Die weiße Schlange
(The White Snake)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once a young man was sent away. He had to feed the king. One day a white snake came.
She said: eat me. The young man ate. He could understand animals.
He saved ants. He saved ducks. He came to a kingdom.
The princess was hard to please. Three apples were her wish. The young man found them.
The ducks had them. He brought them. The princess said: I will marry the one who brought them.
The young man came. He brought them. She asked: how did you know?
He did not say. He told the king. The king said: that is enough.
They were married. The young man lived happily ever after.
More tales
- Der Froschkönig (The Frog King)
- 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)