Der Meisterdieb
(The Master Thief)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once a farmer had a daughter. The girl went to the king. She said: my father is a thief.
The king said: I will test him. He sent a man. The man hid a horse.
The thief brought it back. He sent a man. He hid a cow.
The thief brought it back. He sent a man. He hid a man in a sack.
The thief carried him. The king was angry. He said: hang him.
The thief said: I will steal the gallows. The king came to see. The thief stole the king's watch.
He stole his clothes. The king laughed. He gave the thief his daughter.
And they lived happily ever after.
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