{"id":9847,"date":"2018-04-30T21:28:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T21:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=9847"},"modified":"2018-04-30T21:28:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T21:28:16","slug":"eine-gute-nacht-geschichte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/eine-gute-nacht-geschichte\/","title":{"rendered":"Eine Gute-Nacht-Geschichte"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have\u00a0Kinder\u00a0<\/em>(children), you know what it is like: Ich will noch nicht ins Bett!\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0(I don’t want to go to sleep yet!) Of course, I am talking about\u00a0Kinder, die noch nicht schlafen wollen\u00a0<\/em>(Children that do not yet want to go to sleep). And what do you tell them? A Gute-Nacht-Geschichte\u00a0<\/em>(good-night story). Here’s a very short one for you, followed by a full English translation \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

If you want to find more original stories here on the blog, check out the\u00a0Zeit f\u00fcr eine Geschichte<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>series!<\/p>\n

These kinds of stories also help to learn German, especially in the beginning, when simpler stories are a bit easier to read! Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Die M\u00fccke, die zu tr\u00f6ten lernt<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Image by author based on Image by andresantanams at Pixabay.com under license CC0.<\/p><\/div>\n

Der Elefant stampft durch die Savanne. Es ist hei\u00df, die Sonne steht hoch am Himmel. Doch dem Dickh\u00e4uter ist das egal – ihm ist nicht warm. Schlie\u00dflich ist er ein Elefant. “Zzzzzzzzzzzzz!” h\u00f6rt er pl\u00f6tzlich. Er streckt eines seiner Riesenohren in die Luft und lauscht. “Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!” h\u00f6rt er jetzt. Das nervige Summen kommt n\u00e4her. Da wird ihm klar: Eine M\u00fccke!<\/em><\/p>\n

“Hallo, Herr M\u00fccke!” begr\u00fc\u00dft der Elefant h\u00f6flich. “Zzzz… Hallo, Herr Elefant!” erwidert die M\u00fccke. “Zzzz… Sag mal, ich m\u00f6chte auch gern so trompeten k\u00f6nnen wie du. Wie mache ich das?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Der Elefant tr\u00f6tet vor Lachen. “Aber, lieber Herr M\u00fccke! Du kannst doch kein Elefant werden? Du bist zu klein, du hast keine Ohren… Wie soll das denn gehen?”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Zum tr\u00f6ten muss ich doch nicht so aussehen wie ein Elefant?!” summt die M\u00fccke emp\u00f6rt.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Vielleicht. Einen R\u00fcssel hast du ja auch…”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Genau! Also, wie geht das?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Der Elefant \u00fcberlegt. “Naja, du musst deinen R\u00fcssel in die Luft strecken, mit aller Kraft deine Lungen f\u00fcllen und dann ganz kr\u00e4ftig tr\u00f6ten!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Die M\u00fccke h\u00f6rt aufgeregt zu. “Alles klar!” Die M\u00fccke streckt ihren R\u00fcssel in die Luft,\u00a0 f\u00fcllt ihre kleinen Lungen so gut sie kann, und tr\u00f6tet. Der Elefant lauscht mit hochgestreckten Ohren.<\/em><\/p>\n

“t\u00f6r\u00f6”<\/em><\/h6>\n

“Hast du schon getr\u00f6tet?” fragt der Elefant.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Ja, nat\u00fcrlich!” hechelt die M\u00fccke verwirrt.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Hmmm… Versuch’s mal ein wenig lauter!” ruft der Elefant der M\u00fccke zu.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Alles klar!” erwidert die M\u00fccke froh.<\/em><\/p>\n

Die M\u00fccke nimmt sehr tief Atem. So viel Luft hat sie noch nie in einem Mal geschnappt! Der R\u00fcssel reicht so hoch es nur geht, in Richtung des wolkenlosen Himmels. Die M\u00fccke schlie\u00dft die Augen, und mit voller Kraft….<\/em><\/p>\n

T\u00d6R\u00d6\u00d6\u00d6\u00d6\u00d6\u00d6\u00d6\u00d6\u00d6\u00d6\u00d6\u00d6\u00d6!!!!!!!!!!<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

ENGLISH TRANSLATION<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Mosquito that learns how to trumpet<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Image by author based on Image by andresantanams at Pixabay.com under license CC0.<\/p><\/div>\n

The elephant is stomping through the savanna. It is hot, the sun is high in the sky. But the pachyderm doesn’t mind – he is not hot. He is an elephant, after all. “Zzzzzzzzzzzzz!” he hears, suddenly. He extends one of his giant ears into the air and listens.
\n“Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!” he now hears. The annoying buzzing is coming closer. He realizes: A mosquito!<\/p>\n

“Hello, Mr mosquito!” the elephant greets him politely. “Zzzz… Hello, Mr elephant!” the mosquito replies. “Zzzz… Say, I also want to be able to trumpet like you. How do I do it?”<\/p>\n

The elephant trumpets of laughter. “But, dear Mr mosquito! You cannot become an elephant? You are too small, you have no large ears… How could that be possible?”<\/p>\n

“But to trumpet, I do not have to look like an elephant?!” the mosquito buzzes indignantly.<\/p>\n

“Maybe. You do have a trunk…”<\/p>\n

“Exactly! So, how does it work?”<\/p>\n

The elephant is thinking. “Well, you have to stretch your trunk into the air, fill your lungs with all your power and then trumpet very strongly!”<\/p>\n

The mosquito is listening excitedly. “Alright!” The mosquito stretches its trunk into the air, fills its little lungs as good as it can, and trumpets.<\/p>\n

“toot”*<\/h6>\n

“Did you trumpet yet?” the elephant asks.<\/p>\n

“Yes, of course!” the mosquito gasps, confused.<\/p>\n

“Hmmm… Try a little louder!” the elephant shouts at the mosquito.<\/p>\n

“Alright!” the mosquito answers happily.<\/p>\n

The mosquito inhales very deeply. It never took in this much air at once! The trunk reaches as high as possible, towards the cloudless sky. The mosquito closes its eyes, and with full force….<\/p>\n

TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

*I put toot as the sound an elephant makes. Apparently, that is not very clear cut in the English language<\/a>. So I went with “toot”, which comes quite close. In German, it is definitely “t\u00f6r\u00f6\u00f6\u00f6!”, which was entrenched in any child’s mind by Benjamin Bl\u00fcmchen, a cartoon elephant that is frequently on TV. Here he is:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dZCQN-NgwxM<\/p>\n

Maybe you can teach your children the sound of an elephant as\u00a0t\u00f6r\u00f6<\/em>! Let me know what you think of the story in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

If you have\u00a0Kinder\u00a0(children), you know what it is like: Ich will noch nicht ins Bett!\u00a0\u00a0(I don’t want to go to sleep yet!) Of course, I am talking about\u00a0Kinder, die noch nicht schlafen wollen\u00a0(Children that do not yet want to go to sleep). And what do you tell them? A Gute-Nacht-Geschichte\u00a0(good-night story). Here’s a very short…<\/p>\n

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