Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
(The Bremen Town Musicians)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once a donkey was old. His master wanted to get rid of him. The donkey ran away.
He met a dog. The dog was old too. They went on.
They met a cat. The cat was old too. They went on.
They met a rooster. The rooster was old too. They went to Bremen.
They would be musicians. At night they came to a house. Robbers were inside.
The donkey stood on the dog. The dog on the cat. The cat on the rooster.
They made a noise. The robbers ran. The animals sat by the fire.
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)