That was hard to read, damn. I can read German quite well, but the font basically makes the capital letters a pure gamble to me. I guess this is a lesson to always listen to speaking cats lol.
Edit: Like “Der Vater hat’s verboten”. “Vater” is written more like “Bater” in this font
The Wikipedia article includes the whole text. Here is the Deepl translation:
The sad story
with the lighter.
Paulinchen was alone at home,
Her parents were both out.
As she jumped through the room
With light courage and song,
Suddenly she saw in front of her
A lighter, nice to look at.
“Ei,” she said, “ei, how beautiful and fine!
That must be a fine toy.
I’ll light a little wood for myself,
As my mother often did.”
And Minz and Maunz, the cats,
Raise their paws.
They threaten with their paws:
“The father has forbidden it!
Meow! Mio! Meow! Mio!
Don’t move! Or you’ll catch fire!”
Paulinchen can’t hear the cats!
The little stick is burning brightly and brightly,
It flickers merrily, crackles loudly,
Just as you see it in the picture.
But Pauline is very happy
And jumped back and forth in the room.
But Minz and Maunz, the cats,
Raise their paws.
They threaten with their paws:
“The mother has forbidden it!
Meow! Mio! Meow! Mio!
Throw it away! Or you’ll catch fire!”
But woe! The flame seizes the dress,
The apron burns; it shines far.
The hand burns, the hair burns,
Even the whole child burns.
And Minz and Maunz, who scream
Pitifully in twos :
“Come! Come here! Who will help quickly?
The whole child is in the fire!
Meow! Mio! Meow! Mio!
Help! The child is on fire!”
Everything is completely burned,
The poor child with skin and hair;
A heap of ashes alone remains
And both shoes, so pretty and fine.
And Minz and Maunz, the little ones,
They sit there and cry:
“Meow! Mio! Meow! Mio!
Where are the poor parents? Where?”
And their tears flow
Like a brook in the meadows
Here is the whole story.
That was hard to read, damn. I can read German quite well, but the font basically makes the capital letters a pure gamble to me. I guess this is a lesson to always listen to speaking cats lol.
Edit: Like “Der Vater hat’s verboten”. “Vater” is written more like “Bater” in this font
The Wikipedia article includes the whole text. Here is the Deepl translation:
The sad story with the lighter. Paulinchen was alone at home, Her parents were both out. As she jumped through the room With light courage and song, Suddenly she saw in front of her A lighter, nice to look at. “Ei,” she said, “ei, how beautiful and fine! That must be a fine toy. I’ll light a little wood for myself, As my mother often did.”
And Minz and Maunz, the cats, Raise their paws. They threaten with their paws: “The father has forbidden it! Meow! Mio! Meow! Mio! Don’t move! Or you’ll catch fire!”
Paulinchen can’t hear the cats! The little stick is burning brightly and brightly, It flickers merrily, crackles loudly, Just as you see it in the picture. But Pauline is very happy And jumped back and forth in the room.
But Minz and Maunz, the cats, Raise their paws. They threaten with their paws: “The mother has forbidden it! Meow! Mio! Meow! Mio! Throw it away! Or you’ll catch fire!” But woe! The flame seizes the dress, The apron burns; it shines far. The hand burns, the hair burns, Even the whole child burns.
And Minz and Maunz, who scream Pitifully in twos : “Come! Come here! Who will help quickly? The whole child is in the fire! Meow! Mio! Meow! Mio! Help! The child is on fire!”
Everything is completely burned, The poor child with skin and hair; A heap of ashes alone remains And both shoes, so pretty and fine.
And Minz and Maunz, the little ones, They sit there and cry: “Meow! Mio! Meow! Mio! Where are the poor parents? Where?” And their tears flow Like a brook in the meadows
Calvin and habs also made a youtube short about this story which is quite funny
𝔇𝔢𝔯 𝔙𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔥𝔞𝔱’𝔰 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔫
This kind of font is called Fraktur
Funny thing: My Steamname is Vulgaris and I use a Fraktur font to display it. Got alot of racist insults from germans, thinking it says Bulgaria.
Wait then what is Schwabach?
Schwabach is a City in Bavaria.
Schwabacher is another blackletter typeface, like Fraktur.
I’m German and even for me it’s hard to read.
This is the slightly more “modern” Version, though.
If you really want to doubt your reading ability, google “Sütterlin”, pure chaos.
Narrated version
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As a kid I remember the phrase “me-au, me-ow, me-au, me-ow, you’ll burn to death if you do so!” Guess this is where it came from.
It’s one of my favorites