Script: Hansel and Gretel

Scene 1: At Home
(Children are playing while the woodcutter is cutting woods and the stepmother is
cleaning the room)
Narrator 1: Once upon a time there was a brother and sister named Hansel and Gretel.
Narrator 2: They lived with their father and evil stepmother in a tiny cottage at the edge
of a huge forest.
Narrator 1: Their father was a woodcutter. He used to chop trees in the forest.
Narrator 2: He did not earn much money from his work so the family had very little to
eat.
Narrator 1: Hansel and Gretel’s step mother did not like the children. She thought they
ate too much and caring for them was too much work.
Narrator 2: Oh really?
Narrator 1: Yes. Let’s see what happens next in the story
Hansel & Gretel: Hey mommy, what’s for dinner today?
Stepmother: Don’t bother me. I have lots of work to do. Go away!!
(Children go away and woodcutter enters sadly… and calls his wife)
Woodcutter: We have no money left to buy food.
Stepmother: What we are going to do now?
Woodcutter: I don’t understand anything... How do I manage?
Stepmother: I have an idea.
Woodcutter: What is it?
Stepmother: Take the children into the forest and leave them there.
Woodcutter: What?? What are you talking about??No!!
Stepmother: That way we will have two less mouths to feed.
Woodcutter: Are you insane? How can you say that? Leave my children alone. I will
never do that to my children. Never, ever!
Stepmother: Do it as I say, you fool! (annoyed)
Woodcutter: Alright!! (sigh)
Hansel to Gretel: How rude is she!!
Gretel: I wish we had a good mother.
Hansel: Don’t feel bad dear sister. Let’s enjoy with our friends.
Narrator 1: In spite of having so many troubles in life Hansel & Gretel were happy
children and they enjoyed every moment of life. So, they went out with their friends to
enjoy.

DANCE-BEGINNERS
SCENE-2
Narrator 3: After having a gala time with their friends, sadness took over the poor little
kids at the thought of being sent to the woods. Though the woodcutter was not in the
favour of sending the children deep into the forest and was disappointed but he had no
other option than to follow his wife.

Gretel: Hansel, I am afraid. What are we going to do now? We will be sent to the woods?

Hansel: Don’t worry dear. Have faith. Let’s collect some pebbles.

Woodcutter: Come on children. Let’s go We are going to collect some woods.

(Children walking and throwing the pebbles on the way.)

Woodcutter: Children wait for us. We will be back soon.

Stepmother: Come on husband. Let’s go.

Woodcutter: Oh! poor little children.

(Background music and children went to sleep after playing.)

Gretel: Hansel wake up! We are alone in the forest. Mom and dad did not return.

Gretel: Father, father! Where are you? (Crying)

Hansel: Don’t cry Gretel. We will find our way back home.

(Background music and children find their way to home while picking up the pebbles.)

Hansel and Gretel: (knock on the door) Father, Father! Open the door
Woodcutter: Oh, my goodness! My Kids are back. Thank you dear, God! You must be
hungry children. Have some food.
Stepmother: Come here husband. Tomorrow, you must take them much deeper into the
forest.
Woodcutter: No, I will not!
Stepmother: Yes, you will!
Stepmother: Oh, my dear children. I have planned a picnic for you. Let’s have fun.
(Way to the forest and Hansel started throwing breadcrumbs on the way.)
Bird 1: (sound peck peck peck) Waoh!! So delicious!!
Bird 2: hmmm so yummy
Stepmother: Stay here until we come back to pick you up.
(Parents leave them in the forest and children get disheartened.)
Gretel: Brother, we will stay in the forest forever?
Hansel: I know dear. Mom and dad will never be back.

Gretel: Don’t worry brother. I’ll help you find the breadcrumbs.
Hansel: Oh my God. There are no breadcrumbs left.
Narrator 4: Children were sad as they couldn’t find any way back but while moving in
the jungle, they met some tribal people who were dancing and singing and tried to cheer
up the gloomy faces.

