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The Struwwelpeter Stories

  Slovenly Peter
  Cruel Frederick
  Pauline And The Matches
  The Inky Boys
  The Wild Hunstman's Tale
  The Thumb Sucker
  Augustus Who Would Not Eat
  Fussy Philip
  Hanns Stare- In- The- Air
  Flying Robert

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Of all the politically incorrect tales in Struwwelpeter, 'The Inky Boys' reads as the most enlightened -- yet in a most bizarre way.

The story involves a harmless little black child, three goonish punks, Saint Nicholas and a large jar of ink.

Why would St. Nick but his nose into this little morality tale -- especially when he should be at Walmart buying up trainloads of cheap, chinese-made toys?

Buy the book and find out!

 

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