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 20
One day, Mamma said, Conrad dear,I must go out and leave you here.But mind now, Conrad, what I say,Dont suck your thumb while Im away.The great tall tailor always comesTo little boys that suck their thumbs;And ere they dream what hes about,He takes his great sharp scissors outAnd cuts their thumbs…
Children's stories, German
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