Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot
(Snow-White and Rose-Red)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there were two sisters. They were kind. They met a bear in the woods.
The bear was kind. They shared their food. Winter came.
The bear stayed with them. The dwarf came. He stole things.
The bear helped. The dwarf was angry. He made the bear leave.
The bear went. The dwarf was mean. He had gold.
The sisters met him. They helped him. The dwarf was unkind.
He punished them. The bear came back. He saved them.
The dwarf was punished. The bear was a prince. He married Snow White.
The other sister married his brother. And they lived happily ever after.
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- 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)