Die Sterntaler

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

Once there was a little girl. Her mother and father were dead. She had nothing.

She walked out. She had only bread. She met a poor man.

She gave him bread. She met a child. She gave her hat.

She met a child. She gave her coat. She met a child.

She gave her shoes. She had nothing. Stars fell from the sky.

They were gold coins. She did not need them. She was happy.

She went home. She was kind. And she lived happily ever after.