Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 5
He met the fox, who gave him the good advice: but when he came to the two inns, his eldest brother was standing at the window where the merrymaking was, and called to him to come in; and he could not withstand the temptation, but went in, and forgot the golden bird and his country in the same manner.
Er traf den Fuchs, der ihm den guten Rat gab: aber als er zu den beiden Gasthäusern kam, stand sein ältester Bruder am Fenster, wo das Lustmachen war, und rief ihn herein; und er konnte der Versuchung nicht widerstehen, sondern ging hinein und vergaß den goldenen Vogel und sein Vaterland auf dieselbe Weise.
Time passed on again, and the youngest son too wished to set out into the wide world to seek for the golden bird; but his father would not listen to it for a long while, for he was very fond of his son, and was afraid that some ill luck might happen to him also, and prevent his coming back.
Die Zeit verging wieder, und auch der jüngste Sohn wünschte sich aufzumachen, um in die weite Welt zu ziehen und den goldenen Vogel zu suchen; aber sein Vater wollte lange nichts davon hören, denn er hatte seinen Sohn sehr lieb und fürchtete, dass ihm auch ein Unglück widerfahren könnte, das ihn an der Rückkehr hindern würde.
However, at last it was agreed he should go, for he would not rest at home; and as he came to the wood, he met the fox, and heard the same good counsel.
Jedoch wurde schließlich vereinbart, dass er gehen solle, denn er wollte nicht zu Hause bleiben; und als er in den Wald kam, traf er den Fuchs und hörte denselben guten Rat.
But he was thankful to the fox, and did not attempt his life as his brothers had done; so the fox said, 'Sit upon my tail, and you will travel faster.'
Aber er war dem Fuchs dankbar und trachtete ihm nicht nach dem Leben, wie seine Brüder es getan hatten; so sagte der Fuchs: „Setz dich auf meinen Schwanz, und du wirst schneller reisen."
So he sat down, and the fox began to run, and away they went over stock and stone so quick that their hair whistled in the wind.
Also setzte er sich hin, und der Fuchs begann zu laufen, und fort gingen sie über Stock und Stein, so schnell, dass ihnen das Haar im Winde pfiff.
When they came to the village, the son followed the fox's counsel, and without looking about him went to the shabby inn and rested there all night at his ease.
Als sie in das Dorf kamen, befolgte der Sohn den Rat des Fuchses und ging, ohne sich umzuschauen, zu dem ärmlichen Gasthaus und ruhte dort die ganze Nacht in aller Ruhe.
Vocabulary
- traf
- Past tense of 'treffen'; met or encountered someone
- Fuchs
- A fox; a cunning wild animal
- Rat
- Advice or counsel given to someone
- gab
- Past tense of 'geben'; gave something to someone
- beiden
- Adjective meaning 'both'; referring to two things
- Gasthäusern
- Plural dative of 'Gasthaus'; inns or taverns
- stand
- Past tense of 'stehen'; was standing in a place
- ältester
- Superlative of 'alt'; the oldest among several people
- Bruder
- A brother; a male sibling
- Fenster
- A window in a building or vehicle
- Lustmachen
- Making merry; having fun or carousing
- rief
- Past tense of 'rufen'; called out or shouted to someone
- herein
- Adverb meaning 'inside' or 'come in'
- Versuchung
- Temptation; a strong urge to do something wrong
- widerstehen
- To resist or withstand something, such as temptation
- sondern
- Conjunction meaning 'but rather', correcting a negation
- hinein
- Adverb meaning 'into' something or a place
- vergaß
- Past tense of 'vergessen'; forgot something entirely
- goldenen
- Adjective meaning 'golden', declined accusative form
- Vogel
- A bird; any feathered winged animal
- Vaterland
- Fatherland; one's native homeland or country
- dieselbe
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'the same' feminine form
- Weise
- Manner or way in which something is done
- Zeit
- Time; the passage or duration of moments
- verging
