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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 105

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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 Pussy, and… … BOY AND DONKEY. BOY. Donkey, an ugly creature, thou, With ears as tall as a house, I vow.DONKEY. Now, do not for that be cross with me :How can I help how long they be ?He who made them must surely knowWhy my ears were created so. And as the boy in the world lookd round,Many strange things on all…

Fables, German · Children's poetry

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