As I have chosen to illustrate Hansel and Gretel I re-read through the story and highlighted parts where I thought an illustration would fit, parts where imagery came to my head and descriptive phrases. I have also made bold the points I think are really important.
''wood cutter with his wife and his two children''
''boy was called Hansel and the Girl Gretel''
''early tomorrow morning we will take the children out into the forest to where it is thickest. There we will light a fire for them, and give each of them one more piece of bread, and then we will go to our work and leave them alone. They will not find the way home again, and we shall be rid of them''
''The wild animals would soon come and tear them to pieces''
''Gretel wept bitter tears''
''and when the old folks had fallen asleep, he got up, put on his little coat, opened the door below, and crept outside''
''the moon shone brightly, and the white pebbles which lay in front of the house glittered like real silver pennies''
''stuffed the little pocket of his coat with as many as he could get in''
''and he lay down again in his bed''
''but before the sun had risen, the woman came and awoke the two children''
''we are going into the forest to fetch wood''
''she gave each a little piece of bread''
''they all set out together on the way to the forest''
''Hansel stood still and peeped back at the house, and did so again and again''
''I'm looking at my little white cat, which is sitting up on the roof''
''that is not your little cat, that is the morning sun which is shining on the chimneys''
''Hansel however...constantly throwing one of the white pebble-stones out of his pocket on the road''
''middle of the forest, the father said, 'now children, pile up some wood and I will light a fire that you may not be cold'''
''Gretel gathered brushwood together, as high as a little hill''
''the brushwood was lighted, and when the flames were burning very high''
''lay yourselves down by the fire and rest, we will go into the forest and cut some wood''
''sat by the fire...noon came, each ate a little piece of bread''
''branch which he had fastened to a withered tree which the wind was blowing backwards and forwards''
''been sitting a long time, their eyes closed with fatigue, and they fell fast asleep''
''when at last they awoke, it was already dark night''
''until the moon has risen...took his little sister by the hand, and followed the pebbles which shone like newly-coined silver pieces''
''they walked the whole night long, and by break of day came once more to their father's house''
''they knocked at the door, and when the woman opened it''
''we have one half loaf left''
''we will take them further into the wood''
''Hansel again got up, and wanted to go out and pick up pebbles as he had done before, but the woman had locked the door''
''their piece of bread was given to them, but it was still smaller than the time before''
''Hansel crumbled his in his pocket, and often stood still and threw a morsel on the ground''
''then a great fire was again made''
''when it was noon, Gretel shared her piece of bread with Hansel...they fell asleep as the evening passed''
''they did not wake until it was dark night''
''moon rises, and then we shall see the crumbs of bread which I have strewn about''
''when the moon came they set out, but they found no crumbs''
''thousands of birds which fly about in the woods and fields had picked them all up''
''they had nothing to eat but two or three berries''
''lay down beneath a tree and fell asleep''
''mid-day, they saw a beautiful snow-white bird sitting on a bough...it spread it's wings and flew away before them...followed it until they reached a little house...saw that it was built of bread and cover with cakes, but that the windows were of clear sugar''
''Hansel reached above, and broke off a little of the roof to try how it tasted, and Gretel leant against the window and nibbled at the panes. Then a soft voice cried from the parlor-''
''Gretel pushed out the whole of one round window-pane, sat down, and enjoyed herself with it''
''the door opened, and a woman as old as the hills, who supported herself on crutches, came creeping out''
''terribly frightened that they let fall what they had in their hands''
''she took them both by the hand, and led them into her little house''
''food was set before them, milk and pancakes, with sugar, apples and nuts''
''two pretty little beds were covered with clean white linen, and Hansel and Gretel lay down in them, and thought they were in heaven''
''she was in reality a wicked witch''
''witches have red eyes''
''seized Hansel with her shriveled hand, carried him into a little stable, and locked him behind a grated door''
''Gretel wept bitterly''
''Hansel stretch out your finger''
''Hansel, however stretched out a little bone to her..thought it was Hansel's finger''
''Hansel still remained thin''
''pushed poor Gretel out to the oven, from which flames of the fire were already darting''
''and she crept up and thrust her head into the oven''
''Gretel gave her a push that drove her far into it, and shut the iron door, and fastened the bolt''
''she began to howl quite terribly''
''Hansel sprang like a bird from it's cage when the door is opened...how they did rejoice and embrace each other, and dance about and kiss each other''
''every corner there stood chests full of pearls and jewels''
''and thrust into his pockets whatever could be got in''
''and filled her pinafore full''
''they came to a great stretch of water''
''i see no foot-plank, and no bridge''
''but a white duck is swimming there''
''Hansel seated himself on it's back''
''rushed to the parlor, and threw themselves around their father's neck''
''the woman however was dead''
''emptied her pinafore until pearls and precious stones ran about the room, and Hansel threw one handful after another out of his pocket to add to them''
''my tale is done, there runs a mouse''
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