Die kluge Bauerntochter
(The Peasant's Wise Daughter)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once a farmer had a daughter. She was very clever. The king heard.
He wanted to marry her. He said: bring me a rope of sand. The girl was not afraid.
She put sand in a hole. She put a rope in it. She made sand ropes.
She brought them to the king. The king said: bring me the sea in a sieve. She caught a fish.
She put it in a sieve. The king saw. He was pleased.
He married her. They lived happily ever after.
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- 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)