Das fremde Kind
(The Strange Child)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a child. She came from far away. She was strange.
She had gold hair. She sang a strange song. A father and mother found her.
They kept her. They had a son. He was sick.
The strange child sang. The boy got well. The strange child left.
They never saw her again. But the boy lived. And they were happy.
More tales
- 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)