles, which shone like new threepenny bits, and showed them the path. They walked on through the night, and at daybreak reached their father’s house again. They knocked at the door, and when the woman opened it she exclaimed: “You naughty children, what a time you’ve slept in the wood! we thought you were never going to come back.” But the father rejoiced, for his conscience had reproached him for leaving his children behind by themselves.
Not long afterward there was again great dearth in the land, and the children heard their mother address their father thus in bed one night: “Everything is eaten up once more; we have only half a loaf in the house, and when that’s done it’s all up with us. The children must be got rid of; we’ll lead them deeper into the wood this time, so that they won’t be able to find their way out again. There is no other way of saving ourselves.” The man’s heart smote him heavily, and he thought: “Surely it would be better to share the last bite with one’s children!” But his wife wouldn’t listen to his arguments, and did nothing but scold and reproach him. If a man yields once he’s done for, and so, because he had given in the first time, he was forced to do so the second.
But the children were awake, and had heard the conversation. When the old people were asleep Hansel got up, and wanted to go out and pick up pebbles again, as he had done the first time; but the woman had barred the door, and Hansel couldn’t get out. But he consoled his little sister, and said: “Don’t cry, Grettel, and sleep peacefully, for God is sure to help us.”
At early dawn the woman came and made the children get up. They received their bit of bread, but it was even smaller than the time before. On the way to the wood Hansel crumbled it in his pocket, and every few minutes he stood still and dropped a crumb on the ground. “Hansel, what are you stopping and looking about you for?” said the father. “I’m looking back at my little pigeon, which is sitting on the roof waving me a farewell,” answered Hansel. “Fool!” said the wife; “that isn’t your pigeon, it’s the morning sun glittering on the chimney.” But Hansel gradually threw all his crumbs on the path. The woman led the children still deeper into the forest farther than they had ever been in their lives before. Then a big fire was lit again, and the mother said: “Just sit down there, children, and if you’re tired you can sleep a bit; we’re going into the forest to cut down wood, and in the evening when we’re finished we’ll come back to fetch you.” At midday Grettel divided her bread with Hansel, for he had strewn his all along their path. Then they fell asleep, and evening passed away, but nobody came to the poor children. They didn’t awake till it was pitch dark, and Hansel comforted his sister, saying: “Only wait, Grettel, till the moon rises, then we shall see the bread-crumbs I scattered along the path; they will show us the way back to the house.” When the moon appeared they got up, but they found no crumbs, for the thousands of birds that fly about the woods and fields had picked them all up. “Never mind,” said Hansel to Gret- tel; “you’ll see we’ll find a way out”; but all the same they did not. They wandered about the whole night, and the next day, from morning till evening, but they could not find a path out of the wood. They were very hungry, too, for they had nothing to eat but a few berries they found growing on the ground. And at last they were so tired that their legs refused to carry them any longer, so they lay down under a tree and fell fast asleep.
On the third morning after they had left their father’s house they set about their wandering again, but only got deeper and deeper into the wood, and now they felt that if help did not come to them soon they must perish. At midday they saw a beautiful little snow-white bird sitting on a branch, which sang so sweetly that they stopped still and listened to it. And when its song was finished it flapped its wings and flew on in front of them. They followed it and came to a little house, on the roof of which it perched; and when they came quite near they saw that the cottage was made of bread and roofed with cakes, while the window was made of transparent sugar. “Now we’ll set to,” said Hansel, “and have a regular blow-out.[1] I’ll eat a bit of the roof, and you, Grettel, can eat some of the window, which you’ll find a sweet morsel.” Hansel stretched up his hand and broke off a little bit of the roof to see what it was like, and Grettel went to the casement and began to nibble at it. Thereupon a shrill voice called out from the room inside:
“Nibble, nibble, little mouse, Who’s nibbling my house?”
