Der Rattenfänger von Hameln
(The Pied Piper of Hamelin)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a town. It had rats. A piper came.
He had a flute. He played. The rats followed.
They went to the river. They drowned. The town was happy.
They did not pay the piper. He came back. He played.
The children followed. They went into a mountain. They were gone.
Pay what you owe.
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)