This week our receptions have been watching a video called, ‘The Bremen Town Musicians.’ We learnt that this is a German fairytale written many years ago by authors called the Grimm Brothers.

The story is about four animals (Esel, Hund, Katze und Huhn) who are all growing old and are no longer wanted by their masters. They decide to travel together to the German town of Bremen to become a band. On the way they find a house filled with a lovely feast. There are also burglars there! The animals make a plan and drive the burglars away and end up living together happily in this home. They never make it to Bremen!

Here is the video we watched:

We also discovered there is a statue of the animals in the town of Bremen. They make this tower when they’re looking through the window of the house. Here is the statue:

Where is Bremen in Germany? Here is a map! Bremen is in the northern part of Germany.