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Chapter "Timm Thaler oder das verkaufte Lachen" - didactic material
Timm Thaler doesn't really have much to laugh about: his mother is dead and his father is poor. After his father dies, he lives with his stepmother and stepbrother, who don't really like Timm. Nevertheless, he often laughs and infects others with his laughter. He is often drawn to the to the racetrack, where he spends a lot of time with his father.
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Timm Thaler doesn't really have much to laugh about: his mother is dead and his father is poor.
After his father dies, he lives with his stepmother and stepbrother, who don't really like Timm. Nevertheless, he often laughs and infects others with his laughter. He is often drawn to the
to the racetrack, where he spends a lot of time with his father. One day he meets a mysterious stranger there: Baron Lefuet. The baron wants to buy Timm's laugh
and promises the boy that he will win every bet in return. Timm
signs a contract and from then on wins every bet, making him quickly rich.
But without his laugh, Timm is no longer himself; he wants his laugh back. With the help of
his friends Ida and Kreschimir he tries to cancel the contract...
After his father dies, he lives with his stepmother and stepbrother, who don't really like Timm. Nevertheless, he often laughs and infects others with his laughter. He is often drawn to the
to the racetrack, where he spends a lot of time with his father. One day he meets a mysterious stranger there: Baron Lefuet. The baron wants to buy Timm's laugh
and promises the boy that he will win every bet in return. Timm
signs a contract and from then on wins every bet, making him quickly rich.
But without his laugh, Timm is no longer himself; he wants his laugh back. With the help of
his friends Ida and Kreschimir he tries to cancel the contract...
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