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Learn German with Micro Stories
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July 28, 2026
Easy German: Die Firma, die sich für zehn Yen verbeugt [B1]
This story is unlocked on https://upwordo.com/ for a week, for free - with interactive exercises, vocabulary, memo helps, grammar tips, and more.<br /><br />DEUTSCH:<br /><br />Im April 2016 sahen Millionen Japaner etwas Seltsames im Fernsehen: Über hundert Mitarbeiter einer Eisfirma verbeugten sich tief vor der Kamera – und baten ganz Japan um Verzeihung.<br /><br />Der Grund? Ihr Kinder-Eis Garigari-kun wurde um zehn Yen teurer. Von sechzig auf siebzig Yen – umgerechnet etwa sechs Cent.<br /><br />Die Firma Akagi Nyugyo hatte den Preis bewusst niedrig gehalten, damit sich jedes Kind das Eis leisten kann. Fünfundzwanzig Jahre lang kostete es nur sechzig Yen, obwohl alles andere teurer wurde.<br /><br />Schon 1991 hatten sie den Preis einmal erhöht – von fünfzig auf sechzig Yen. Damals ließ die Firma ihr Maskottchen Garigari-kun selbst um Entschuldigung bitten. Aber 2016 sagten sie: Es ist nicht seine Schuld, sondern unsere.<br /><br />Das Video wurde über eine Million Mal angeklickt. Viele Zuschauer schrieben: „Es sind doch nur zehn Yen!“ Der Verkauf stieg danach um zehn Prozent.<br /><br />Natürlich mussten sie den Preis später wieder erhöhen – und verbeugten sich 2024 noch tiefer als zuvor. Diesmal verrieten sie mit einem Grinsen, dass sie künftige Entschuldigungen bereits im Voraus gefilmt hatten, weil das billiger sei.<br /><br />Das Firmenmotto lautet: „Lasst uns Spaß haben.“ Offenbar gilt das auch für Preiserhöhungen.<br /><br /><br />ENGLISH:<br /><br />In April 2016, millions of Japanese people saw something strange on television: over a hundred employees of an ice cream company bowed deeply before the camera – and asked all of Japan for forgiveness.<br /><br />The reason? Their children's popsicle Garigari-kun was going up by ten yen. From sixty to seventy yen – roughly six cents.<br /><br />The company Akagi Nyugyo had deliberately kept the price low so that every child could afford the ice cream. For twenty-five years it cost only sixty yen, even though everything else got more expensive.<br /><br />Back in 1991, they had raised the price once – from fifty to sixty yen. At that time, the company let their mascot Garigari-kun himself apologize. But in 2016 they said: it's not his fault, it's ours.<br /><br />The video was clicked over a million times. Many viewers wrote: "It's only ten yen!" Sales rose by ten percent afterward.<br /><br />Of course, they had to raise the price again later – and in 2024 they bowed even deeper than before. This time they revealed with a grin that they had already pre-filmed future apologies, because that was cheaper.<br /><br />The company motto is: "Let's have fun." Apparently, that also applies to price increases.<br />
July 19, 2026
Easy German: Ein Restaurant hinter Gittern [B1]
Practice this micro story on https://upwordo.com/ for free - with interactive exercises, vocabulary, memo helps, grammar tips, and more.<br /><br />DEUTSCH:<br /><br /><br />In einem Restaurant bei Mailand reservierst du einen Tisch, aber zuerst musst du durch eine Sicherheitskontrolle. Denn dieses Restaurant liegt in einem Gefängnis.<br /><br />Es heißt „InGalera". Die Köche und die Kellner sind Häftlinge. Trotzdem kommen die Gäste gern und zahlen für ihr Essen.<br /><br />Die Idee hatte Silvia Polleri. Sie führt seit Jahren ein Catering-Unternehmen und wollte den Gefangenen eine echte Arbeit geben.<br /><br />2015 öffnete „InGalera" im Gefängnis von Bollate – das erste Restaurant dieser Art in Italien.<br /><br />Die Häftlinge lernen an einer Hotelfachschule kochen und servieren. So bekommen sie einen richtigen Beruf und sind wieder stolz.<br /><br />Am Abend tragen die Männer saubere Hemden und bringen den Gästen feine Gerichte. Für ein paar Stunden zählt nicht ihre Vergangenheit, sondern ihre Arbeit.