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 35
TOM, THE THIEF The village clock is striking eight, And children, each with book f_nd slate, Are hurrying off to school.They linger not to talk or play,But hasten forward on their way— Such is the teachers rule. … And there is Tom, whose empty headIs with a great big cap oerspread. But see; he turns aside;He scorns the sweets that knowledge yieldsAnd oft prefers to roarn the fields From morn till eventide.Oft too the warblers of the airAre tangled in some secret snare, Spread by this naughty boy;But darker…
Children's stories, German
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