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 36
So oer the garden wall he went,And to a tree his footsteps bent, Whose excellence he knew;Where many an apple ripe and red,All temptingly above his head, In rich profusion grew. … Now mark this naught} little lad,While busied in a deed so bad, How full he is of fear.He looks about with anxious eyes,Before, behind, he peeps and pries, Lest some one should be near.But finding all is safe around,His hat and coat upon the ground With eager haste he throws;Then with both hands…
Children's stories, German
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