Der alte Silvester und das Jahrkind beiß from 11 years

from 11 years

so that young readers can retell the fairy tales themselves

Attention: A train is coming

he shared everything he owned with the poor

Who defied the odds more

Der alte Silvester und das Jahrkind beiß from 11 yearsA special gem: Mrike once told this story off the cuff to a 6 year old girl, and it still enchants her today. Every year, old Silvester brings the new year child to earth in his sky sleigh and takes the old year up with him to God's garden. Wilhelm Hartlaub, a friend of Eduard Mrike, lived in Wimsheim near Leonberg. There, on a cold winter's day, the poet went for a walk with the youngest friend of the Hartlaub parsonage, the schoolmaster Amele.