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Title: Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures

Author: Heinrich Hoffmann

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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

CONTENTS
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

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 and hands.
See! his nails are never cut;
They are grimed as black as soot;
And the sloven, I declare,
Never once has combed his hair;
Anything to me is sweeter
Than to see Shock-headed Peter.

Cruel Frederick
Here is cruel Frederick, see!
A horrid wicked boy was he;
He caught the flies, poor little things,
And then tore off their tiny wings,
He killed the birds, and broke the chairs,
And threw the kitten down the stairs;
And oh! far worse than all beside,
He whipped his Mary, till she cried.
The trough was full, and faithful Tray
Came out to drink one sultry day;
He wagged his tail, and wet his lip,
When cruel Fred snatched up a whip,
And whipped poor Tray till he was
sore,
And kicked and whipped him more
and more:
At this, good Tray grew very red,
And growled, and bit him till he bled;
Then you should only have been by,
To see how Fred did scream and cry!
 So Frederick had to go to bed:
His leg was very sore and red!
The Doctor came, and shook his head,
And made a very great to-do,
And gave him nasty physic too.

But good dog Tray is happy now;

He has no time to say "Bow-wow!"
He seats himself in Frederick's chair
And laughs to see the nice things there:
The soup he swallows, sup by sup—
And eats the pies and puddings up.

The Dreadful Story of Harriet and the Matches

It almost makes me cry to
tell
What foolish Harriet befell.
Mamma and Nurse went out
one day
And left her all alone at play.
Now, on the table close at
hand,
A box of matches chanced to
stand;
And kind Mamma and Nurse
had told her,
That, if she touched them,
they would scold her.
But Harriet said: "Oh, what a
pity!
For, when they burn, it is so
pretty;
They crackle so, and spit,
and flame:
Mamma, too, often does the
same."

The pussy-cats heard this,

And they began to hiss,
And stretch their claws,
And raise their paws;
"Me-ow," they said, "me-ow,
me-o,
You'll burn to death, if you
do so."

But Harriet would not take

advice:
She lit a match, it was so
nice!
It crackled so, it burned so
clear—
Exactly like the picture here.
She jumped for joy and ran
about
And was too pleased to put it
out.

The Pussy-cats saw this

And said: "Oh, naughty,
naughty Miss!"
And stretched their claws,
And raised their paws:
"'Tis very, very wrong, you
know,
Me-ow, me-o, me-ow, me-o,
You will be burnt, if you do
so."
 And see! oh, what dreadful
thing!
The fire has caught her
apron-string;
Her apron burns, her arms,
her hair—
She burns all over
everywhere.

Then how the pussy-cats did

mew—
What else, poor pussies,
could they do?
They screamed for help,
'twas all in vain!
So then they said: "We'll
scream again;
Make haste, make haste, me-
ow, me-o,
She'll burn to death; we told
her so."

So she was burnt, with all her

clothes,
And arms, and hands, and
eyes, and nose;
Till she had nothing more to
lose
Except her little scarlet
shoes;
And nothing else but these
was found
Among her ashes on the
ground.

And when the good cats sat

beside
The smoking ashes, how they
cried!
"Me-ow, me-oo, me-ow, me-
oo,
What will Mamma and
Nursey do?"
Their tears ran down their
cheeks so fast,
They made a little pond at
last.

The Story of the Inky Boys

As he had often done before,
The woolly-headed Black-a-moor
One nice fine summer's day went out
To see the shops, and walk about;
And, as he found it hot, poor fellow,
He took with him his green umbrella,
Then Edward, little noisy wag,
Ran out and laughed, and waved his flag;
And William came in jacket trim,
And brought his wooden hoop with him;
And Arthur, too, snatched up his toys
And joined the other naughty boys.
So, one and all set up a roar,
And laughed and hooted more and more,
And kept on singing,—only think!—
"Oh, Blacky, you're as black as ink!"
 Now tall Agrippa lived close by—
So tall, he almost touched the sky;
He had a mighty inkstand, too,
In which a great goose-feather grew;
He called out in an angry tone
"Boys, leave the Black-a-moor alone!
For, if he tries with all his might,
He cannot change from black to white."
But, ah! they did not mind a bit
What great Agrippa said of it;
But went on laughing, as before,
And hooting at the Black-a-moor.

