Das kalte Herz
(The Cold Heart)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a boy. He lived in the Black Forest. His mother died.
He went to the city. He met a Dutch man. He sold his heart.
He got a cold heart made of glass. He was rich. He was unkind.
He went home. He was unkind. A kind man came.
He had a kind heart. The Dutch man came. The boy said: give me my heart.
The Dutch man said: do not drink water. The boy drank water. His heart was back.
He was kind. He married a kind girl. They lived happily ever after.
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- 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)