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Hänschen ist fürwahr zu dumm, Sagt, er könne fliegen, Springt und kommt natürlich gleich Auf die Nas' zu liegen! Schwester Ännchen sieht ihm zu, Und sie spricht mit Lachen: Hänschen, der du fliegen willst, Was für dumme Sachen!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, der deutsche Text von Käthe Freiligrath-Kroeker, München: Theodor Stroefers Kunstverlag, [1880], page 36.
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Little Hans is truly too stupid, He said that he could fly, Leaps and naturally right away Lands on his nose! Sister Annie watches him, And she says with a laugh: Little Hans, who wishes to fly, What a silly notion!
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