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 46
are, For naught did the destroyer care. Her playthings shared the common lot; Though hers they were she spared them not. Her dolls she oft tore limb from limb, To gratify her foolish whim. Fie! said her mother, dont you know, That if you use your playthings so, Kriss Kringle will in wrath refuse To… … Youd think such words would surely tendTo make this child her ways amend.But no; she still her course pursued,Regardless of advice so good.But when her mother sees tis plainThat all her arguments are vain,Says she, Since I have done my best,Ill let experience do the rest.Meantime the season of the…
Children's stories, German
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