糖果屋｜Hansel and Gretel

出自｜格林童话

• Deep in the forest stands a candy house
• Walls are chocolate, roof is pink cake
• Don't drool
• The last child who rushed in never came out
• Long ago, Hansel and Gretel were lost in the forest
• Father didn't want them, Mother had died too
• Hansel felt his pocket, a breadcrumb was inside
• He placed the breadcrumb on the road, hoping to find his way home
• But a bird flew over and ate the breadcrumb
• The two children cried in the forest, they cried for a very long time
• While crying, they smelled a sweet fragrance
• So fragrant, so sweet
• Following the fragrance, they saw a house
• Hansel reached out and poked the wall
• It was chocolate
• He broke off a piece and stuffed it in his mouth
• Delicious
• Gretel climbed onto the roof and took a bite
• It was cake, soft and tender
• The door opened by itself
• Inside stood an old grandmother
• "Come in children", she said, "I live alone, I feel so lonely"
• Her eyes sparkled brightly
• Her smile looked gentle
• Hansel and Gretel walked into the house
• Grandmother served candy and cake, piled into little hills
• "Eat eat", she said, "eat as much as you like"
• The two children ate ravenously
• They had never tasted anything so delicious
• But grandmother was sharpening a knife
• Huo huo huo
• She sharpened it until it gleamed
• Tomorrow, she said to Gretel, "you make the fire, I want to roast a chicken"
• Hansel heard it
• He crawled into the chicken cage and hid
• The next morning, grandmother pushed open the door
• "Come out little skinny chicken"
• No one answered
• She squinted her eyes to look
• "No this chicken is too skinny"
• She grabbed Hansel and locked him in a small room
• "Starve him for three days first"
• Gretel was very scared
• She did not dare to sleep
• In the middle of the night, she heard the sound of knife sharpening
• Huo huo huo
• Grandmother was sharpening her knife
• The next morning, Gretel knocked on the window
• "Grandma I'm here to deliver food"
• Grandmother opened the door
• Gretel pushed hard
• And pushed her into the fire
• Aaaaaah
• The fire was huge, the smoke was thick
• The witch burned to ashes
• Hansel crawled out of the chicken cage
• The two children searched the candy house
• They found a box and opened it
• Full of gemstones, gold coins and pearls
• They filled two pockets to the brim
• They left the forest
• They walked for a very long time
• They found their father
• Father was drinking, he was drunk
• "You're back", he said
• "We're back"
• They counted the gemstones together
• They counted all through the night
• Later they moved into a big house
• No one went hungry again
• Hansel grew up and became a chef
• Gretel raised a house full of cats
• And that candy house
• Still in the forest
• The walls are still chocolate, the roof is still cake
• But no child dares to go in anymore