Hans im Glück
(Hans in Luck)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a boy named Hans. He worked seven years. He got a lump of gold.
He went home. On the way he met a man. He traded the gold for a horse.
The horse threw him. He traded the horse for a cow. He traded the cow for a pig.
He traded the pig for a goose. He met a man sharpening a wheel. The man cut the goose's head off.
The goose ran with the seller. Hans had nothing. He sat down.
He said: I am light. He was happy. He went home.
He had nothing. He was happy.
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- Marienkind (Our Lady's Child)
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- Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein (The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats)
- Der treue Johannes (The Faithful Johannes)