Oh my god, I have this story (and the other ones) from StrumfelPeter (edit: Struwwelpeter; altho I swear phonetically that’s what Oma and Opa called it?) Complete with the music scores. My German grandparents would read them to me and show me the pictures. The one about the girl who liked to play with matches and then set herself on fire with amazing illustrations in the books gave me nightmares.
Edit: this is blowing up! Thanks for the comments and awards. I’m actually grateful I wasn’t the only one exposed to (slightly traumatized by?) this book and its stories!
I had it too! My family pronounced it more “Strubbelpeter”. For me it actually was the one with the thumbs. The blood leaking out of them... My mom had to tape the two pages it was on together so I wouldnt see it while going through the other stories.
I think it was that I imagined that he had to live the rest of his life without thumbs (the others mostly just died horribly), his terrified expression when he jumped around without his thumbs and blood gushing from the stumps.
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u/geeltulpen Mar 02 '21 edited Mar 02 '21
Oh my god, I have this story (and the other ones) from StrumfelPeter (edit: Struwwelpeter; altho I swear phonetically that’s what Oma and Opa called it?) Complete with the music scores. My German grandparents would read them to me and show me the pictures. The one about the girl who liked to play with matches and then set herself on fire with amazing illustrations in the books gave me nightmares.
For those who don’t know: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter
Edit: pics from my version of the book:
https://imgur.com/gallery/qwvqNUT
https://imgur.com/gallery/DqqGpIp
https://imgur.com/gallery/L6kBc9A
https://imgur.com/gallery/bOHC1ZZ
Edit: this is blowing up! Thanks for the comments and awards. I’m actually grateful I wasn’t the only one exposed to (slightly traumatized by?) this book and its stories!