Rose, Linde und Silberner Stern: Erzählung für die Jugend

In the sleepy lane of Löwengasse, an elderly widow named Tippelmann tends to the ancient stone house called the Rose. The building, with iron roses on its lintels, has stood for centuries, watching generations come and go. Tippelmann, who has lived alone there for twelve years, spends the morning polishing the brass door‑knob, her thoughts drifting over the house’s tangled family history. The quiet routine is broken only by the chatter of the nearby shopkeeper, Herr Häferlein, who greets her with a weary smile.

That morning a letter arrives announcing that the distant relative who inherited the Rose from India will finally return, bringing his sister‑in‑law and daughter to stay for the summer. Tippelmann scrambles to ready the rooms, dusting every corner as if to welcome strangers she has only heard of in rumors. Yet the house seems to sense the change, its creaking floors and shadowed windows hinting at secrets long kept behind the polished brass. Listeners are invited to follow drama as new lives intersect with old memories, and the Rose begins to reveal what lies beneath its serene façade.