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Fauler Hans
Joseph Jacobs
In each language: Lazy Jack · Fauler Hans · Jack el Perezoso · Jack le Paresseux · Jack il Pigro
Jack is so lazy that his mother threatens to turn him out unless he works for his porridge. Each day he earns a different wage and carries it home the wrong way, losing or spoiling it, and each time his mother tells him how he should have carried it. “I’ll do so another time,” he always answers.
In English, German, Spanish, French and Italian · about 700 words · 5 min to read.
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Es war einmal ein Junge namens Hans, der mit seiner Mutter auf einem Gemeindeland lebte.
Once upon a time there was a boy whose name was Jack, and he lived with his mother on a common.
Sie waren sehr arm, und die alte Frau verdiente ihren Lebensunterhalt mit Spinnen, aber Hans war so faul, dass er bei heißem Wetter nichts tat, als sich in der Sonne zu aalen, und im Winter am Kamin zu sitzen. Deshalb nannten sie ihn Faulen Hans.
They were very poor, and the old woman got her living by spinning, but Jack was so lazy that he would do nothing but bask in the sun in the hot weather, and sit by the corner of the hearth in the winter-time. So they called him Lazy Jack.
Seine Mutter konnte ihn zu nichts bewegen, und schließlich sagte sie ihm an einem Montag, dass sie ihn vor die Tür setzen würde, damit er sehen könne, wie er durchkomme, wenn er sich nicht sein Brot verdienen würde.
His mother could not get him to do anything for her, and at last told him, one Monday, that if he did not begin to work for his porridge she would turn him out to get his living as he could.
Languages
- Lazy Jack · English (original)703 words · ~5 min
- Fauler Hans · GermanB1 Intermediate · 678 words · ~5 min
- Jack el Perezoso · SpanishB1 Intermediate · 664 words · ~5 min
- Jack le Paresseux · FrenchB1 Intermediate · 706 words · ~5 min
- Jack il Pigro · ItalianB1 Intermediate · 650 words · ~5 min
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- Which languages can I read Lazy Jack in?
- English, German, Spanish, French and Italian. 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.
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- In translation, German, Spanish, French and Italian are B1 Intermediate. Levels follow the Common European Framework, from A1 (beginner) to C2.
- How long is it?
- About 703 words: around 5 min 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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