The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 2
Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident.
Die moderne Erziehung schließt Moral ein; daher sucht das moderne Kind in seinen Wundermärchen nur Unterhaltung und verzichtet gern auf alle unangenehmen Begebenheiten.
It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.
Es strebt danach, ein modernisiertes Märchen zu sein, in dem das Staunen und die Freude erhalten bleiben und die Herzschmerzen und Albträume weggelassen werden.
L. Frank Baum Chicago, April, 1900.
L. Frank Baum Chicago, April 1900.
Vocabulary
- moderne
- Adjective meaning modern or contemporary
- Erziehung
- Noun meaning upbringing, education, or child-rearing
- schließt
- Third-person singular of schließen: closes or includes
- Moral
- Noun meaning morality, ethics, or moral lesson
- ein
- Particle used with schließen: to include or incorporate
- daher
- Adverb meaning therefore, hence, or for that reason
- sucht
- Third-person singular of suchen: seeks or looks for
- Kind
- Noun meaning child or youngster
- seinen
- Possessive pronoun: its or his (dative/accusative masculine)
- Wundermärchen
- Noun meaning wonder tales or magical fairy stories
- nur
- Adverb meaning only or merely
- Unterhaltung
- Noun meaning entertainment, amusement, or conversation
- verzichtet
- Third-person singular of verzichten: foregoes or does without
- gern
- Adverb meaning gladly, willingly, or with pleasure
- alle
- Determiner meaning all or every
- unangenehmen
- Adjective meaning unpleasant, disagreeable, or uncomfortable
- Begebenheiten
- Noun meaning events, incidents, or occurrences
- strebt
- Third-person singular of streben: strives or aspires
- danach
- Adverb meaning after it, thereafter, or toward that goal
- modernisiertes
- Adjective meaning modernized or updated for contemporary audiences
- Märchen
- Noun meaning fairy tale or folk story
- sein
- Infinitive meaning to be
- Staunen
- Noun meaning amazement, wonder, or astonishment
- Freude
- Noun meaning joy, delight, or happiness
- erhalten
- Verb meaning to preserve, maintain, or receive
- bleiben
- Verb meaning to remain or to stay
- Herzschmerzen
- Noun meaning heartaches or emotional pains
- Albträume
- Noun meaning nightmares or bad dreams
- weggelassen
- Past participle of weglassen: omitted or left out
- werden
- Auxiliary verb meaning will be or shall be
- Baum
- Proper noun: surname of the author; also means tree
- April
- Noun meaning April, the fourth month of the year
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