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 21
The door flew open, in he ran, /^ The great, long, red-legged scissor- (^>^w^%man. J Oh! children, see! the tailors comeAnd caught our little Suck-a-Thumb.Snip! Snap! Snip! the scissors go;And Conrad cries out—Oh! Oh! Oh!Snip! Snap! Snip! They go so fast;That both his thumbs are off at last.…
Children's stories, German
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