the cats cried!!!
the hare's revenge
the horror, the horror....
into the drink...
Shock-headed Peter...
stop your fidgeting!
I wonder if William Morris ever read Struwwelpeter to his two girls? This German book, a family favorite during my childhood, was first published in English translation in 1848. Did Jenny and May Morris pore over the pictures of poor Pauline who burnt herself into a tiny pile of ashes after playing with matches? Or those of Little-Suck-a-Thumb who had his thumbs lopped of by the great-long-legged scissors man? I can imagine Morris reading these stories with his booming dramatic voice (which I know he must have had!).
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