The children answered:
“Tis Heaven’s own child, The tempest wild,”
and went on eating, without putting themselves about. Hansel, who thoroughly appreciated the roof, tore down a big bit of it, while Grettel pushed out a whole round window-pane, and sat down the better to enjoy it. Suddenly the door opened, and an ancient dame leaning on a staff hobbled out. Hansel and Grettel were so terrified that they let what they had in their hands fall. But the old woman shook her head and said: “Oh, ho! you dear children, who led you here? Just come in and stay with me, no ill shall befall you.” She took them both by the hand and let them into the house, and laid a most sumptuous dinner before them–milk and sugared pancakes, with apples and nuts. After they had finished, two beautiful little white beds were prepared for them, and when Hansel and Grettel lay down in them they felt as if they had got into heaven.
[1] He was a vulgar boy!
The old woman had appeared to be most friendly, but she was really an old witch who had waylaid the children, and had only built the little bread house in order to lure them in. When anyone came into her power she killed, cooked, and ate him, and held a regular feast-day for the occasion. Now witches have red eyes, and cannot see far, but, like beasts, they have a keen sense of smell, and know when human beings pass by. When Hansel and Grettel fell into her hands she laughed maliciously, and said jeeringly: “I’ve got them now; they sha’n't escape me.” Early in the morning, before the children were awake, she rose up, and when she saw them both sleeping so peacefully, with their round rosy cheeks, she muttered to herself: “That’ll be a dainty bite.” Then she seized Hansel with her bony hand and carried him into a little stable, and barred the door on him; he might scream as much as he liked, it did him no good. Then she went to Grettel, shook her till she awoke, and cried: “Get up, you lazy-bones, fetch water and cook something for your brother. When he’s fat I’ll eat him up.” Grettel began to cry bitterly, but it was of no use; she had to do what the wicked witch bade her.
So the best food was cooked for poor Hansel, but Grettel got nothing but crab-shells. Every morning the old woman hobbled out to the stable and cried: “Hansel, put out your finger, that I may feel if you are getting fat.” But Hansel always stretched out a bone, and the old dame, whose eyes were dim, couldn’t see it, and thinking always it was Hansel’s finger, wondered why he fattened so slowly. When four weeks had passed and Hansel still remained thin, she lost patience and determined to wait no longer. “Hi, Grettel,” she called to the girl, abe quick and get some water. Hansel may be fat or thin, I’m going to kill him to-morrow and cook him.” Oh! how the poor little sister sobbed as she carried the water, and how the tears rolled down her cheeks! “Kind heaven help us now!” she cried; “if only the wild beasts in the wood had eaten us, then at least we should have died together.” “Just hold your peace,” said the old hag; “it won’t help you.”
Early in the morning Grettel had to go out and hang up the kettle full of water, and light the fire. “First we’ll bake,” said the old dame; “I’ve heated the oven already and kneaded the dough.” She pushed Grettel out to the oven, from which fiery flames were already issuing. “Creep in,” said the witch, “and see if it’s properly heated, so that we can shove in the bread.” For when she had got Grettel in she meant to close the oven and let the girl bake, that she might eat her up too. But Grettel perceived her intention, and said: “I don’t know how I’m to do it; how do I get in?” “You silly goose!” said the hag, “the opening is big enough; see, I could get in myself,” and she crawled toward it, and poked her head into the oven. Then Grettel gave her a shove that sent her right in, shut the iron door, and drew the bolt. Gracious! how she yelled, it was quite horrible; but Grettel fled, and the wretched old woman was left to perish miserably.
Grettel flew straight to Hansel, opened the little stable- door, and cried: “Hansel, we are free; the old witch is dead.” Then Hansel sprang like a bird out of a cage when the door is opened. How they rejoiced, and fell on each other’s necks, and jumped for joy, and kissed one another! And as they had no longer any cause for fear, they went in the old hag’s house, and here they found, in every corner of the room, boxes with pearls and precious stones. “These are even better than pebbles,” said Hansel, and crammed his pockets full of them; and Grettel said: “I too will bring something home,” and she filled her apron full. “But now,” said Hansel, “let’s go and get well away from the witch’s wood.” When they had wandered about for some hours they came to a big lake. “We can’t get over,” said Hansel; “I see no bridge of any sort or kind.” “Yes, and there’s no ferry-boat either,” answered Grettel; “but look, there swims a white duck; if I ask her she’ll help us over,” and she called out:
“Here are two children, mournful very, Seeing neither bridge nor ferry; Take us upon your white back, And row us over, quack, quack!”
