Hansel and Gretel slept in a cave after becoming lost in the woods. While in the cave, they saw a bat flying overhead and were initially scared. However, they observed the bat go to sleep above them, tired from hunting all night. The story teaches that bats live in caves and can sometimes bite people, so one should be careful around them, though bats usually do not bite humans. In the end, the children learned about bats and what they saw in the cave.

1. Context
Builder

2. Do you know
what lives in
caves?

3. Hansel and Gretel

4. Hansel and Gretel did not have a
tent to sleep in. They slept in a
cave

5. They heard a sound.
It was a bat.

6. They saw a bat
flying in the cave.

7. They were scared at
first.

8. But the bat went to
sleep above them.

9. The bat was sleepy
from hunting all night.

10. Bats are usually don’t bite
people but they might. Be
careful.

11. The End

12. We learned about
bats.

13. What
happened?

14. They saw a ________
in the cave.

15. Good
Job!

16. Bye, Bye
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17. The End
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