Chiu und Kau

Chiu and Kau · चिऊ और काऊ

A1German story, level A12 chaptersFree

The crow builds his house fast, the sparrow builds hers slowly. Then the big rain comes. A favourite bedtime story from Maharashtra.

कौआ अपना घर जल्दी बनाता है, चिड़िया धीरे-धीरे। फिर ज़ोर की बारिश आती है। महाराष्ट्र की सबसे प्यारी बच्चों की कहानियों में से एक।

Kapitel 1: Zwei Häuser

Two houses · about 70 words · each German sentence with its English translation

Kau ist eine Krähe und Chiu ist ein Spatz.Kau is a crow and Chiu is a sparrow.

Sie wohnen in einem Dorf in Maharashtra.They live in a village in Maharashtra.

Kau baut ein Haus aus Kuhmist.Kau builds a house out of cow dung.

Das geht ganz schnell.That is very quick.

Chiu baut ein Haus aus Wachs.Chiu builds a house out of wax.

Das dauert lange.That takes a long time.

Kau lacht: „Du bist so langsam, Chiu!“Kau laughs: “You are so slow, Chiu!”

Aber Chiu arbeitet weiter.But Chiu keeps working.

Eines Tages kommt ein großer Regen.One day a big rain comes.

Es regnet und regnet.It rains and rains.

Das Haus von Kau ist weg!Kau's house is gone!

Aber das Haus von Chiu ist noch da.But Chiu's house is still there.

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