The duck swam toward them, and Hansel got on her back and bade his little sister sit beside him. “No,” answered Grettel, “we should be too heavy a load for the duck: she shall carry us across separately.” The good bird did this, and when they were landed safely on the other side, and had gone for a while, the wood became more and more familiar to them, and at length they saw their father’s house in the distance. Then they set off to run, and bounding into the room fell on their father’s neck. The man had not passed a happy hour since he left them in the wood, but the woman had died. Grettel shook out her apron so that the pearls and precious stones rolled about the room, and Hansel threw down one handful after the other out of his pocket. Thus all their troubles were ended, and they lived happily ever afterward.
The Brothers Grimm collected folk stories from German households in the 19th C. Some of their tales have dark under-currents of psychology, others are romantic and amusing.
This story was so awesome that I could’nt stop reading and it was 12;00 in the night. This is a story that touches your heart. Bye.
it is a moral story
Yikes! I am glad i am not Gretel P.S great story Natasha
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Dear Jackson
Yes, Hansel and Grettel are originally German.
Yo bertie good story just wanted to ask you a question: was this story translated from german cuz the names hansel and grettel sound german in a english story
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This websight is cool not the best but it helps you study when your in 6th grade. Sutch as me i am in 6th grade. Now im hungry o well im still going to listen :)
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the story was about a little kid putrocks so he could rember his house and the old women want to eat grettel so she could cook him to make him fat so she could eat him and she was mean to grettle becuase she want to eat him.
the story was about a little kid putrocks so he could rember his house and the old women want to eat grettel so she could cook him to make him fat so she could eat him and she was mean.
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Hello
This is a scary fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Hansel and Gretel learn its important to trust the words of their father who told them not to get lost in the dark woods.
Thanks for listening
Bye Bye
N *
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i like this story but its to long
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it did’nt make any sence
Dear Kin, it’s one of the classics !
i think its an awful story for kids it should be some horror movie for adults not kids i dont think kids should even be able to reasd this kind of stuff
i think u should be the witch ur evil anof
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we will rock u love this story
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Your vocie is so nice NATASHA!
I had enjoyed this story because it had a happy ENDING.And I think there are some words that are not played.But never mind about that.I think the score of this is 10/10.
GO GO GO GO GO NATASHA!
KELLETT SCHOOL STUDENT
JAE HYUK
good book
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I had enjoyed this story because it had a happy ENDING.And I think there are some words that are not played.But never mind about that.I think the score of this is 10/10.
KELLETT SCHOOL STUDENT
JAE HYUK
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I had enjoyed this story because it had a happy ENDING.And I think there are some words that are not played.But never mind about that.I think the score of this is 10/10.
KELLETT SCHOOL STUDENT
JAE HYUK
I think this is a bit of a sad story but it is still
nice too hear
emma
I LIKE THIS STORY . ALSO I ADVICE THE TEENEGERS TO READ IT BECAUSE IT IS VERY INTERESTING .
The wich was bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love disney and i dont mean to be mean but i liked this version much better
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this is an awesome story
Hello
This is a dark fairytale full of adventure. When the young Hansel & Grettel go hand in hand to the forest they are full of hope
untill they reach the cottage where the cruel Witch lies with all her sweet treats.
Thanks for listening
Bye Bye
N *
This is a very thrilling story, full of adveture. I like it! Oh, let me refrase that. I LOVE it!!!!!!!
please care about my comments and answer them
nice
i really love the story
its a vocab question sorry
i love you
TOO much comments huh
i really liked this story and felt ur improving my English oh i wanna ask u a grammar question and please answer me (nodded is a common used word i really wanna know if it means yes or no ive asked my teacher and she said both i dont know if she is right please answer me)xoxoxoxo
Way too long
hi dear natasha
I am Iranian
I am improving my English
please answer to my comment I want to know you see mine
wow nice ?
hated thatis not what i searched
i love storynory i love it because it reads for nicely! thanks a lot1
I use these stories to entertain my little sister Emma when I have to Baby Sit. Thanks, StoryNory!
