Die vier kunstreichen Brüder
(The Four Skillful Brothers)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there were four brothers. They learned skills. One learned to be a hunter.
One learned to be a smith. One learned to be a weaver. One learned to be a tailor.
They went out. They came to a town. They saw a sign.
The king wanted a ship. The hunter killed a bird. The smith made chains.
The weaver wove a net. The tailor sewed it. They caught the bird.
The king was happy. He gave them his daughter. 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)