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 34
One night, when all had gone to bed, Frank took it in his little head That he the people would affright, By crying fire with all his might. Fire! fire! he screamed. Oh, then twas fun For him to see the people run. Fire! fire! turn out! where is it—where? They cried; he answered, There! there!… … When to his home he came again, He tried to speak, but twas in vain; Dreadful to tell, he had become Through cold and fright quite deaf and dumb. For a whole year he spoke no word; No sound in this long time he heard; When suddenly one day he tried To speak, and found his tongue untied. With joy…
Children's stories, German
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