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i like hansel and gretel
I like the story hansel and gretel
Hello
Thank you for your comment
Hansel & Grettel, a tale by the Brothers Grimm, in which we learn how the young brother and sister venture into the woods and despite their fathers warning, they get lost and caught up in the woods by the evil witch who lures them into her house. Both children must plan wisely to escape if they are to return back to their fathers cottage alive.
This tale has a moral that it is important not to trust strangers.
Thanks for listening
Bye Bye
N*
nice story with full meaning
i loved it….
Great story !
yes,I like.
I live in argentina…
wow, great story! I love it!!! Thanks Bertie for nice writing and Natasha for nice reading.
I hope that there will be more great, fantastic stories in storynory website for all of us to read and improve our English writting.
cool and awsome
Great book!!!
Hello
Thank you.
Hansel and Gretal are two young children venture into the the woods alone and do not stick to the path despite their fathers words of caution, as it gets dark, they stumble across the witches cottage and are tempted by the sweet treats she decorates the outside of her house in. When she entraps them in her house, they must find a way to escape and they hatch a plan that involves hiding in her kitchen. One moral message from this fairytale could be that it is important to stick together as brother and sisters, you may find more…
Thanks for listening
Bye Bye
N*
i like this story
i love this story my grandma used to tell it to me im all grown up but i like fary tales guess im still a kid inside
y didn’t they say the right words :).
I just realized… maybe it’s maturity or the wisdom that comes with age, but the witch in Hansel and Gretel — she’s very misunderstood. I mean, the woman builds her dream house and these brats come along and start eating it.
Dear Sir/madam,
I love listening to it many times because it is very good to improve my ears with English sound.And also,I would like to thank you for reading it and making it.
oh what a cute story love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello,
Yes Hansel & Gretel, is a good story with the moral of what can happen if you venture to far into the woods alone. Hansel & Gretel are drawn to the Witch’s cottage but then she traps them. They find a clever way to escape the witch by hiding in the oven, and there is a nice fairytale ending.
Thanks for listening
N*
i like this story
i liOk this story its babyish but kewll
that was scary.i like candy
wow! that was scary!
great stuff
Dear Bertie i have a question, why dont you make an audio story about how u became a frog and put a nice twist in it
i love this story so much! i dont see why disney changed it. It’s kid friendly and it has a happy ending! I love disney and i dont mean to be mean but i liked this version much better
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oh i love this story but i loved 2 things are myy favourite.the first thing i like about this story is that hansels clever idea that throwing pebbles when going to the deepest forest.the second thing is thati loved the candy house
Dear Helen, it’s a dark story and anything is possible. It certainly isn’t very nice about the mother !
It a very nice story but what really caught my attention was how the mum and the witch died at the same time. Perhaps the mum is the witch?!!?
I hate this story
I love the story Hansel and Grettle but this is better than reading out loud by yourself but the story can be better.
i want candy now
Thanks for sharing this classic stories…the voice animation is delightful and this story was rich in new vocabulary words to teach. I enjoyed it and our class will expand on the lesson. Again Thanks!
it is ok but i dont like the way she treats those kids if i were one of those kids i would of probably killed her.And she eats kids too that is just awful but it is just a story so i am not that worked up about it
man i hate this story!!!!!!!!!
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I loved it oh yeah it was so cool, as heck, I can’t even say how much I loved it made my day :) I’m sleepy but I listen to it all the time day and night, I need to tell you something it’s a secret message dudes. Ha!!!
I loved the story,but how did the mom die after the witch died.I think the woman is the witch.
I’s a
very good story
I really don’t know any more it was a pretty rude story.
I think that this story is a wonderful story but the only thing that got me was the mother had died at the same time the witch did, I think she is the witch.
