German Pine Tree Has Its Own Twitter Account
A 17-meter-high pine tree located in the German region of Schorfheide (Brandenburg), earned the honor of being the nation’s first tweeting tree, German magazine Spiegel Online reported.
Snack Food Trials: Pizzaburger & a Dedication
Tale: Hans im Glück – Lucky Hans
Hans had served his master for seven years, so he said to him,
master, my time is up, now I should be glad to go back home to my
mother, give me my wages. The master answered, you have served me
faithfully and honestly, as the service was so shall the reward be.
And he gave Hans a piece of gold as big as his head. Hans pulled his
handkerchief out of his pocket, wrapped up the lump in it, put it on
his shoulder, and set out on the way home.
Wanderlieder: Es wollt ein Schneider wandern
Es wollt ein Schneider wandern
am Montag in der Fruh:
begegnet ihm der Teufel,
hat weder Strumpf noch Schuh:
He, he, du Schneiderg’sell!
Du mußt mit mir in d’Höll,
du mußt uns Teufel kleiden,
es gehe wie es wöll!
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Article: Anne Frank’s Copy of Grimm’s Fairy Tales Bought by American Museum
Anne Frank’s Copy of Grimm’s Fairy Tales Bought by American Museum
The Museum of World War II outside Boston has paid $50,000 for Anne Frank’s inscribed copy of Grimm’s fairy tales, in what the museum is calling the first major offering of material connected directly with Frank in nearly 20 years…