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 48
ame)Would envy every pretty thingWhich clear mamma to them would bring. Sometimes great tears rolled from her eyes,Sometimes she pierced the air with cries,For days together she would fretBecause their toys she could not get. Ah, then! how changed this pretty childNo longer amiable and mild,That… … Now came the merry Christmas feast;St. Nicholas brought to even the leastSuch pretty presents, rich and rare,But all the best for Minny were. But Minny was not satisfied,She pouted, fretted, sulked, and cried;Sisters and brothers had no rest,—She vowed their presents were the best.
Children's stories, German
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