Woelk, Valerie

Irmgard Schippmann I was born in Germany. As a child I liked to read,"The Grimm's Maerchen" very much. They (Grimms Fairy Tales) were my very favorite fairy tales at that time. I have always felt attracted to children and children to me. When I was a child, I was most happy when lots of children were around to play with, and one day, when my friend Gisela became sick I visited telling her stories right out of my head. Gisela felt better then. The other children found that out and they came over to Gisela's, so I told them all stories, too. This continued for quite some time, even when Gisela w...