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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 65

An illustration from Slovenly Peter, or, Cheerful stories and funny pictures for good little folks : illustrations colored by hand after the original style, 1919, leaf 65 — This Hugo was a heedless child, In mischief everywhere;For him there was no prank too wild Or dangerous to dare. One day he saw a pile of wood,And up he climbed, so bold; The logs gave way while there he stood,And down, down, down he rolled. And once, when in a neighbors yard Our Hugo was at… … One day he cried, Come, children, oh! Come see how high Ill jump.He sprang the rope, but caught his toe, And on his nose came plump. He to the river one day ran,—For Hugo nothing feared,— Splash in he went—the little man—And quickly disappeared. But luckily a fisherman Was standing on the shore,…

Children's stories, German

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