Below is a conversation between little cutie HEIDI & the little General PETER taken from the book ?Heidi by Johanna Spyri?. It is really very much hilarious & side-splitting. Heidi frightens Peter in order to make him learn the English Alphabets. Guess this might help in making your children (if any) learn the English Alphabets?LOL.
?If A B C you do not know,
Before the judge you?ll have to go.?
?I won?t go? mumbled peter.
?Won?t go where??
?Before the judge.?
?Then hurry up and learn those three letters, so that you don?t have to,? Heidi urged. So Peter set to and repeated them until she was satisfied.
She saw what an effect the little rhyme had had on him, and thought it would be a good idea to prepare the way for the next lessons. ?Wait a minute,? she said, ?and I?ll read you the rest of the rhymes, then you?ll know what to expect.
?If D E F you cannot say,
Bad luck is sure to come your way.?
?If you forget your H J K,
You?ll have misfortune all the day.?
?If L and M you can?t say clear,
You?ll have to pay a fine, I fear.?
?Trouble will be in store for you,
If you can?t say N O P Q.?
?If you get stuck at R S T,
A dunce?s cap your lot will be.?
Peter was listening so quietly that she stopped to look at him and found him staring at her with dismay, bewildered by all these threats of trouble.
Heidi?s tender heart melted at sight of him, and she hastened to reassure him ?Don?t worry. Just come every evening, and if you go on as you?ve done today, you?ll soon know all your letters and then nothing will happen to you.?
At length, they reached the letter U, and Heidi read:
?If you confuse a V with U,
You?ll find yourself in Timbuktoo.?
?No I won?t,? growled Peter, but he made haste to learn the letters all the same, as if he was afraid someone might carry him off by the scruff of his neck.
Next evening Heidi read:
?If over W you fall,
Beware the rod upon the wall.?
Peter glanced round the room and said scornfully, ?Isn?t one.?
?No, but do you know what Grandfather has in the cupboard?? she asked, ?A stick almost as thick as my arm. You can just pretend that?s hanging on the wall when you say this rhyme.?
Peter knew Uncle Alp?s stout hazel stick, and he bent over his book again at once, determined to master W.
Next day the rhyme went:
?If letter X you can?t recall,
You?ll get no food today at all.?
Peter looked towards the cupboard where the bread and cheese were kept and remarked crossly, ?I never said I was going to forget X.?
?Good, then we can learn another letter at once, and there?ll be only one left for tomorrow.?
Peter was not keen on learning any more that day, but Heidi had already begun to read.
?If you find Y is hard to say,
They?ll laugh at you at school today.?
?If Z should tie you up in knots,
They?ll send you to the Hottentots.?
?Nobody knows where they live,? he commented scornfully.
?Grandfather will know,? Heidi returned quickly, ?and I?ll just run and ask him. He?s over with the Pastor.? She jumped up and was really starting off when Peter caught hold of her.
?No wait,? he cried, for he could quite see Uncle Alp and the Pastor coming over together to pack him off to the Hottentots forthwith, if he had not yet learnt Z.
Ofcourse Heidi stopped then. ?What?s the matter?? she asked.
?Nothing, come back, I ?ll learn it,? he muttered.
