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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 61

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- HORSE AND FOAL. KUN along, Foal, my sportive child,Swift as the wiiid, and as free and wild;Play while the day for sport cloth last—When you are great, the good time is past;Then you have work and trouble enow,To carry the rider, to drag the plough. The sportive Foal gallopd far and wide, In… … CHICKEN. CHICKEN ! Chicken! silly child, stay,Whither art running so quickly away ?Always prying each corner through,Ever searching for something new;But when your mother is out of sight,Youll cry with terror, you foolish wight. The chicken into the garden ran, But to cry with terror it soon began…

Fables, German · Children's poetry

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