TALE DARK And Grim By Adam Gidwitz: Book Report

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In A TALE DARK AND GRIMM by Adam Gidwitz introduces king and his death, the young prince, faithful Johannes, and the most beautiful woman in a painting, and Hansel and Gretel. The king passed away and his son, the prince became king afterwards. The prince was not allowed to go in a room because he would fall in love with the painting of a beautiful woman. He went to rescue her and they started a life together. Faithful Johannes was not allowed to let the prince in as the king said before he passed. Hansel and Gretel are the two children of the new king and queen. Part of the book takes place in a kingdom, woods, baker’s house, random family homes, and hell. The kingdom where the new king and queen live, the baker who stuffed Hansel and Gretel …show more content…
She stuffed because she liked them nice and plump. Which is why she was treating Hansel and Gretel as she was.
Hansel was sweating. He told her that it was not hot enough and the baker woman crawled in. Hansel crawled out as she was crawling in.
Hansel and Gretel come across a family, whose father wished that his children were bids who could fly away.And as the father wished it happened.
Next they lived in woods, picking fruits but Hansel killed every other animal he came across to. Gretel became furious and Hansel was captured by many hunts men.
A couple of weeks later Gretel was off by her own. She was as sad as a little girl can ever be. Hansel came to a small village so dark and forbidding. One door was opened and came out was a silver haired woman. She opened her hands to Gretel and Gretel sobbed. The woman washed Gretel and gave her clean clothes. The next day, she went out and saw a young, cheerful man. His lips were deep red. She followed the man into the woods and he invited her to his house. Gretel was warned by the woman not to go into the woods. The woman gave Gretel was a bag of lentils to scatter the path just in case it rained. Gretel entered the house and the young man’s mother came to

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