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 66
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,… … Hilt One day a carpenter was sentThe old church-steeple to repair, And when he to his dinner wentHe left his ladder hanging there. Now Hugo happened just to beThat very moment passing by, Oh, dear! he cried, and danced with glee, Ill climb that ladder there so high. Then to the steeple up he flew,…
Children's stories, German
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