Die drei Spinnerinnen
(The Three Spinners)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once a girl was lazy. Her stepmother made her spin. The girl did not like it.
The stepmother said: spin or go away. The girl went to the woods. She saw three women.
They had big lips and big feet. They said: we will spin for you. The girl went home.
She told the stepmother. The stepmother was jealous. She sent her own daughter.
The girl was rude. The women said: spin a lot. The daughter sat.
Her lips grew. Her feet grew. She could not move.
The lazy girl married a prince. She lived happily ever after.
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