Das blaue Licht
(The Blue Light)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once a soldier served the king. The king gave him nothing. The soldier walked in the woods.
He met a witch. He asked for a light. He went into a cellar.
There was a blue light. He lit his pipe. The witch said: that is my money.
The soldier would not give it back. He went to the king. He needed money.
He lit the blue light. The blue light brought him gold. The king heard.
The king went to the cellar. The soldier came. The blue light beat the king.
The king ran. The soldier lived happily ever after.
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- Der Froschkönig (The Frog King)
- Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft (The Cat and Mouse in Partnership)
- Marienkind (Our Lady's Child)
- Märchen von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen (The Story of the Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear)
- Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein (The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats)
- Der treue Johannes (The Faithful Johannes)