A German Reader with Practical Exercises 15

A German Reader with Practical Exercises 15

15. Wann wurde der junge Arzt

zum zweitenmal an des Königs Hof gerufen? 16. Was sollte er zum Lohn

bekommen, wenn er die Prinzessin wieder gesund machte? 17. Erklären

Sie, warum der Tod nun den Arzt zu hassen begann! 18. Woher wissen Sie,

daß es nicht dunkel in der unterirdischen Höhle war? 19. Wie lang war

das Lebenslicht des jungen Arztes? 20. Was geschah, als der Tod das

Lebenslicht seines Paten umstieß?

 

~B. 1. One day (the) poor Klaus was looking‿for a godfather for his

thirteenth child, when (~da, ~_with inversion_) he met the (dear)

Lord, before whom every tree, every flower, [and] even (~ja~) every

blade‿of‿grass bowed low. 2. When, however, Klaus said to God: “Why

have the rich always enough to eat, and why must the poor always

go‿hungry?” (~da~) the Lord disappeared (~verschwinden~), so that Klaus

saw him no more.~

 

~3. Then Klaus met the Devil, who promised him to make his little‿son

rich if he took (_pres. subj._) him for‿a (~zum~) godfather; but

Klaus told him he should (~sollen~; _pres. subj._) go home to his

grandmother.~

 

~4. Finally (~endlich~) he met a thin, scrawny man who also offered

himself, and him (~der~) he begged to come to (~zu~)‿the christening of

the child, which was to be on Sunday.~

 

~5. Now when (When now) the boy was fourteen (~vierzehn~) years old,

the thin, scrawny fellow (~Kerl~), who was none other than (the) Death,

gave the youngster a healing‿herb, which grew (~wachsen~) only in a

certain (~gewiß~) dark forest. 6. “You shall become the most famous

physician on earth,” he said. 7. “Use this herb whenever you see me

standing (_infinitive_) at the head of your patient, and he will get

well again. 8. But whenever I stand at his feet, he must die anyway

(~doch~); and if you then (~dann~) use the herb, you will fare ill.”~

 

~9. Now once (Once now) the king was so sick that his court‿physician

had given him up. 10. Then (~da~) the king’s‿daughter sent for the

famous physician and asked him whether (~ob~) he could (~können~;

_pres. subj._) save her beloved father. 11. He saw (the) Death standing

at the king’s feet, but with [the] assistance (~Hilfe~) of the servants

he quickly turned the bed around, gave the king three drops of (~von~)

the healing‿herb, and behold! (~siehe da!~) the king was saved.~

 

~12. A year afterward the beautiful princess herself fell sick, and

that (~zwar~) so seriously that the king said: “Whoever restores my

dear daughter to health shall have her to‿(the) wife and be (become)

king after me.”~

 

~13. Once more the marvelous‿doctor cheated (the) Death out‿of (~um~)

a patient, but this‿time (~diesmal~) (the) Death led him away into the

cave where all [the] life-lights of (the) men burn. 14. When the youth

asked (the) Death where his light was (_pres. subj._), (the) Death

pointed to a little candle which (just,~ eben~) was‿about‿to (~wollen~)

go out. 15. “Dear Godfather,” begged the doctor, “will you not at‿once

set the little‿stump on a new, long candle? 16. I should so much like

to (~möchte so gern~) marry the young princess!”~

 

~17. (The) Death took the doctor’s candle in (the; _acc._) one hand and

one of the longest in the other, but then (~dann~) he purposely let the

little [one] fall (~fallen~), and it went out. 18. Hardly (~kaum~) had

it gone out when (~so~, _with inversion_) the doctor too fell down and

died.~

 

 

Der Schmied von Jüterbog.

 

~A~. 1. Wie hieß der Schmied von Jüterbog? 2. Woher wissen Sie, daß

der Schmied sein Handwerk gut verstand? (Antwort: Es wird uns erzählt,

daß usw.) 3. Was wird von der Salbe gesagt, die Peter besaß? 4. Gibt

es wirklich eine solche Salbe? 5. In wessen Heere hatte der Schmied

gedient? 6. Und in welchen Ländern war er mit dem Kaiser gewesen?

7. Wie alt wurde der Schmied von Jüterbog? 8. Warum wird das graue

Männlein der Schutzgeist des Schmieds genannt? 9. Was bekam der Schmied

zum Lohn dafür, daß er des grauen Männleins Esel beschlug? 10. Sagen

Sie mir auf deutsch, was ein Dieb ist! 11. In was verwandelte Peters

Schutzgeist die Eisenstangen? 12. Was war das für ein Trank, der in

Peters Flasche war? 13. Glauben Sie, daß es einen solchen Trank gibt?

14. Seien Sie so gut, und sagen Sie mir, warum der Schmied nicht selbst

auf den Birnbaum hinaufstieg! 15. Wie ist es gekommen, daß der Tod

ein so dürres Gerippe geworden ist? 16. Was mußte der Tod dem Schmied

versprechen, ehe dieser ihn laufen ließ? 17. Wer half dem Tod, als

dieser sich an dem Schmied rächen wollte? 18. Warum mußte der Teufel

durchs Schlüsselloch, wenn er in des Schmieds Stube wollte? Und kam

er wirklich ganz hinein? 19. Wäre es nicht besser gewesen, wenn der

Schmied und seine Gesellen den Teufel gleich ganz totgeschlagen hätten?

20. Warum taten sie das nicht? 21. Warum wurde es dem Schmied so

einsam auf Erden, daß er sich auf den Weg nach dem Himmel machte? 22.

