Gretel: A Fictional Narrative

When she caught her breath again, she trekked cautiously as she did not want the man to find her. When she was deep in the forest she took a break, as she thought she was safe. Many hours of walking had worn her out, so she decided to take a nap. What she did not know was that the ‘man’ was a wolf and had followed her scent. The wolf hid behind a tree, thinking of all the possible ways to kill her.

When Gretel finally awoke from the rustling sounds of leaves against the forest ground, the wolf greeted her, “Well. Well. Good evening, Gretel. Lost in the forest, are you? Or perhaps were you running away from me?”

Gretel, afraid and confused replied, “Who are you? What do you know of me?”

The wolf laughed and remarked, “Oh Gretel. You poor, poor child. How could you not tell I was the one hospitalising you at the candy house?” …show more content…
She would hurl the last pebble from her pocket at one of the wolf’s eye and run back ‘home’ to her parents as the path the wolf was running to was close to her house. She would then grab the rope that was lying outside from the broken swing and strangle the wolf. What worried her was that she was shorter than the wolf and would find it difficult to swing the rope directly around his neck. She prayed to God she would succeed in this plan. She waited for the perfect timing and with all her might, thrust the pebble into the wolf’s right eye. Thankfully she succeeded and the wolf’s grip on her loosened just enough for her to escape. She picked up her speed and hastened her way home. She was almost there when the wolf was suddenly only ten metres away from her. She seized the rope, wrapped it into coils on her arm and when the wolf was a metre away from her, she aimed and cast the rope at his neck. It wrapped around his neck nicely, how Gretel wanted it and pulled hard until her hands ached. She called out to her parents, repeatedly yelling, “Papa, mother! There’s a wolf out her trying to eat me. Please help