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 23
Let me see if Philip can Be a little gentleman; Let me see if he is able To sit still for once at table. Thus spoke, in earnest tone, The father to his son; And the mother looked very grave To see Philip so misbehave. But Philip he did not mind His father who was so kind. He wriggled And giggled,… … See the naughty, restless child,Growing still more rude and wild,Till his chair falls over quite.Philip screams with all his might,Catches at the cloth, but thenThat makes matters worse again.Down upon the ground they fall,Glasses, bread, knives, forks and all.How Mamma did fret and frown,When she…
Children's stories, German
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