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Kater Mikesch
''Kater Mikesch'' (original title: Kocour Mikeš) is a children's book by the Czech author Josef Lada from the 1930s. It was retold by German author Otfried Preußler, who was awarded therefore with the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1963. In 1964, it was adapted into a German children's television series by the Augsburger Puppenkiste marionette theatre company. Plot In the little village of Holleschitz there lives the cobbler Pepik and his grandmother. She has a tomcat called Mikesch. Pepik and Mikesch get friends, and Pepik successfully schools Mikesch to speak. Many people in Holleschitz are startled and staggered by the polite and lovely tomcat and embosom him. The cobbler makes him a pair of boots. And the cuttler makes him a garment, because Mikesch helped him. Besides Mikesch, grandmother owns the dog Sultan and the pig Paschik. Mikesch schools the pig to speak. With the local shepherd, there lives the fierce ramgoat Bobesch, whom the shepherd wants to sell on the local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |