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 26
THE STORY OF JOHNNY LOOK-IN-THE-AIR Once, with head as high as ever, Johnny walked beside the river. Johnny watchd the swallows trying Which was cleverest at flying. Oh! what fun! Johnny watchd the bright round sun Going in and coming out; This was all he thought about. So he strode on, only think!… … One step more! Oh! sad to tell!Headlong in poor Johnny fell.The three little fishes, in dismay,Waggd their tails and swam away
Children's stories, German
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