Der Hans im Schnokeloch
(Hans in the Schnokeloch (Alsatian folk song/legend))
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a boy named Hans. He slept in a cave. He slept a long time.
He woke up. The world was new. He was happy.
He lived happily ever after.