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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 109

An illustration from Picture fables, 1858, leaf 109
- —~-—t6s^, LITTLE MOUSE. RUN, little Mouse, or, I tell you true,The cat will soon make an end of you.Whisk into your hole, draw in your tail,That Puss to catch you once more may fail.Shes corning ; but see, as best she may,Shes slinking with empty mouth away. Of course, I could but be glad, you… … CHICKENS. CHICKENS, Chickens, wherever ye roam.Turn about quickly, and run back home.Hark to your mother whos calling you there,Look at the hawk that wheels in the air;To the sheltering roof over yonder fly,For if he seizes you, you must die. Trembling beneath the shed they stood,And the hen ran…

Fables, German · Children's poetry

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