Das Glückshemd
(The Lucky Shirt)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once a man was sick. He had a lucky shirt. He said: I want to be well.
The shirt did not help. He had to be kind. He gave bread to a pilgrim.
He gave his shirt. The pilgrim turned out to be a king. The man was kind.
He was happy.