- Past tense of 'vergehen'; time passed or elapsed
- jüngste
- Superlative of 'jung'; the youngest among several people
- Sohn
- A son; a male child of a parent
- wünschte
- Past tense of 'wünschen'; wished or desired something
- aufzumachen
- To set off or start a journey somewhere
- weite
- Adjective meaning 'wide' or 'vast', describing distance
- Welt
- The world; the entire earth or a realm
- ziehen
- To travel, pull, or move toward a destination
- suchen
- To search or look for something or someone
- Vater
- Father; a male parent of a child
- lange
- Adverb meaning 'for a long time' or 'long'
- davon
- Adverb meaning 'of it', 'about it', or 'from it'
- hören
- To hear; to perceive sounds with ears
- denn
- Conjunction meaning 'because' or 'for', explaining a reason
- lieb
- Adjective meaning 'dear' or 'beloved'; fond of someone
- fürchtete
- Past tense of 'fürchten'; feared or was afraid of something
- Unglück
- Misfortune or accident; a bad or unlucky event
- widerfahren
- To happen or befall someone, usually something bad
- könnte
- Subjunctive form of 'können'; could or might be able
- Rückkehr
- Return; the act of coming back to a place
- hindern
- To prevent or hinder someone from doing something
- würde
- Conditional auxiliary verb meaning 'would' in German
- Jedoch
- Adverb or conjunction meaning 'however' or 'nevertheless'
- schließlich
- Adverb meaning 'finally' or 'in the end'
- vereinbart
- Past participle of 'vereinbaren'; agreed upon or arranged
- solle
- Subjunctive of 'sollen'; should or ought to do something
- Hause
- Dative of 'Haus'; at home, in one's house
- bleiben
- To stay or remain in a place or condition
- Wald
- A forest or woods; an area of dense trees
- hörte
- Past tense of 'hören'; heard something in the past
- denselben
- Accusative masculine form of 'derselbe'; the same one
- dankbar
- Adjective meaning 'grateful' or 'thankful' toward someone
- trachtete
- Past tense of 'trachten'; strove or aimed after something
- Leben
- Life; the existence or vitality of a living being
- Brüder
- Plural of 'Bruder'; brothers, male siblings
- getan
- Past participle of 'tun'; done, performed an action
- Setz
- Imperative of 'setzen'; place or sit yourself down
- Schwanz
- A tail; the rear appendage of an animal
- schneller
- Comparative of 'schnell'; faster than something else
- reisen
- To travel; to journey to a distant place
- Also
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'thus', drawing a conclusion
- setzte
- Past tense of 'setzen'; placed or sat down somewhere
- hin
- Directional adverb meaning 'there' or toward a place
- begann
- Past tense of 'beginnen'; began or started an action
- laufen
- To run or walk; to move quickly on foot
- fort
- Adverb meaning 'away' or 'forth', indicating movement
- Stock
- A stick or branch; also a story of a building
- Stein
- A stone or rock; hard mineral material
- schnell
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'fast' or 'quick'
- Haar
- Hair; strands growing from head or body
- Winde
- Dative of 'Wind'; in the wind, moving air
- pfiff
- Past tense of 'pfeifen'; whistled or made a whistling sound
- Dorf
- A village; a small rural settlement
- befolgte
- Past tense of 'befolgen'; followed or obeyed instructions
- Fuchses
- Genitive of 'Fuchs'; of the fox, belonging to fox
- ohne
- Preposition meaning 'without', lacking something
- umzuschauen
- To look around; to glance back in one's surroundings
- ärmlichen
- Adjective meaning 'poor' or 'humble', declined form
- Gasthaus
- An inn or guesthouse; a place offering lodging and food
- ruhte
- Past tense of 'ruhen'; rested or relaxed somewhere
- dort
- Adverb meaning 'there', indicating a specific location
- ganze
- Adjective meaning 'whole' or 'entire', fully complete
- Nacht
- Night; the dark period between sunset and sunrise
- aller
- Genitive plural 'of all'; belonging to everyone
- Ruhe
- Rest, calm, or peace; a state of quietness
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