Love the house yummy make my sweet tooth go crazy just like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi people this story was really stupid, love the house. But why would the mother leave them in the woods, unless she was a witch. Ok my mother would never do that to me oh kay . You get the picture.
Thanks a lot for telling German fairy-tales,for I loved them very much when I was a lttle child.
They remind me of my childhood that was a happy time
indeed.
i hate this story
this is not a good story i hated the way they treated them poor kids and jesus is not pleased with that i don’t care if its a fairy tale or not i can’t stand this story and it could be a 100% better
COOL IS STOOL
i love this story so much
i like this. it was not scary at all
Love the story really nice but really it is not that hard to see that she is the witch really
OMG it’s the wife she’s the witch people.
As I was saying the witch has to be the evil wife because it fits the ending. I mean read it or listen to it. You’ll see how easy it is to see that the mother is the witch, she has to be because she wanted to leave them in the woods, all alone. What a good way to get a good child dinner for one. I mean it’s my opinion that the mother had to be her. If the wife died the same time, they had to have a connection.
I think the wife was the witch. She fits the ending, it say that while they were in the wood the mother had died when the witch did so………. a bit weird I think. Don’t you?
I think this story was funny and a good story for bedtime. I think the kids shouldn’t have messed with the candy house. That was very stupid of the kids. Maybe that will teach all you kids out there who want to mess with candy houses.
Great story! I like the candy house the best!
just put some pictures in it come on my little sister was wachin this she said “weres the pictures” no no no no
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This is a very good version of the old classic story of hansel and gretel.
Thank you!
And to the people who have complained:
You either dont know a good text or litterature
or you are just stupid.
Pictures is not needed, when reading the text yoou will see the story in your head like a movie.
Hi, this is what I was looking in, thanks very much
i don’t like it,but it is interesting story
a very interesting and a wonderful story
it would be more interesting if there would be some pictures
well kerene is my sister and i do agree with her you do
need to add some picters who ever runs this ok just
try your bes t to make it fun!!! ok thanx
bye delice
i hate it it just boring words and hardly no picters
but try better next time ok bye
I like the story but I love more the way Natasha tells it, making different voices. She is a great storyteller.
I liked it. I like scary storyies.
i like this story. it is interasting story. i am very happy.
i like that. it is very interasting
ive heard better
noor you are wrong it is the best
i like ut
IT WAS ABSOULUTLY TERRIBLE!!!!
I think your verson of Hansel and Gretel is great and so cool and i like the picture of i think the witch and Hansel.
By.
I wonder how the duck could carry either Hansel or Grettel.
i really like this book its my favirote fairytale i`m going to watch this in the computer thankyou very much
i really like this book its my favirote fairytale i`m going to watch this in the computer thankyou very much
hi natasha i really like ur storease bt whenever i going to listen there is err opening file thats way i sometime liseten bt i realy enjoy ur storyes and ur beautey ful voice
im loving it i know im famous but i still like a good old fairytale!!!!! any way who likes katie price did you see the fight from alex and watson.
any way ho wants to here my single its in sainsubrys its called my love .
im in america so you might not here from again xxxxxxxxx lol
it doesnt stop well I am a teacher and I tried to make it stop because the kids were loud I tried to make it stop buse it would not do it.
it was a good story.
nnnniiiiiiiiccccceeee!!!!!!!!
We enjoy your stories. Thank you!
Thanks my students enjoyed a lot.
lllooovvveeelllyyy………ssstttooorrryyy
I liked this story alot! I am thankful tostorynory in helping me to make me read well.
great story……love it…
thanks for the great story !
I love your audio stories but the audio is not clear and stop for many times,thanks.
that was such a good story
Many adventures
Goodness overcomes Evil.
May Mum and Dad’s money be abundant in the bank. Also, may food never run out in the fridge.
