Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Struwwelpeter: Merry Tales and FunnyPictures, by Heinrich HoffmanThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Struwwelpeter: Merry Tales and Funny PicturesAuthor: Heinrich HoffmanRelease Date: April 23, 2004 [EBook #12116]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ASCII*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MERRY TALES ***Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sandra Brown and the Online DistributedProofreading Team.[Transcriber's Note: This book was first published in German in 1844,and in English translation in 1848. This edition was not dated. Colorillustrations appear on every page, often "playing" with the text.]STRUWWELPETERMERRY STORIES AND FUNNY PICTURESHeinrich HoffmanFrederick Warne & Co., Inc. New YorkSTRUWWELPETERMerry Stories andFunny 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! ...