4966: Suppenkasparfield

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Suppenkasparfield
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Made by: Struwwel Defender


Explanation[edit | edit source]

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Der Struwwelpeter is an 1845 German children's poetry book by Heinrich Hoffmann, a doctor who wrote the book as a Christmas present for his son upon not finding any other suitable books. It comprises ten illustrated poems, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. For example, a girl named Paulinchen plays with matches and burns to death, a boy named Konrad sucks his thumbs and gets them cut off by a tailor, and the boy above, Kaspar, starves to death after not getting enough to eat.

Because soup is the only food mentioned in Kaspar's poem, many people believe that he hated it in particular and that's why he refused to eat it, but in my interpretation, Kaspar actually loved soup and was refusing all food (fasting) in hopes of losing weight because he was constantly bullied at school. (I hope to publish my rewrite of the poem where he survives soon.)

Later:

I've published my rewrite of Kaspar's poem where he survives, as well as my retellings of most of the other poems in Der Struwwelpeter. They're available in this book.

Original strips: 2000-03-05, 2013-02-24.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

{Jon brings a bowl of soup on a serving plate toward Garfield and Suppen-Kaspar from Der Struwwelpeter}
Jon: Would you like some soup, Kaspar?
Kaspar: I'd LOVE some
Kaspar: But I really shouldn't
Jon: So you WOULD like some soup?
Kaspar: Absolutely
Jon: But you don't WANT any?
Kaspar: No! No, no, NO!
{Kaspar leaves, leaving only Jon and Garfield staring at each other}
Jon {now with an empty bowl on the serving plate}: Struwwelpeter kids
Garfield {with a mouthful of soup}: They're a mystery