Tannhäuser
(Tannhäuser)
Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.
Once there was a knight. He went into a mountain. There was a lady named Venus.
She was beautiful. He stayed with her seven years. He came back.
He went to Rome. The Pope said: you cannot be saved. He went back to the mountain.
The Pope changed his mind. He sent men. They could not find him.
He was gone. So be careful what you wish for.
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- 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)