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Picture fables (1858)

Hey, Wilhelm, 1789-1854, Dalziel Brothers. egrs, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Speckter, Otto, 1807-1871, Dalziel, George, 1815-1902, Dalziel, Edward, 1817-1905 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 104

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BADGER. BADGER, you think youre lying there, Safe and sound in your den—beware ! Here come some who will make you smart: Come out and show if youve a heart; I know not if pleasant it will appear, To have the dogs barking so close to your ear. The dogs fell on him with bark and with yell;He fought… … PUSSY. WHY do you wash yourself, Pussy, I pray,Every half hour, all through the day ?PUSSY. Because I never can bear to be seen, If I am not quite neat and quite clean;From top to toe, head and paws with me,Must be bright and comely as bright can be. And very often I heard them tell,How all petted…

Fables, German · Children's poetry

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