Die kluge Else

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

Once there was a girl named Else. She was sent to the cellar. She had to fetch beer.

She saw a hatchet on the wall. She said: I hope you are happy. Then she said: if I had such a hatchet.

Then she said: I would hit my father with it. Her father heard. He came down.

He took the beer. He said: Else is too clever. Stay kind in what you say.