Scary Fairy Tales. A1 / Страшные сказки

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Группа авторов. Scary Fairy Tales. A1 / Страшные сказки

Hansel and Gretel

Blue Beard

The Death of the Little Hen

The Juniper Tree

Frau Holle

The Singing Bone

The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear

Godfather Death

Exercises

Hansel and Gretel

Blue Beard

The Death of the Little Hen

The Juniper Tree

Frau Holle

The Singing Bone

The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear

Godfather Death

Keys

Hansel and Gretel

Blue Beard

The Death of the Little Hen

The Juniper Tree

Frau Holle

The Singing Bone

The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear

Godfather Death

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A poor woodcutter with his wife and his two children lived next to a great forest. The boy's name was Hansel and the girl's name was Gretel. The woodcutter had little to eat, and once, when a great hunger came to the land, he could no longer feed his family.

One evening he was lying in bed and thinking about his problems. Then he said to his wife, “What will happen to us? How can we feed our children when we have nothing to eat?”

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Then she shook Gretel and cried, “Get up! Bring water and cook something good for your brother. He is locked outside in the stall. When he will be fat enough, I am going to eat him.”

Gretel began to cry, but it did not help. She had to do what the witch wanted. Now Hansel was given the best things to eat every day, but Gretel received nothing but eggshells.

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