These remind me of illustrations in the German poetry books Frau Folger had us memorize selections from for competition.
My poem, as I recall, was about a boy named Kaspar who did not eat his soup when his mother asked him to, so over the course of a week became so thin and gaunt that he ultimately died, at which time no one mourned him because it had been his own fault.
I chose that poem over one about a girl who ran with scissors and ended up with several missing appendages.
Uh...freaky. Though I guess we've all been softened by Disney--in the original Cinderella, for instance, the stepsisters cut off their toes to try and fit in the slippers.
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Oh, poor Betsy! :)
These remind me of illustrations in the German poetry books Frau Folger had us memorize selections from for competition.
My poem, as I recall, was about a boy named Kaspar who did not eat his soup when his mother asked him to, so over the course of a week became so thin and gaunt that he ultimately died, at which time no one mourned him because it had been his own fault.
I chose that poem over one about a girl who ran with scissors and ended up with several missing appendages.
Could it be this by chance?
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12116/12116-h/12116-h.htm#The_Story_of_Augustus
I just looked at it last night. Same author.
It's there in German too:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24571/24571-h/24571-h.htm
Uh...freaky. Though I guess we've all been softened by Disney--in the original Cinderella, for instance, the stepsisters cut off their toes to try and fit in the slippers.
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