Hi, Katie, I can say my “spell”, too.
it is to long
Great Story! Read it to my daughter Linda. cmk
very good
good stoty
hi Natasha i hope you well good .million thanks about this stories . i’ve got 25 years old i am from Egypt.i am a very proud for this stories i am learning from your stories and i feel happy not only about me but i mean me and my family. i am listen to this stories many times and i am learning a lot of them so i am very happy .
bye bye in the next
thanks for the nice story…its long but i love it…
i know this story
I like these kind of stories, so many lessons learned from them.
pittsburghplasticsurgeons
Dear Felicitti, you can be any age for Storynory ! (we have lots of adults who listen too). I am really glad you like our stories.
i’m 10 and i love this story. this website is awsome! go storynory!!(:
it is a amazing website i have ever seen.
there is lots of fun in reading stories in the website and some of them are very interesting and amazing.
this story is really wonderful.
thank you for such wonderful stories bertie.
i loved that was the best who ever read this is guddd i mean im 16 and this is the first story my sister got me to read it is the best
this was the best that is what that wicked witch get shes not a nice person at all
super long.i like the story but so long.
it was horrible
love
it
love the storry <3
good i love the book
Great story
that was a really good story i liked it!
my entire family luved it can sumone write a comment for me …………………………………………………….. sweety please thanks if u did
thank u
the author must have been a interesting story and must have loved adventures but don’t u think it’s kind of odd when the witch was the stepmother i know , but u could have put sum one else as the witch so it could be mysterious because i luv mysterious stories they are my absoulutelt favorite so if anyone is writing about a adventourus story so please can u have a bit about mysterious theings ……………………………….. please , sweety please
i luved the way th estory ended it was very intersesting , but u could have had it a little more adventourus . it was one of my top best book list , thanks to the author . this is to the author ……………….u have written a magnificant story.
i luv to here d stories.they r jus awesome n delightful 2 listen………..will luv 2 listen more stories……
:D XD :)
I liked it
Well I have to tell that this is probably the best version I have heard ^^ Great work with the witch’s voice ;) Really loved it ;)
This story rocks! The woman reading it had a nice voice and did a good job. The stepmom was icky.
Interesting
I lake this book is fan
this is a realllly funy stoy you should read it!!!!!!!!!!1
I like this story .It’s very consistant.
have more pictures and more pages an d more color.
it was a good story I like the end bit
i like storynory
and this is a very very awesome story
!!!!!!!!!!!!……ILIKED IT
well it is alittle ok!
It is very good.It is my favourite story
i enjoyed this story
i love this book its awesome.
sad! lol. real sad.
Really good!,i enjoyed it.
creeeppppyyyynesssssss…………. canibalism!!!!!! :p
This story is just like the one I read in a story book. though some of the words that natasha said were different then what was written. Cool!
this story is verry nice
The wich was bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love it !
i’m very like this story, cheers!!
i think this story was sad and happy and cute
not that bad
My little sister, very much enjoyed your story-telling, thank you for taking your time Bertie.
She has listened to it 3 times since last night! :P
Byeeeeee Anna.x
it’s so awful. tnx for your story.
i got a computer from santa
Ilove this story about the Hansel And Gretal and in this story i can learn many things.
this story i really enjoyed it was good amy<3
Now I’m studying English and this is a good story. Bye
someone make a new ending for crying out loud!
it was a nice story
IT WAS ALSOME ..! LOL
THIS STORY WAS A GOOD STORY ..!
the best story ive seen in my life.
THIS IS A VERY ALSOME STORY…I LIKED IT
i liked this story alot!*!
especially because its about fairy tales!*!
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thanks story was great
Anna made me a comment
*Dolly oyu a laughter about it
I have read this a hundred of times and I like it this shore rocks.
wow I like theis stories
its a realy good site !!!!!!!!
its a good site
HOW COOL i like it
i like this story so much!!!!!
it so cool and wicked.
This story rock’s and i read it on my mac 2222222222!
this is a great story it realy is i read it at school on my mac
wow that was a great story and i mean great
good story it made me hungry
good!~
it’s a kind of spooky and a very interesting story.I enjoyed it very much,but I don’t really thing their was a house made of eatable things. it’s WIERD!!!!
thanks birtie.it was a lovely story but it wasnt scary at all but thanks anyway.
