Dornröschen
(Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty))
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once a king had a baby. He invited everyone. He forgot one fairy.
She came. She said: the princess will sleep for a hundred years. The princess grew up.
One day she pricked her finger. She fell asleep. The castle slept.
A prince came. He could not get in. The hedge of thorns was high.
He waited a hundred years. The thorns were roses. He went in.
The princess slept. He kissed her. She woke up.
The castle woke up. They were married. And 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)