Der Räuberbräutigam
(The Robber-Bridegroom)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once a bride went to her wedding. She went the wrong way. She came to a dark house.
Inside sat a robber. She was afraid. She hid.
She saw a chest. She opened it. It was full of gold.
The robbers came. They brought a girl. They wanted to kill her.
They drank. They slept. The bride ran.
She went home. She told her bridegroom. He came with men.
They caught the robbers. They saved the girl. And the bridegroom and bride lived happily ever after.
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