And they may scream and kick and call,

Then great Agrippa foams with rage—
Into the ink he dips them all;
Look at him on this very page!
Into the inkstand, one, two, three,
He seizes Arthur, seizes Ned,
Till they are black as black can be;
Takes William by his little head;
Turn over now, and you shall see.
 See, there they are, and there
they run!
The Black-a-moor enjoys the
fun.
They have been made as black
as crows,
Quite black all over, eyes and
nose,
And legs, and arms, and
heads, and toes,
And trousers, pinafores, and
toys—
The silly little inky boys!
Because they set up such a
roar,
And teased the harmless
Black-a-moor.

The Story of the Man that went out Shooting

This is the man that shoots the hares;

This is the coat he always wears:
With game-bag, powder-horn, and gun
He's going out to have some fun.

He finds it hard, without a pair

Of spectacles, to shoot the hare.
 The hare sits snug in leaves and grass
And laughs to see the green man pass.

Now, as the sun grew very

hot,
And he a heavy gun had got,
He lay down underneath a tree
And went to sleep, as you
may see.
And, while he slept like any
top,
The little hare came, hop, hop,
hop,
Took gun and spectacles, and
then
On her hind legs went off
again.

The green man wakes and sees her place

The spectacles upon her face;
And now she's trying all she can
To shoot the sleepy, green-coat man.
He cries and screams and runs away;
The hare runs after him all day
And hears him call out everywhere:
"Help! Fire! Help! The Hare! The Hare!"
At last he stumbled at the well,
Head over ears, and in he fell.
The hare stopped short, took aim and, hark!
Bang went the gun—she missed her mark!

The poor man's wife was drinking up

Her coffee in her coffee-cup;
The gun shot cup and saucer through;
"Oh dear!" cried she; "what shall I do?"
There lived close by the cottage there
The hare's own child, the little hare;
And while she stood upon her toes,
The coffee fell and burned her nose.
"Oh dear!" she cried, with spoon in hand,
"Such fun I do not understand."
The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb

One day Mamma said

"Conrad dear,
I must go out and leave you
here.
But mind now, Conrad, what I
say,
Don't suck your thumb while
I'm away.
The great tall tailor always
comes
To little boys who suck their
thumbs;
And ere they dream what he's
about,
He takes his great sharp
scissors out,
And cuts their thumbs clean
off—and then,
You know, they never grow
again."

Mamma had scarcely turned

her back,
The thumb was in, Alack!
Alack!
 The door flew open, in he ran,
The great, long, red-legged scissor-
man.
Oh! children, see! the tailor's come
And caught out little Suck-a-Thumb.
Snip! Snap! Snip! the scissors go;
And Conrad cries out "Oh! Oh! Oh!"
Snip! Snap! Snip! They go so fast,
That both his thumbs are off at last.

Mamma comes home: there Conrad

stands,
And looks quite sad, and shows his
hands;
"Ah!" said Mamma, "I knew he'd
come
To naughty little Suck-a-Thumb."

The Story of Augustus,

who would not have any Soup
 Augustus was a chubby lad;
Fat ruddy cheeks Augustus had:
And everybody saw with joy
The plump and hearty, healthy boy.
He ate and drank as he was told,
And never let his soup get cold.
But one day, one cold winter's day,
He screamed out "Take the soup
away!
O take the nasty soup away!
I won't have any soup today."

Next day, now look, the picture

shows
How lank and lean Augustus
grows!
Yet, though he feels so weak and ill,
The naughty fellow cries out still
"Not any soup for me, I say:
O take the nasty soup away!
I won't have any soup today."

The third day comes: Oh what a

sin!
To make himself so pale and thin.
Yet, when the soup is put on table,
He screams, as loud as he is able,
"Not any soup for me, I say:
O take the nasty soup away!
I WON'T have any soup today."

