Die wahre Braut

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

Once there was a girl. She had a false bride. The false bride was unkind.

She sent her away. The girl walked in the snow. She came to a castle.

A prince lived there. He said: stay. She said: I will spin.

She spun. The prince liked her. They got married.

The false bride came. She was unkind. She killed the bride.

The prince mourned. The prince had a son. The son was kind.

He saw a picture of the bride. He went to find her. He found her.

She sang. He knew. The prince came.

The bride was alive. They were happy. The false bride was punished.

And they lived happily ever after.