Der Sandmann
(The Sandman)
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 Nathanael. The sandman came. He took eyes.
He put sand in them. The boy was afraid. He met a man.
The man had eyes in a jar. The man was bad. The boy knew.
The man came. The boy was afraid. The sandman came.
The boy jumped. He died. He went to a place.
His love was there. She was kind. They were happy.
They lived happily ever after.
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)