Max and Moritz - The First Two 'Tricks'

A children's illustrated story in verse, which tells of the mischievous adventures of Max and Moritz who play pranks on several of the local residents.

This video shows the first two 'tricks' they play on Widow Tibbets and her chickens (three hens and a cockerel).

"To most people who have leisure
Raising poultry gives great pleasure:
First, because the eggs they lay us
For the care we take repay us;
Secondly, that now and then
We can dine on roasted hen;
Thirdly, of the hen's and goose's
Feathers men make various uses.
Some folks like to rest their heads
In the night on feather beds..."

The full tale, which includes their ultimate demise, can be found here:
http://www.fln.vcu.edu/mm/mmmenu.html

For tips and a free newsletter on raising chickens go here:
http://successwithpoultry.blogspot.com

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Entertainment

Tags:

• childrens
• story
• raising
• poultry
• chickens
• hens
• german
• english
• translation

[sonbuhitsunei]

Memories....Grandma (who grew up in Germany during the war) would read this/Strewwelpeter, etc to us in German as kids...good thing she also told us what each line meant in English too!

[murmiauksem]

haha used to watch this (we had it on vhs) when i was little, all in german without understanding a word! good times

[terransage]

I remember these exact illustrations from the early '60's. I was born in Germany and raised in the US, and my mom used to read this to me in German. The illustrations and the stories--some of them pretty violent--kind of disturbed me, especially when Max and Moritz are ground into chicken feed at the end.