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Language Arts

Let’s read.

Scared and all alone, Hansel and Gretel walked
deeper into the forest. They were cold, hungry,
and tired. Suddenly, they saw a beautiful but
curious looking cottage. They ran to the cottage.
To their surprise, it was made of chocolates,
candies, cakes, and sweets. Hungrily they
gobbled down chocolate bricks from the walls
and the candy knob from the door.
All of a sudden, the door creaked open
and an old lady appeared. “Who is eating
my house?” asked the lady.
“We are sorry,” said Hansel and Gretel.
Cackling, the old lady replied, “Don’t worry,
help yourself to whatever you want. Then
come inside for a nap,” she said.
Hansel and Gretel ate as much as they
could and then went into the house. They
were very tired and soon fell asleep.
The next day, the old lady put Hansel in a cage
and forced Gretel to do the house chores. Hansel
and Gretel soon realised she was actually a witch.
Every day, the witch fed Hansel lots of food. She
wanted to make him fat, as she planned to eat him.
Every morning she said, “Hansel, stick out your
finger. I want to see how fat you are today.” Hansel
knew she had poor eyesight, so he would stick out
a chicken bone instead.
“Why aren’t you getting fat Hansel? Oh! I have
to feed you more,” said the witch.
Finally, the day came when the witch would wait no longer...

1. Do you like to eat sweets and chocolates? Why?
2. You are surprised as well as excited to see a huge chocolate house.
Act out your excitement.
3. Create your own chocolate house using recyclable materials.
Talk about the chocolate house.

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