Weshalb wollte ihn Petrus nicht in den Himmel hineinlassen? 23. Wo

ging Schmied Peter dann hin? Und ging es ihm dort besser? 24. Wo fand

er zuletzt Zuflucht? 25. Wonach fragte ihn sein alter Herr, der Kaiser

Rotbart, sogleich? 26. Warum heißt Kaiser Friedrich der Erste der

Rotbart? 27. Wie nannten ihn die Italiener? 28. Wo ist der Kyffhäuser?

29. Was für Arbeit bekam Schmied Peter im Kyffhäuser? 30. Wie lange muß

der Kaiser noch mit seinem Gefolge dort bleiben?

 

~B. 1. Peter was an uncommonly able and clever blacksmith. 2. One day

he had shod the gray little‿donkey of Saint Peter, his patron‿saint,

and had demanded no pay for‿it (~dafür~). 3. Then (~da~) the saint

(~heilig~, _used as a subst._) said: “I will grant you three wishes,

Peter, but you must (~müssen~) not forget the best.”~

 

~4. Thereupon (~darauf~) the blacksmith said: “This is my first wish:

If I see a thief in my pear‿tree, (~so~) he shall not be able to come

down again against my will. 5. Secondly: Nobody shall be able to enter

my room without my consent, except through the keyhole. 6. And thirdly:

There (~es~) shall always be a good dram in my bottle.”~

 

~7. Now Peter lived on and on, until (~bis~) he was more than [a]

hundred years old, for what he drank (~trinken~) every day (_acc._)

out of his bottle was an elixir‿of‿life, but that he did not know. 8.

When (the) Death finally knocked at his door, the smith said: “Won’t

you first (~erst~) climb‿up into my pear‿tree and fetch me a couple of

pears?” 9. (The) Death climbed up, and Peter shouted: “Stay where you

are!” and (the) Death had‿to stay up there until he had promised to let

Peter alone.~

 

~10. Soon afterward the Devil, (the) Death’s best friend, came (in

order, ~um~) to fetch the blacksmith. 11. Peter quickly locked

his door, held a leather sack in front of the keyhole, and caught

(~fangen~) the Devil in‿it (~darin~). 12. Then he and all his workmen

hammered away at the Devil and made (~lassen~) him promise never to

come back.~

 

~13. Now neither (~weder~) (the) Death nor (~noch~) the Devil could

fetch (the) old Peter, but he became tired of this earthly‿life, so

(~also~) he knocked at the gate‿of‿heaven (heaven’s‿gate). 14. Saint

Peter looked out and said: “Whoever (~wer~) forgets to wish the best,

namely (the) eternal bliss, to him (~der~) the gate‿of‿heaven remains

closed.”~

 

~15. Thereupon Peter tried his luck in (the) hell, but (~doch~) even

(~sogar~) the Devil slammed the gate in his face.~

 

~16. Finally the tired old blacksmith found refuge with (~bei~) Emperor

Frederick, the Redbeard, in‿the Kyffhäuser‿Mountain, and not only

refuge, but also work (~Arbeit~), for the emperor, his princesses, and

their retinue have many, many horses, and Peter has‿to shoe them all.~

 

 

Ein Traum.

 

~A.~ 1. Wann war der Siebenjährige Krieg? 2. Was für eine Hütte ist

eine Lehmhütte? 3. Ist ein Mann immer ein Mensch? und ein Mensch immer

ein Mann? 4. Warum ging dieser arme Mann auf die Brücke vor dem Emdener

Rathaus? 5. Warum habe ich eben nicht gesagt: »... auf die Brücke vor

/das/ Emdener Rathaus?« Ich frage hier bei dem Zeitwort »ging« doch:

»Wohin ging der Mann?«! Nicht wahr? Erklären Sie mir das, bitte! 6.

Wem erzählte der arme Mann seinen Traum? 7. Setzen Sie die direkte

Rede des Ratsherrn von »Du mußt über die Ems gehen« bis »begraben«

in die indirekte Rede um, und zwar so, daß diese von »Ihm träumte«

abhängt! 8. Warum eilte der arme Mann nun so schnell nach Hause? 9.

Was hatte seine Frau für ihn gekocht? 10. Was befahl er ihr, und wobei

mußte sie ihm helfen? 11. Erzählen Sie die Geschichte nun selbst ein

wenig weiter, und zwar bis dahin, wo der holländische Pfarrer dem Mann

und seiner Frau die Schrift an dem ersten Topf vorliest! 12. So, nun

will ich eine von den Schülerinnen dieser Klasse bitten, einer anderen

Schülerin einige Fragen über das Ende dieser Geschichte zu stellen:

Fräulein S., fragen Sie Ihre Nachbarin zur Linken oder zur Rechten!

 

~B. 1. After the Seven Years’ War we were all in great distress. 2. My

wife and I were living at that time in a small hut not far from the

town [of] Emden. 3. Though (~obgleich~) we were both very economical,

(~so~) we nevertheless (~doch~) remained poor.~

 

~4. Now I had had a strange dream one winter‿morning. 5. I had been

dreaming what‿follows (~folgendes~): I was walking up and down on the

bridge in front of the town‿hall of Emden. 6. The sun was already

about to set, and it was growing colder and colder (always colder).

7. Nobody had bothered himself about me or spoken with me. 8. But

just as (~gerade wie~) I was thinking (~denken~) to (~bei~) myself:

I had better (~will lieber~) go home, an old woman (~Weib~) who was

quite lame (~lahm~) stepped up to me and said: “Young man, if you

go across the Ems and turn first to‿the‿right and then to‿the‿left,

(~so~) you will get to a crossroads. 9. At the crossroads you will see

a hut and behind (~hinter~) the hut a tall (~hoch~) pear‿tree. 10.

Under this pear‿tree a Frenchman (has) buried (~vergraben~) a treasure

during (~während~) the war. 11. The Frenchman is dead, and I myself cannot...”~