Slovenly Peter, or, Cheerful stories and funny pictures for good little folks : illustrations colored by hand after the original style (1919)
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1809-1894 · Philadelphia : John C. Winston · leaf 18
THE STORY OF THE WILD HUNTSMAN The green man wakes, and sees her placeThe spectacles upon her face.She pointed the gun at the hunters heart,Who jumped up at once with a start.He cries, and screams, and runs away,Help me, good people, help! I pray. … At last he stumbled at the well, Head over ears, and in he fell. The hare stoppd short, took aim, and hark! Bang went the gun!—she missd her mark! The poor mans wife was drinking up Her coffee in her coffee-cup; The gun shot cup and saucer through; 0 dear! cried she, what shall I do? Hiding close…
Children's stories, German
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