| Shockheaded Peter | |
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Real Name |
Peter |
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First Appearance |
Der Struwwelpeter (Shockheaded Peter) (1845) |
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Created by |
Heinrich Hoffmann |
Origin[]
Shockheaded Peter is a boy who does not groom himself properly and is consequently unpopular.
Poem[]
"Just look at him! there he stands
With his nasty hair and hands.
See! his nails are never cut;
They are grimed as black as soot;
And the sloven, I declare,
Never once has combed his hair;
Anything to me is sweeter
Than to see Shock-headed Peter."