The Lorelei - German

Do you hear that gentle music floating on the breeze? It comes from a big, sparkling river where a girl named Lorelei lives. She loves to sit on her tall, sunny rock, combing her long, golden hair and watching the little boats sail by. For many, many years, people have told a wonderful story about her music, a myth they call The Lorelei.

Long ago, when sailors floated down the wide Rhine River, they would hear her happy song. It was so sweet and pretty. It was so, so beautiful. They would stop rowing and look up to find where it was coming from. They would see Lorelei, waving from her rock with her hair shining like the sun. The sailors would get so busy listening to the beautiful music that they sometimes forgot to watch where their boats were going. The river has some tricky, twisty parts, and her song made them dream instead of steer.

The story of her song became a famous story told all around the world. People wrote poems and sang their own songs about the girl with the golden hair and the magical voice. They imagined the beauty that could make someone stop and just listen. Even today, when families visit the river, they look up at her special rock and whisper, 'Maybe if we're quiet, we can hear her singing!'. The myth of the Lorelei reminds us that beautiful things, like a lovely song or a wonderful story, can fill our hearts with wonder and make us happy.