Look at him, now the fourth day's

come!
He scarcely weighs a sugar-plum;
He's like a little bit of thread,
And, on the fifth day, he was—
dead!

The Story of Fidgety Philip

"Let me see if Philip can
Be a little gentleman;
Let me see if he is able
To sit still for once at table":
Thus Papa bade Phil behave;
And Mamma looked very grave.
But fidgety Phil,
He won't sit still;
He wriggles,
And giggles,
And then, I declare,
Swings backwards and forwards,
And tilts up his chair,
Just like any rocking horse—
"Philip! I am getting cross!"
See the naughty, restless child
Growing still more rude and wild,
Till his chair falls over quite.
Philip screams with all his might,
Catches at the cloth, but then
That makes matters worse again.
Down upon the ground they fall,
Glasses, plates, knives, forks, and all.
How Mamma did fret and frown,
When she saw them tumbling down!
And Papa made such a face!
Philip is in sad disgrace.
 Where is Philip, where is he?
Fairly covered up you see!
Cloth and all are lying on him;
He has pulled down all upon him.
What a terrible to-do!
Dishes, glasses, snapt in two!
Here a knife, and there a fork!
Philip, this is cruel work.
Table all so bare, and ah!
Poor Papa, and poor Mamma
Look quite cross, and wonder how
They shall have their dinner now.

The Story of Johnny Head-in-Air

As he trudged along to
school,
It was always Johnny's rule
To be looking at the sky
And the clouds that floated
by;
But what just before him lay,
In his way,
Johnny never thought about;
So that every one cried out
"Look at little Johnny there,
Little Johnny Head-In-Air!"

Running just in Johnny's way

Came a little dog one day;
Johnny's eyes were still
astray
Up on high,
In the sky;
And he never heard them cry
"Johnny, mind, the dog is
nigh!"
Bump!
Dump!
Down they fell, with such a
thump,
Dog and Johnny in a lump!
Once, with head as high as
ever,
Johnny walked beside the
river.
Johnny watched the swallows
trying
Which was cleverest at flying.
Oh! what fun!
Johnny watched the bright
round sun
Going in and coming out;
This was all he thought about.
So he strode on, only think!
To the river's very brink,
Where the bank was high and
steep,
And the water very deep;
And the fishes, in a row,
Stared to see him coming so.

One step more! oh! sad to tell!

Headlong in poor Johnny fell.
And the fishes, in dismay,
Wagged their tails and swam
away.
There lay Johnny on his face,
With his nice red writing-
case;
But, as they were passing by,
Two strong men had heard
him cry;
And, with sticks, these two
strong men
Hooked poor Johnny out
again.

Oh! you should have seen him shiver

When they pulled him from the river.
He was in a sorry plight!
Dripping wet, and such a fright!
Wet all over, everywhere,
Clothes, and arms, and face, and hair:
Johnny never will forget
What it is to be so wet.

And the fishes, one, two, three,

Are come back again, you see;
Up they came the moment after,
To enjoy the fun and laughter.
Each popped out his little head,
And, to tease poor Johnny, said
"Silly little Johnny, look,
You have lost your writing-book!"

The Story of Flying Robert

 When the rain comes tumbling down
In the country or the town,
All good little girls and boys
Stay at home and mind their toys.
Robert thought, "No, when it pours,
It is better out of doors."
Rain it did, and in a minute
Bob was in it.
Here you see him, silly fellow,
Underneath his red umbrella.

What a wind! oh! how it whistles

Through the trees and flowers and thistles!
It has caught his red umbrella:
Now look at him, silly fellow—
Up he flies
To the skies.
No one heard his screams and cries;
Through the clouds the rude wind bore him,
And his hat flew on before him.

Soon they got to such a height,

They were nearly out of sight.
And the hat went up so high,
That it nearly touched the sky.
No one ever yet could tell
Where they stopped, or where they fell:
Only this one thing is plain,
Bob was never seen again!

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