Der Gevatter Tod
(Godfather Death)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once a man had twelve children. Death was godfather. He said: come with me.
I will give you a herb. He used the herb. He made people well.
The king was sick. The man went. He saw Death at the foot of the bed.
He did not turn the candle. Death was angry. The king got well.
The man ran. Death came. The man ran.
He made Death angry. Death said: I will come for you. The man lived long.
One day Death came. He took him. And the man was with Death.
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- Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein (The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats)
- Der treue Johannes (The Faithful Johannes)