Der Fischer un syner Fru
(The Fisherman and His Wife)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a fisher. He caught a flounder. The flounder said: I am a prince.
Let me go. The fisher let him go. His wife was greedy.
She said: ask for a cottage. They got a cottage. She said: ask for a castle.
They got a castle. She said: ask to be king. He was king.
She said: ask to be emperor. He was emperor. She said: ask to be pope.
He was pope. She said: ask to be like God. The fisher went to the flounder.
The flounder was angry. They were back in the cottage. Be happy with what you have.
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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)