Struwwelpeter By Heinrich Hoffman

STRUWWELPETER
Heinrich Hoffman
Merry Stories and Funny Pictures

    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. Shock-headed Peter     Just look at him! there he stands,     With his nasty hair a ...