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 67
ir, 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, Crept through the little window there; Climbed up the little… … When other children were asleepOur Oswald down the stairs would creep,And to the fields hed steal away,Quite slyly by himself to play.Sometimes he took the powder-horn,Vy And with the powder burnt the corn;Sometimes he hid behind a tree,And, rushing out quite suddenly,Would make a loud and fearful…
Children's stories, German
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