Tribal Dance
Scene 3
Narrator 5: Hansel and Gretel walked deeper into the forest, in search of their house.
Nothing was located even after walking for miles.
Gretel: I am so hungry and tired dear Hansel.
Hansel: Yes, dear Gretel. So am I.
Gretel: So, are we going to stay in the forest forever?
Hansel: Even I don’t know Gretel.
Gretel: I miss dad so much and want to go back to our home.
Hansel: Don’t worry dear. We will go back to our home soon.
Narrator 6: As they were talking, the birds sitting on the tree started singing a melodious
song for them. The elephants made them sit on their trunks and tried to cheer them up.
The monkeys started jumping on the drumbeats of the tiger. The king of jungle, Lion
made them sit next to him. All the animals of the jungle joined in the happy dance. They
all tried to cheer them up with a melodious dance.

Candy Dance
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Narrator 7: After they had a good time with the animals, they geared up for their way to
home. As they moved ahead, they saw a beautiful and a strange house. The windows and
the roof, the chimney, the door and even the walls of the house were all made from sweets
and cakes.
Gretel: Look!! That house.
Hansel: Let’s go and ask for some food!
Gretel: Look! It’s made of sweets and gingerbread!
Hansel: Let’s try some.
Gretel: It’s delicious!
(As the children start eating things from the house, the witch appears.)
Witch: You are eating my pretty house! Are you hungry?
Hansel and Gretel: (jumping in shock and dropping their food) We’re so sorry.
Hansel: We didn’t mean to eat your house...
Gretel: ...but we were so hungry.
Witch: (smiling sweetly) Come inside, dear children! You poor little kids. I will give you
some food.
(Voiceover and enactment: As Hansel and Gretel stepped inside the house, the old
woman locked the door!)
Witch: How dare you eat my cottage! I will fatten you up and eat you, boy! And you, lazy
girl, can get to work doing chores for me!
Hansel and Gretel: (scared and starting to cry) No…. We’re really sorry.
(Voiceover and enactment: The witch locked Hansel in a cage. She was a very wicked
witch!)
Witch: Little boy, I will lock you up in the cage. And you little girl, get me some sweets
for your brother to eat. He will be delicious to eat after days.
Gretel: No, I won’t.
Witch: Then, I will eat you both now!
Hansel: Please Gretel, do as she say.
(Enactment: Each day, the witch fed Hansel lots of sweets and gingerbread. And, she
felt Hansel’s finger to see if he was fat enough to eat.)
Narrator 10: Hansel knew the witch couldn’t see well so each time instead of poking his
finger out of the cage for the witch to feel, he stuck out a skinny stick he had found.
Witch: Show me your finger, boy!
Hansel: (holding out the stick) Here it is.
Witch: (feeling the stick, and grumbling) Still too thin!
Witch: I can’t wait any longer! I shall eat you both!
Hansel and Gretel: Oh no!
Witch: Little girl, add wood to the fire in the oven so that it is nice and hot.
(Voiceover: Gretel had an idea to trick the witch!)
Gretel: I don’t know how to! Show me how, and then I’ll do it.
Witch: Silly girl! Like this!
(Voiceover: As the witch bent towards the oven with the wood, clever Gretel pushed her
inside the oven and slammed the door.)
Witch: (screaming) It’s too hot! Let me out, little girl. LET ME OUT!!
Hansel: You are so brave, Gretel! Let’s go out of this house.
Gretel: Look brother. There is treasure over there.
Hansel: Lets collect it and run to our home.
Hansel and Gretel: (shouting with joy and running towards the house) Father! Father!
We are home.
Father: Oh, my dear children. I am glad you are back.
Their father was overjoyed to see them and their stepmother had left. Hansel and Gretel
were home at last and the wicked witch was gone. They gave their father the treasure and
they never went hungry again.
Father: Oh my! I missed you so very much!
Narrator 9 and 10: And they all lived happily ever after!

Happy Dance

The end