Heinrich Hoffman Quotations

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.

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.

Here is cruel Frederick, see! / A horrid wicked boy was he.

Look at little Johnny there, / Little Johnny Head-In-Air.

At this good Tray grew very red, / And growled and bit him till he bled.

Anything to me is sweeter / Than to see Shock-headed Peter.

Augustus was a chubby lad; / Fat ruddy cheeks Augustus had; / And everybody saw with joy / The plump and hearty healthy boy.

Take the soup away! / O take the nasty soup away! / I won't have any soup today.

Snip! Snap! Snip! They go so fast. / That both his thumbs are off at last.

The trough was full and faithful Tray / Came out to drink one sultry day.

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

The door flew open, in he ran, / The great, long, red-legged scissor-man.