Which languages can I read Rauch über dem Froschweiher in?

German and English. Pick the language you want to read and the one to keep beside it: every paragraph sits next to its translation, so you can check a sentence without losing your place.

The original German is B2 Intermediate. Levels follow the Common European Framework, from A1 (beginner) to C2.

About 9,438 words in 11 chapters: around 1 h of reading, with the translation beside it. The time depends on the edition's level: an easier edition is read more slowly.

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Schweizer Abenteuer · Geschichte 16

Rauch über dem Froschweiher

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In each language: Rauch über dem Froschweiher · Smoke over the Frog Pond

A Sunday lunch at the Rosinli, a forbidden drone, a crash somewhere over the woods: George and Victor want to fetch it back before anyone notices. At the frog pond they find only a burnt patch in the leaves, and soon they are following a man they take for a thief all the way to the Sennbach forest hut. Then smoke rises above the fir trees, and the way to help leads across the Hittnau golf course.

In German and English · 11 chapters · about 9,400 words · 1 h to read.

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Sonntag auf dem Rosinli

Sunday at the Rosinli

«Die fliegt bis zum Pfäffikersee, wenn ich will», sagte Victor und klopfte auf den schwarzen Rucksack neben seinem Stuhl. «Das ist doch nichts.»

"It can fly all the way to Lake Pfäffikon if I want," said Victor, patting the black rucksack beside his chair. "That's nothing."

George sah sich rasch um, ob einer der Erwachsenen zugehört hatte. Doch die Eltern sassen am anderen Ende des langen Tisches auf der Terrasse des Bergrestaurants Rosinli, redeten über Hypotheken und Schulwege und bemerkten nichts. Im Rucksack lag die Drohne von Victors Vater, ein teures, graues Gerät mit vier Propellern und einer Kamera, das Victor nicht einmal anfassen durfte. George wusste das, weil Victor es ihm selbst erzählt hatte, und zwar mit unverhohlenem Stolz, als wäre ein Verbot eine Auszeichnung.

George glanced round quickly to see whether any of the grown-ups had been listening. But the parents were sitting at the other end of the long table on the terrace of the Rosinli mountain restaurant, talking about mortgages and routes to school, and noticed nothing. In the rucksack lay Victor's father's drone, an expensive grey machine with four propellers and a camera that Victor wasn't even allowed to touch. George knew that because Victor had told him himself, and with undisguised pride, as if a ban were a medal.

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Rauch über dem Froschweiher · German (original)B2 Intermediate · 9,438 words · ~1 h
Smoke over the Frog Pond · English9,959 words · ~55 min

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Which languages can I read Rauch über dem Froschweiher in?: German and English. Pick the language you want to read and the one to keep beside it: every paragraph sits next to its translation, so you can check a sentence without losing your place.
What level is it?: The original German is B2 Intermediate. Levels follow the Common European Framework, from A1 (beginner) to C2.
How long is it?: About 9,438 words in 11 chapters: around 1 h of reading, with the translation beside it. The time depends on the edition's level: an easier edition is read more slowly.
Is it free?: Yes. Read it online with no account. The e-reader files (EPUB, and AZW3 and MOBI for Kindle) need a free account; the PDF doesn't.
Can I read it on a Kindle or Kobo?: Yes. Download the EPUB for Kobo, Apple Books and most e-readers, or the AZW3 or MOBI for a Kindle, with each paragraph followed by its translation. There is also a side-by-side PDF to print, and each language on its own.