Tischchen deck dich, Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack

Read this tale aloud, or read along with your little one. Sentences are short and the words are simple.

Once a tailor had three sons. The oldest said: I will make good food. The father gave him a table.

When you say: cover, it does. The child went to the inn. He said: cover.

The innkeeper liked the table. He took it. The boy came home without the table.

The second son went. He had a donkey. It made gold.

The innkeeper took it. The third son went. He had a stick.

It came out of the sack. The innkeeper came to the house. The stick hit him.

He gave back the table and the donkey. The third son lived happily ever after.