Der Faulpelz
(The Lazybones)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a lazy boy. He did not work. His mother was kind.
He did not help. A man came. He wanted a boy.
He took him. The boy worked hard. He was not lazy any more.
He came home. He was kind. He worked.
He lived happily ever after.