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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 107

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BEAR AND LOG. WELL, now, here is a wonderful thing !This great, huge log to my leg will cling.I 11 get rid of you soon, I will;Ill cany 7011 straight up yonder hill,And send you splashing, before I go,Into the river that runs below. The poor old bear he had reckoned wrong -The great log bore him… … WOLF AT THE GEATE. So, Master Wolfj youre hungry again,And therefore to steal a fat sheep are fain;See hew they re crowding together, in fear !Seize one quickly, Sir Wolf,—dye hear ?Ah, I perceive, the door is fast,And thus, you bad thief, youre baulkd at last. All too long at the door stood…

Fables, German · Children's poetry

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