Nussknacker und Mausekönig
(The Nutcracker and the Mouse King)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a girl named Marie. She had a nutcracker. It was a toy.
At night the toys came alive. The nutcracker was a prince. The mouse king came.
The prince fought him. The girl helped. The prince won.
He took her to his kingdom. They were married. 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)