"Won't somebody please think of the children ?"
Sorry T.J. but you had this one coming. [squeeeee]
(Cartoon has to be viewed by columns, not rows )
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The last trick
Max and Moritz! Woe! Take heed!
This will be your last misdeed!
Why must Moritz, why must Max,
Go and slash these barley sacks?
Here you see the farmer Farleigh
Coming for his sacks of barley.
Hardly has he moved a metre,
Out the barley starts to peter.
And he grumbles: “Arr, yon blighter
On me back is growing lighter!”
Hey! He spots the cheery pals
Hiding in the cereals.
Scroop! He shovels up and bags
Both the pesky scallywags.
Max and Moritz feel quite ill,
For they´re heading for the mill.
“Hi there, Miller! Be a mate!
Kindly grind this while I wait!”
“Give it here!” He shakes each brute
Out and down the corn mill´s chute.
Rumble, grumble; batter, chatter
Grinds the mill with cracking clatter.
Here you see them re-created
Coarsely ground and granulated.
But the miller´s ducks soon scoff
Their remains and see them off."
"
The End
When the village heard of it,
No one grieved the slightest bit.
Widow Bolter, soft and low,
Spoke: “Ah well – I told you so!”
Tailor Duck said: “Yes, yes, yes,
Wickedness is purposeless!”
Thereupon spoke teacher Lampel:
“It´s a typical example!”
“Yes,” the baker said, “in truth,
Man has far too sweet a tooth!”
Even kindly Uncle Fritz
Said: “That comes from playing tricks!”
Farmer Farleigh uttered: “Eeh!
It is nowt to do with me!”
So the village and surrounds
Were abuzz with happy sounds:
“Thank the Lord that we are free -
Saved from all their villainy!!”
This is an excerpt of Wilhem Busch's famous book "Max und Moritz",
full version can be found here.
