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 76
So he never could get a chance to play.At length his body became all sugar— He had no blood, nor flesh, nor bones—And got so soft, that when you touched him, It made him cry with fearful moans. One day when walking in the streets, A heavy rain began to fall,And washed and drenched his body of… … JIMMY SLIDERLEGS
Children's stories, German
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