Dear Dolly, All the fairy tales are interesting in different ways – But you could say some things about Hansel And Gretal – . It’s quite a scary story, and yet very popular because children like being scared ( a bit). As long as they know it’s just a story, it can help them overcome their fears. This story is about the fear that young children have of being separated from their parents. Perhaps a modern story would be less likely to typecast the mother as a nagging the father into doing something wrong. Also that the children are small and weak – and yet they manage to out fox the witch. This is something that comes up a lot in fairy tales – say the three little pigs.
te hee he, you have a very nice voice!! and my brother really liked the story. ^.^
your never too lod for fary tales!!!
hahaha…. Its a good fary tale, but it isnt the best one Iv ever red…. also i have to do a 500 word oral on a fary tale… which fary tale (in you oppion) is the most intresting?
Hello Star Struck, Thanks for your question.. On the subject of believing in God, I think everyone has to answer this question for themselves.
Hey Bertie, I love your stories! But, i’m just wondering if you belive in God. Sorry if i’m being rude, but please answer.
It is the best of the fary tale of all HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII YOU BOYS
cool, longer than in german, very longer
it is brilliant
I realy love this story
hi! great story ?????? =Þ
i thought it was good and not scary at all
good
I think it was awwwwwwwwwwsome you rock
I think this story is great. My children enjoy listening to the REAL Brothers Grimm fairy tales – not the watered down versions that are in modern publications. When I have to take care of the younger children, I put on Storynory instead of turning on the TV (to entertain the older children). I also love your accent, Natasha!
i like this story .. in romania : imi place aceasta poveste !!! kiss you all :-*
awsome story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me gusto muchisimo esta historia y la forma en que se conto…Gracias.
22.11.2008
I realy like this story and it was a happy
ending!!!!!!
gerat story but when you have to do a 10 paragraph essay on it you kinda wish it was never written!!!!!!!!!
thanx that’s cool from u
hiya don’t u lot think it is really odd that that both the stepmother and witch die??
please is this the whole thing
good story like the valentimes day
Ahnaf
As far as I know all our stories have a listening icon ( flash player), – any that don’t are just blog entries without audio.
You can also download our stories and use a your own player, such as Windows Media Player, Quicktime, or iTunes.
Hope this helps
I really like this website i can listen to stories now. but not all the stories have a listening icon so it’s stupid too
This is so interesting fair story.
Thanks for your hospitality!
This was so long. The longest story i’ve ever heard.
cool this is a very good story
I like it.It was really nice.Natasha,what is your nick name!
VERY GOOD story!!!!!!!I would like a HOUSE like the witch!!!!!!!!
its a grat story to reed on the intnet you should do moor
Amy
:)
wonderful i love this story.
: )
Whole of this story is better than in the same story in Chinese.I like it.Bless Hansel and Grettel,also their father.
Whole of this story is better than in the same story in Chinese.I like it.Bless Hansel and Grettel!
I love this story.
I think it’s good for the kids ,
the story is wonderful and maybe it will make
children more and more imaginative.
Thank you for a nice story. :)
This Book Was Very Very Very Scary
i liked it very much it is very good for children
Hello
i’m now studying german thanks to this story
My 4 year old has been listening to this same story every night for the last 2 weeks. He just love it. He also loves The monkey who loved chocolate. Great job guys.
What a lovely story.
Let’s read it.
I am sure that you will love it!
~o~
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can we read hansel + gretel
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good night
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March 23rd, 2008 at 2:12 am
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I’m chinese,I like this story!
GO GO ??
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My favorite fairy tale is hansel and greatel !
I liked the story
I wish Hansel and Greatel were real !
It was a fantastic and wonderful story!!!!!!!!!!
I loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have read this before ,but I enjoyed it
kool
VERY GOOD story!!!!!!!I would like a HOUSE like the witch!!!!!!!!
I think this story is scary, but I liked it very much. The children were very clever to find escape from the wicked old woman and find their way home.
