“Reading” German Story Books

I love Fridays.  They’re always so busy and so exciting because we all know what’s coming next.  Saturday!

I got an email from my old German teacher in Berlin.  She asked how we were doing, when we might be coming back, and most importantly… how much have I been practicing my German?!

Oh boy.  Her email was in German, and she specifically commented (in German):  Katie, you are required to write back to me!  And you have to do it IN GERMAN.

Yikes.  There’s no slack there.

So here’s what needs to be reported…

Santa brought me this book of little bedtime stories… German bedtime stories.  Did you ever read those books with 365 stories when you were a kid?  I loved those!  Sometimes it drove me crazy, though.  The stories were never long enough for my liking.  I’d ask my dad to read a couple more every night.

Now I want them to be shorter.  Way shorter.  This book is the Sandman’s story book.  In the upper corner of each page, he tells your parents how long each story will take to tell.  The story about Pegasus the horse is on the left.  It takes two minutes to read.

Should be a breeze, people.  A breeze!

My name is Katie, and I spent 20 minutes reading this story.  Sometimes my attention drifted, and I started making up my own story because it was easier than reading past tense German.  (I’d like to think my story was a bit better…! ha)  I’ve made it to January 5th’s story.  Never mind that today is January 28th.

So will someone please report back to my teacher that – yes – Katie is still working on her German and – yes – it’s not all English all the time.

Please tell my teacher I am learning German children’s songs and poems.  Well no… you’d better just tell her, “Katie is tryyyyying to learn children’s songs and poems.”  No, no, no.  That’s not quite true, either.  ”Katie intends to learn children’s songs and poems…”  Maybe I could get my hands on a mixed tape.

And finally, will someone please tell my teacher that – yes – Katie is even practicing her German right here on Making This Home!

Yep.  You guessed it, folks.  It’s time to leave a comment in German.  English comments are banned today. Please say hello.  Please say, “Katie’s a diligent student, teacher.”  (Do that without laughing if you would.)  Please tell me about your day.  Just don’t do it in English. Do it in German or French or Spanish or Greek or…  Heck, with the German skills some of you have, it’s gonna be Greek to me anyway.

Was denkst du?  Sollen wir Deutsch sprechen?  (What do you think?  Shall we speak German?)