König Drosselbart
(King Thrushbeard)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a princess. She was proud. She did not want to marry.
The king said: you must. She said: I will marry a beggar. A beggar came.
He was the king in disguise. She married him. He made her work.
She sold pots in the market. She sold pots at the fair. She was unhappy.
The beggar was kind. She learned. The beggar came back.
He was the king. He said: I love you. 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)