Hansel and Gretel: A Sims 4 Story

They are a lovely family 🙂Gretel and Hansel are sweet siblings.

Thank you, Rose! The photos got a little jumbled. Next time, I'll put some text between them.

What fun! Nothing like using a well-known Fairy-tale to build a new story around. Love the clothing you found.

Hansel and Gretel, Part II

Later that year...

Gretel woke up with a nightmare. "Mama's going to be taken away from us!" she shouted. 

I wished I had believed her. Maybe I could have warned Papa.

That afternoon, Mama wandered into the forest. She never came back.

Papa remarried in the springtime. Her name was Hilda, and she was nothing like Mama.

I couldn't put my finger on it, but for some reason I just didn't like her.

The disappearance of their mother wasn’t good, and Hilda doesn’t sound like she is very nice 🙁

Oh, she is not. Then again, the Brothers Grimm probably wouldn't have called her an evil stepmother if she were nice. 😅

Oh, my. The child is obviously clairvoyant. What an interesting twist to the classic tale. 

Ha, I figured that picture of Gretel having a nightmare would come in handy. In the original story, I think Gretel is a very flat character. She's almost helpless. I want Hansel to be a logical thinker and Gretel to be more attuned to what is really going on through her dreams. So, I hope this way both she and Hansel can grow as characters by learning to rely on each others' strengths.

Anyway, I've said too much. I must get back to editing screenshots!

Hansel and Gretel, Part 3

I was angry that Papa had forgotten Mama so quickly. Papa would frown at me and say, "We need an extra pair of hands. The wheat isn't going to plant itself."

One day, in the garden...

Gretel asked, "Why do we bury the dead?"

Papa replied with a song: "Within this hard-shelled body, the wheat's true form doth sleep. When the outer shell hath rotted, the grain spring-eth up, complete."

Gretel shook her head. "What?"

In reply, Papa finished digging the row, singing, "And if such be true for barley-corn, then 'tis more true for man twice-born."

But the grain did not rise from its earthen mound that year.

White flakes fell from the sky during Midsummer. At first, I thought it was snow.

It was ash.

Hilda was always scolding Papa (and us) about how much we ate. Our stomachs ached. We felt hollowed-out, tense.

I started stealing bread and cheese from the pantry at night so that Gretel and I could eat. One night, she told me of another dream.

This time, I listened.

I am wondering what was in Gretel’s dream? She knew what was going to happen in the earlier one. It is sad that Handel has to steal food from the pantry at night for them to eat as they are hungry🙁