Accordian-playing crocodiles and helicopter men abound in these beautiful and bizarre stories.
Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann
A girl plays with matches and burns to death. A boy who sucks his thumb has them cut off by a roving tailor. You can always count on rhyming German stories to teach good moral fiber in the most terrifying way possible.
Frederick Warne & Co./ gutenberg.org
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A philosophical French tale about a pilot who crashes into the desert and meets a young prince who fell to the earth from his tiny planet. The prince teaches the pilot profound lessons on the meaning of life, the nature of love, and the beauty of existence.
Gallimard/ philosopherslibrary.org
Karlsson on the Roof by Astrid Lindgren
In this Swedish classic, a very self-confident little man with a propeller on his back lives on the roof of a lonely little boy's building and takes him on exciting flying adventures.
Raben Sjoren/ svealand.ru
He was especially popular in the Soviet Union, where he was ginger and particularly plump:
http://MosFilm/ cafe-russia.com
via IFTTT Click Here to meet women in your area right now online!
No comments:
Post a Comment