Die goldene Gans

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

Once there were three brothers. The two older were unkind. The youngest was kind.

They went to the woods. The oldest got to a tree. He wanted to eat.

A little old man came. He wanted some too. The brother did not share.

The middle brother did not share. The youngest gave him his food. The little man gave him a goose.

The goose had golden feathers. The youngest took it to an inn. The innkeeper's daughters wanted a feather.

They held the goose. They could not let go. The youngest took the goose.

The girls ran after him. The boy ran. A parson came.

He saw the girls. He wanted to help. He held them.

He could not let go. A clerk came. A peasant came.

They could not let go. The boy came to a mountain. He opened it.

There was a princess. She laughed at him. He laughed at her.

She had to laugh at a fool. They were married. And they lived happily ever after.