Die zwei Brüder
(The Two Brothers)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there were two brothers. One learned to be a goldsmith. One learned to be a hunter.
The goldsmith learned more. The hunter learned more. They went out.
The hunter saved the king. The king gave him a ring. The ring could wish things.
They went home. The goldsmith was jealous. He wished the hunter on an island.
The hunter wished himself home. The ring helped. They came back.
They were friends. They lived happily ever after.
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