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This is the man that shoots the hares; <br> | |||
This is the coat he always wears: <br> | |||
With game-bag, powder-horn, and gun <br> | |||
He’s going out to have some fun.<br> | |||
—[[Struwwelpeter]] | |||
[[File:Scissorman.png|thumb|Well, I ''warned'' you]]“MERRY STORIES AND FUNNY PICTURES”, claims the frontispiece of Heinrich Hoffman’s magnum opus [[Struwwelpeter]] (“[[Shock-headed Peter]]” to his English friends), though unholy infant terror is a better description of what lies between these covers. Depraved, violent, sometimes fatal retribution for those who offend against the Hoffman’s merry code — transgressions including such mortal sins as fidgeting, failing to eat soup, sucking thumbs, playing with matches, being careless with umbrellas and walking along vacantly — along with more recognisably modern ailments like animal cruelty and racism. So: | [[File:Scissorman.png|thumb|Well, I ''warned'' you]]“MERRY STORIES AND FUNNY PICTURES”, claims the frontispiece of Heinrich Hoffman’s magnum opus [[Struwwelpeter]] (“[[Shock-headed Peter]]” to his English friends), though unholy infant terror is a better description of what lies between these covers. Depraved, violent, sometimes fatal retribution for those who offend against the Hoffman’s merry code — transgressions including such mortal sins as fidgeting, failing to eat soup, sucking thumbs, playing with matches, being careless with umbrellas and walking along vacantly — along with more recognisably modern ailments like animal cruelty and racism. So: | ||