Der Freischütz
(The Marksman)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a hunter. He sold his soul to the devil. He got magic bullets.
He used them. He hit everything. He won a shooting match.
The prince was angry. He wanted to kill him. The prince was cruel.
The hunter's wife was kind. She prayed. The bullets went back.
The prince was gone. The hunter lived. They lived happily ever after.
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)