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Practical jokes -- Juvenile poetry Books
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Wilhelm Busch
Max und Moritz: Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen
"Max und Moritz: Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen" by Wilhelm Busch is an illustrated story published in October 1865. Two mischievous boys wreak havoc on their village through a series of pranks targeting unsuspecting residents. From the widow Bolte and her chickens to the teacher Lämpel and his pipe, Max and Moritz spare no one their cruel tricks. This darkly humorous tale, which surpassed even Struwwelpeter in its harshness, became one of the best-selling children's books and introduced phrases that became part of everyday German speech.
Wilhelm Busch
Max and Maurice: A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks
"Max and Maurice: A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch is an illustrated story in verse published in 1865. This blackly humorous German tale follows two mischievous boys through seven escalating pranks that torment their neighbors—from trapping chickens and tormenting a tailor to filling pipes with gunpowder and stealing sweets. Told entirely in rhymed couplets, this inventive work has profoundly influenced comic strip history and remains deeply embedded in German-speaking culture, where the leering duo symbolizes childhood mischief itself.
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