Die Bienenkönigin
(The Queen Bee)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there were two brothers. One was unkind. One was kind.
The kind brother found a bird. The bird had a king bee. The kind brother let the bee go.
The unkind brother found a bird. He killed it. They came to a city.
The king had a daughter. She was sick. She had straw in her hair.
The kind brother came. The bees came. They ate the straw.
The princess was well. The kind brother got the princess. The unkind brother was punished.
So be kind to little bees.
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- Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein (The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats)
- Der treue Johannes (The Faithful Johannes)