~B. 1. I will tell you briefly why Andreas was dissatisfied, why he wanted [to go] to England or America, what he went‿through (~erleben~) on the journey, and why he so soon returned to his mother. 2. He believed that there (~es~) was no money in (nothing with) the shoemaker’s‿business at (in) his home (~Heimat~). 3. “If I stay here,” he said to his mother, “I must remain all my life what I am now, but in England I may (~können~) perhaps become His Majesty’s Court‿(Master)‿Shoemaker.” 4. So (~also~) he strapped up his knapsack, took leave (~Abschied~) of his mother, and went off. 5. In the inn at (~zu~) Merkendorf, where he spent (~verbringen~) the first night, he had‿to sleep beside (~neben~) a Würzburger teamster (~Fuhrmann~) who seemed to be dreaming about a fight and struck Andreas in(to) the back‿of‿the‿neck. 6. The poor shoemaker jumped up frightened and looked about for another place‿to‿sleep, which he also soon found. 7. But as it was very dark in the room, he did not see that he had lain (laid himself) [down] on a long kneading‿trough instead‿of (~anstatt~) on a bench. 8. Soon he too began to dream and turned (himself) on his side, the trough‿cover gave‿way and tipped over, and Andreas slipped down into the warm, white dough, at‿which (~worüber~) he woke up. 9. With one big jump he was out of it, shook himself, and was‿about‿to (~wollen~) raise [a] racket. 10. But how angry (~zornig~) the innkeeper would have been (become), and how the teamsters, the servants, and the children would have jeered‿at (~verspotten~) him! 11. Therefore he took [his] hat, cane, and knapsack, climbed (~steigen~) out of the window (~zum... hinaus~), and ran back (~wieder~) home, where he arrived (~anlangen~) just before daybreak, and without (~ohne~) having (to have) been seen by anyone (~irgend jemand~) except (~außer~) his mother. 12. After this short journey to America he no longer desired to go abroad, but picked out a wife (for himself) and had a grand wedding.~ Wie man Diebe fängt. ~A.~ 1. Haben Sie nicht schon einmal in diesem Buche von Dieben gelesen? Wissen Sie noch, wo das war? 2. Wo kam der Kaffee her, den der Kapitän trank? Und wo liegt der Ort? 3. Wovor fürchtete sich der Kapitän, als die Nebel heraufstiegen? 4. Was oder wer weckte ihn aus dem ersten Halbschlummer? 5. Wie kam es, daß der Alte sich anfangs wehrlos glaubte gegen den Dieb? 6. Womit wehrte er sich dennoch zuletzt? 7. Wozu schüttelte er die Flasche noch, ehe er an dem Kork drückte? 8. Erzählen Sie, was weiter passierte, und vergessen Sie ja nicht, uns zu sagen, was die Moral von der Geschichte ist!