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Title: Struwwelpeter: Merry Tales and Funny Pictures
Author: Heinrich Hoffman
Release Date: April 23, 2004 [EBook #12116]
Language: English
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[Transcriber's Note: This book was first published in German in 1844, and in English translation in 1848. This edition was not dated.]
STRUWWELPETER
MERRY STORIES AND FUNNY PICTURES
Heinrich Hoffman
FREDERICK WARNE & CO., INC. NEW YORK
Title Page
Merry Stories And Funny Pictures
Shock-headed Peter
Cruel Frederick
The Dreadful Story of Harriet and the Matches
The Story of the Inky Boys
The Story of the Man that went out Shooting
The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb
The Story of Augustus, who would not have any Soup
The Story of Fidgety Philip
The Story of Johnny Head-in-Air
The Story of Flying Robert
Merry Stories And Funny Pictures
| Merry Stories and Funny Pictures | ||
| When the children have been good | When the children have been good, That is, be it understood, Good at meal-times, good at play, Good all night and good all day— They shall have the pretty things Merry Christmas always brings. Naughty, romping girls and boys Tear their clothes and make a noise, Spoil their pinafores and frocks, And deserve no Christmas-box. Such as these shall never look At this pretty Picture-book. | They shall have the pretty things |
| Naughty, romping girls and boys |