“Now, go sit at the table, little pretty,” the witch commanded Gretel. “Help me slice up those chops. We are going to fatten him up!” she exclaimed excitedly, pointing over to Hansel.
Now Gretel understood the witch’s plan: she had used her candy house to lure them inside so that she could eat them up for dinner!
Gretel thought all hope was lost as she sat at the large metal table slicing meat. She sobbed and sliced; she sliced and sobbed. Gretel filled three large buckets full with the fatty food for the old woman 
to cook in her large boiling pot.
Gretel thought all hope was lost as she sat at the large metal table slicing meat. She
sobbed and sliced; she sliced and sobbed. Gretel filled three large buckets full with the fatty food for the old woman to cook in her large boiling pot. Poor Hansel sat anxiously thinking of a
way to escape. He watched as Gretel threw the scraps and bones into a separate pile beside the buckets of sliced meat.
Suddenly, Hansel was struck with a brilliant idea: he started to
cough violently - in an attempt to attract Gretel's attention.
"Oh, quit your hacking! You best not be sick if I am going to snack on you!" the evil witch shrieked. All the commotion caused
Gretel to look up in Hansel's direction. He motioned her to distract the evil witch. Seeing her poor brother's desperation, Gretel scoured her brain for a way to distract the evil witch.