Editing Max and Moritz (section)

==== Preface ====
Ah, how oft we read or hear of <br>
Boys we almost stand in fear of!<br>
For example, take these stories<br>
Of two youths, named Max and Moritz,<br>
Who, instead of early turning<br>
Their young minds to useful learning,<br>
Often leered with horrid features<br>
At their lessons and their teachers.
[[File:Max_und_Moritz_tinted_3.png|thumb|The widow's four chickens (first trick)]]
[[File:Max_und_Moritz_tinted_21.png|thumb|The widow's house (second trick)]]
Look now at the empty head: he<br>
Is for mischief always ready.<br>
Teasing creatures - climbing fences,<br>
Stealing apples, pears, and quinces,<br>
Is, of course, a deal more pleasant,<br>
And far easier for the present,<br>
Than to sit in schools or churches,<br>
Fixed like roosters on their perches

But O dear, O dear, O deary,<br>
When the end comes sad and dreary!<br>
'Tis a dreadful thing to tell<br>
That on Max and Moritz fell!<br>
All they did this book rehearses,<br>
Both in pictures and in verses.