Heinrich von Ofterdingen
(Heinrich von Ofterdingen (with Hyazinth und Rosenblüte))
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a minstrel named Heinrich. He was kind. He heard a tale of a blue flower.
He went to find it. He met an old woman. She had a blue flower.
She gave it to him. He went home. He was a poet.
He wrote songs. The songs were good. He met a princess.
She was kind. They were married. The blue flower was in her hair.
He wrote more. They were famous. 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)