Struwwelpeter’s Flying Robert Gets Carried Away
Robert loved walks in the rain. Good boys and girls, of course, stay home and play with their toys when it rains, sheltering from the weather and its potential killer impacts. Despite the vicious weather, with rain and strong, almost hurricane-force winds, Robert grabs his umbrella, thinking “No, when it pours, it is better to be out of doors.”
The wind caught his umbrella, he holds on as he is swept up into the air, to be carried off instead of just letting it go. “No one heard his screams and cries.” Nobody ever sees Robert again. This tale is a clear caution to stay indoors during stormy weather, lest they be swept up and taken away from their homes forever.
