The Hare and the Hedgehog, illustration by Carl Offterdinger
Direct swap from Maximilian, Ukraine
Carl Offterdinger ( 1829 -1889 ) was a German figure and genre painter and illustrator.
Offterdinger illustrated numerous children's books, fairy tales, adventure stories and broadsheets.
The Hare and the Hedgehog is a story written by the Brothers Grimm.
"It was on a Sunday morning at harvest time, just when the buckwheat was in bloom. The sun was shining bright in the heaven, the morning wind was blowing warmly across the stubble, the larks were singing in the air, the bees were buzzing in the buckwheat, and the people in their Sunday best were on their way to church, and all the creatures were happy, including the hedgehog......"
