Today I found something great, look the clock was just lying there on the side of the path. At first I couldn't believe my eyes and thought it was just a discarded, empty candy wrapper. But look, it's a nice wristwatch from Junghans. The leather strap is no longer noticeable due to the frost and the snow that has now thawed away. The winter has just left its mark, but the clockwork is still working.
The hair grows about one centimeter per month without fertilizer. In one year that will be 12 cm. Once a year is not enough to get your hair cut. When my brother and I were growing up, we went to...

With a dynamic and remarkable perseverance, we undermined this heap of straw so perfectly that we ourselves were amazed at our creativity. On the first night, three buddies even stayed in our new house. Because it was school holidays, we were able to visit them early in the morning. We brought them something to eat and drink and then continued building. When we left the castle, we pushed a suitable tuft of straw into the entrance hole and, as a precaution, checked the area to make sure that everything really looked as if nothing had happened. Until the end of the summer vacation we lived in...

We camouflaged our project in a corn field in the direction of the barrage.
In the middle of the field under two-meter-high maize plants everyone got a cigar.
Lighting the cigar with the match and getting a full load of smoke was a disappointment.
Ugh, they're strong.
White smoke rose from the cornfield.
We stopped pulling the lungs with it. But puffed until only a stump remained.
Certainly the filter cigarettes taste better, we thought.
So we bought a pack of HB cigarettes.
We divided this pack among ourselves and started smoking. The enjoyment wasn't that satisfying either, but we didn't...

He shaved off my delicate hair down to the scalp. But he only made one stripe and then gave up. When we got home, our grandmother clapped her hands over her head. I looked like a plucked turkey. It didn't help, my grandmother tried to repair the damage with her tailor's scissors. Because the trail of devastation could only be seen a little way up from the back of the head, Bernhard had to fetch the little machine to cut the rear fore left and right. He tried to back off and couldn't do the job. The grandfather at the other end of the village had hidden his hairdressing equipment in another...

We immediately organized a party in the common room. A record player and a loudspeaker system were available on site.We also played blind cow or hide and seek.
Every now and then we looked around at the guests and listened to their stories with excitement.
The men drank beer or wine and some smoked a cigarette or even a cigar.
Now they could rest a little until the wood was loaded. The cart was loaded with wood up to the top. In the afternoon they went home. Georg and his daughter Elfriede had great respect for the Zeller Berg. Can the cows take the pressure of the heavily loaded wagon? Will...

Im Westen Deutschland, im Osten Russland. Polen lag immer dazwischen. Russland vereinnahmte seit 1815 das gesamte polnische Territorium. Die russischen Zaren herrschten bis 1863 in dem Land. Das polnische Volk lehnte sich nun gegen die Fremdherrschaft auf. Allerdings schlug der russische Zar gnadenlos zurück. Über 400 Hinrichtungen wurden vollstreckt. Die Verwaltung und die Justiz wurden komplett russifiziert. Weit über 10 000 Verurteilungen zur Zwangsarbeit und mehr als 18 000 Menschen wurden nach Sibirien verschleppt. Ein paar Jahrzehnte später 1939 überfiel Hitler das polnische Land....

Gesundheit ist ein wichtiges Gut. Wer krank geworden ist, der wünscht sich wieder gesund zu werden. Ich wünsche dir Gesundheit. Hoffentlich geht es dir bald wieder besser. Wenn du dann wieder fit und gesund bist, dann erinnerst du dich vielleicht daran, wie es ist, wenn ein anderer Mensch gerade in einer Krankheit steckt. Ein Freund sagte mir, dass es in beiden Situationen möglich sei, zufrieden zu sein. Er meinte, dass er Menschen kenne, die zwar krank sind, aber dennoch zufriedener sind als andere die gesund sind. Was es nicht alles gibt. Ein Mensch der krank ist, kann zufriedener sein...

As if by a miracle, all the girls were immediately asked to join in the dance.As soon as an English song has been played, all the girls sit down again.So we decided to hang up "je taim" all evening until midnight.All the French girls danced with us and we developed very pleasant feelings.Siegbert, our daredevil, was ready to bring the records to Augsfeld as soon as we paid his fuel.We pooled money for a tank load and Siegbert set off.After about two hours he was successfully back from his important mission.I immediately put on an English record.The number of girls had meanwhile increased to...

Both were now as quiet as a mouse in their beds. Maria could not fall asleep yet. She didn't dare to ask Georg a question. Should she take the risk and speak to Georg. She wanted to ask him if he could imagine marrying her.No, she said to herself, I shouldn't ask him such a crude question.Georg felt the same way. He wanted to ask Maria, boldly and courageously, whether she would like to become his wife. Both behaved squeamishly. A risk for both.It would have been so easy to just ask the other person. But neither of them dared.Georg could hardly contain himself with excitement. He didn't even...