Der Zwerg Nase

Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.

Once there was a boy. His mother was unkind. She sent him to the market.

A witch caught him. She turned him into a dwarf. He had a long nose.

He worked for her. He cooked geese. He was kind.

He turned the geese. A princess came. She liked the duck.

She wanted the cook. The witch was away. He turned himself back.

He was a boy. He went home. His mother was kind.

He was kind. He lived happily ever after.