Bruder Lustig
(Brother Lustig)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there were three brothers. One was named Lustig. The king said: come work.
Lustig went. He did silly things. The king wanted to be rid of him.
He said: bring me some hair. Lustig went. He met a giant.
He stole his gold. He met a bear. He took its skin.
He met a tree. He slept in it. The king said: what is the gold?
Lustig told him. The king came. The bear came.
The king ran. Lustig took the gold. He lived happily ever after.
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