This story was fine but can there be a better ending for this story?I liked the part when the old wicked witch killed herself in her own oven!
Nice story Natasha and bertie.I’ll love to have a gingerbread house!!
I like the bit when grettel pushed the wicked witch into th oven.I love the candy house ,I feel like eating it!!!
I really enjoyed this story but its a bit scary.
I wouldnt like to be lost in my wood in France.
I think this is a very interesting and spooky story.
It is also very funny.
I like it when Hansul went acros the pond on the
back of a swan.
I learned how to describe a character andhow to make a good story
I feel sorry to Hansel and Grettel.I don’t think the mum and dad should led them to the forest.I am worried to.It is quit of scared.But it is interesting and nice.It has nice bits in the story.I like the settings.
I loved the story.
Well not the beginig because the stepmother was mean.
I liked the story alot still.
The bigining bit I dont like cause the stepmother was a little bit mad.I like the woodcutter cause he is kind of nice.
I now the real story its just because I forgot the story.
I didnt finish the story so Im sory.
that was a good story
okay laa………
I really loved this story! I am almost 5-years old and my first time to hear Hansel and Gretel.
Hi Horselover
I’m planning to write a few more instructions on how to get our older stories on itunes soon. They’ll be on our how to page.
In brief, each of our categories has a feed. For instance,
http://storynory.com/category/animal-stories/feed
or
http://storynory.com/category/fairy-tales/feed
You can copy and paste this into itunes under the advanced / podcast tab. This will give you all the stories in the category.
Over all, we have too many to put into one iTunes feed, so for now we only have the latest 30 on our iTunes page.
Hi Natasha and Bertie!!!
I do love theses stories!!
why don’t you put all these stories on iTunes?
Hi Sup,
I know it doesn’t sound very polite to “command” Natasha, but that’s just how princes talk.
why does the frog always command you to read the stories?
this story really did scare me! jk jk lol lol lol
I like the podcast
Oh, I’m going to audition for this play soon. Thanks, this was a great help for getting into charater.
my favorite story
I LIKE THIS STORY . ALSO I ADVICE THE TEENEGERS TO READ IT BECAUSE IT IS VERY INTERESTING .
My daughter – Tessnyme, 15- has read x times this story,
Thanks
very interesting story:)but a lite bit diferent from the original one:)that’s makes it interesting
i like the story but there is NO PICTURES!!!!
Cool
Hi Bertie,
Any IDEA on what happened to the Stepmother of Hansel and Gretel .After that did their father continued to do his job in cutting trees?
And nice to see you too Ashine
He110 ^?^
I’m from South Corea
It’s nice to see you Birtie?
HELLO
NICE STORY NORY.
BYE BYE
You can hear all about Bertie in this story
http://storynory.com/2006/02/12/how-prince-bertie-became-bertie-the-frog/
who is Bertie?
you are a nic e frog brtie thanks
hi Cameron
It’s Bertie at Storynory.com Look forward to hearing from you.
Hey you all! This story is really good! Its so very real and i cant stop listaning to it! It gives me good ideas for my own stories!:) i could send story nory one of them but i am going to need berties E-mail addres. So if you respond to this coment please give it to me.
I recomend to storynory: Sorry to be rude but my stories are really good.
nuda
Hello JJ
We understand – though we love Bertie – we do have a little less of him in our intros these days. Hansel and Gretel is one of our older – but still much liked – offerings. Bertie tends to appear in his own stories now.
Too much Bertie!
that’s best enough, thanks to you, bertie, and the wonderful site, i’ll come often to get stories for my lovely little princess.
Julien, We give away free audio and texts every week. Our resources don’t stretch to commissioning pictures for every story. Where they are available, we use them. Of course if you or anyone else would like to draw some pictures for us……
Why aren’t pictures, here?
That’s a pitty!! :)
GranGran,
If you download the story, by clicking on the download link, you will be able to listen to the audio file independent of our website. You could also try closing your eyes when you listen, or turning off your computer screen.
Couldn’t enjoy the stor and pictures because of the ads on the left side of the page. How do I shut it down???