<br /><br />Und das Projekt wirkt. In Bollate werden viel weniger Menschen wieder kriminell als im Rest des Landes.<br /><br />Silvia Polleri sagt: „Wir sind keine Abenteurer. Wir sind Pioniere."<br /><br />Ein gutes Essen kann also mehr sein als ein gutes Essen. Manchmal ist es eine zweite Chance.<br /><br />ENGLISH:<br /><br /><br />In a restaurant near Milan you book a table – but first you have to pass a security check. Because this restaurant is inside a prison.<br /><br />It's called "InGalera." The cooks and the waiters are inmates. Even so, the guests come happily and pay for their meal.<br /><br />The idea was Silvia Polleri's. She has run a catering company for years and wanted to give the prisoners real work.<br /><br />In 2015 "InGalera" opened in Bollate prison – the first restaurant of its kind in Italy.<br /><br />The inmates learn to cook and serve at a hotel school. So they get a real profession and are proud again.<br /><br />In the evening the men wear clean shirts and bring the guests fine dishes. For a few hours, what counts is not their past but their work.<br /><br />And the project works. In Bollate far fewer people reoffend than in the rest of the country.<br /><br />Silvia Polleri says: "We are not adventurers. We are pioneers."<br /><br />So a good meal can be more than a good meal. Sometimes it's a second chance.<br />
July 14, 2026
Easy German: Der Pinguin, der 8.000 km für einen Mann zurückschwimmt [A2]
This story is unlocked on https://upwordo.com/ for a week, for free - with interactive exercises, vocabulary, memo helps, grammar tips, and more.<br /><br />DEUTSCH:<br /><br />Im Mai 2011 findet João einen Pinguin am Strand seiner Insel bei Rio de Janeiro. Der Vogel hat überall Öl. Er ist fast tot.<br /><br />João ist 71 Jahre alt. Er ist Rentner. Früher war er Maurer. Manchmal fischt er. Aber er nimmt den kleinen Pinguin mit nach Hause, wäscht das Öl ab und gibt ihm jeden Tag Fische.<br /><br />Nach einer Woche geht es dem Pinguin besser, aber er will nicht gehen. Er bleibt einfach bei João, viele Monate lang. João nennt ihn Dindim.<br /><br />Dann bekommt Dindim neue Federn, und eines Tages ist er weg. Die Nachbarn sagen zu João: „Das war es. Pinguine kommen nicht zurück."<br /><br />Aber im nächsten Juni steht Dindim wieder am Strand. Er geht direkt zu Joãos Haus. Er kennt den Weg! João kann es nicht glauben.<br /><br />Seitdem kommt Dindim jedes Jahr zurück. Er schwimmt 8000 Kilometer von Patagonien nach Brasilien. Er bleibt acht Monate bei João. Dann schwimmt er wieder zurück.<br /><br />Der lange Weg ist nicht besonders. Pinguine schwimmen immer weit. Aber Dindim schwimmt nicht zu irgendeinem Strand. Er kommt jedes Jahr zu João zurück.<br /><br /><br />ENGLISH:<br /><br />In May 2011, João finds a penguin on the beach of his island near Rio de Janeiro. The bird has oil all over it. It is nearly dead.<br /><br />João is 71 years old. He is retired. He used to be a bricklayer. Sometimes he fishes. But he takes the little penguin home, washes off the oil, and feeds him fish every day.<br /><br />After a week, the penguin feels better, but he doesn't want to leave. He simply stays with João, for many months. João names him Dindim.<br /><br />Then Dindim gets new feathers, and one day he's gone. The neighbors tell João: "That was it. Penguins don't come back."<br /><br />But the following June, Dindim is standing on the beach again. He goes straight to João's house. He knows the way! João can't believe it.<br /><br />Since then, Dindim comes back every year. He swims 8,000 kilometers from Patagonia to Brazil. He stays eight months with João. Then he swims back again.<br /><br />The long journey isn't special. Penguins always swim far. But Dindim doesn't swim to just any beach. He comes back to João, every year.<br />
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