Struwwelpeter ("Shaggy Peter")By Heinrich Hoffman - 1845 : Struwwelpeter ("Shaggy Peter")By Heinrich Hoffman - 1845 Ten stories - each with a moral that has serious consequences for disobeying.Hoffman was a German dentist who couldn't find what he wanted for his son, so he wrote his own.Many plays, movies, storybooks and comics have been produced based on the stories.
Die Geschichte vom DaumenlutscherThe Story of “Little Suck-a-Thumb” : Die Geschichte vom DaumenlutscherThe Story of “Little Suck-a-Thumb” "Konrad!" sprach die Frau Mamma,
"Ich geh aus und du bleibst da.Sei hübsch ordentlich und fromm.Bis nach Hause ich wieder komm'Und vor allem, Konrad, hör!Lutsche nicht am Daumen mehr;Denn der Schneider mit der Scher'Kommt sonst ganz geschwind daher,Und die Daumen schneidet er ab, als ob Papier es wär'."
The Story of “Little Suck-a-Thumb” : The Story of “Little Suck-a-Thumb” Konrad, said his mother dear,
I’m going out – and you stay here.
Be very good and pious too
‘Till I have come back home to you.
And most of all, my Konrad hear,
Don’t suck your thumb my little dear;
Lest the tailor comes with shears
To visit you quite quickly here
And snips your thumbs like paper sheer!
The Story of “Little Suck-a-Thumb” : The Story of “Little Suck-a-Thumb” Mamma had scarcely turned and gone, Woops! The thumb into his mouth was drawn. Fort geht nun die Mutter und
Wupp! den Daumen in den Mund
The Story of “Little Suck-a-Thumb” : The Story of “Little Suck-a-Thumb” Bauz! Da geht die Türe auf,Und herein in schnellem LaufSpringt der Schneider in die Stub'Zu dem Daumen-Lutscher-Bub. The door flew open,
And in he ran, The great, long-legged scissorman. At last the tailor's finally come To catch our little Suck-a-Thumb.
The Story of “Little Suck-a-Thumb” : The Story of “Little Suck-a-Thumb” Weh! Jetzt geht es klipp und klappMit der Scher' die Daumen ab,Mit der großen scharfen Scher'!Hei! Da schreit der Konrad sehr.Als die Mutter kommt nach Haus,Sieht der Konrad traurig aus.Ohne Daumen steht er dort,Die sind alle beide fort. Snip! Snap! Snip! the scissors go; And Conrad cries out - Oh! Oh! Oh! The great sharp scissors go so fast; And both his thumbs are off at last.
As the Mother comes back home;
She sees Konrad sad, alone.Without his thumbs he stands o’er there,His thumbs have gone to who-knows-where.