Die zwölf Jäger
(The Twelve Huntsmen)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a prince. His father wanted to marry. The new queen was unkind.
She said: marry my daughter. The prince did not. The queen said: I will turn you into a deer.
The prince said: I will turn you into a stag. The prince turned the queen. He went to the woods.
He met a girl. He asked: who are you? She said: I am a hunter.
She had twelve men. They hunted deer. The prince was a deer.
The queen was a stag. The girl knew. She was kind.
She undid the spell. The prince was a man. The queen was a woman.
They 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)