Older terrible German children's stories?
I'm trying to track down some wonderful children's stories from my youth. I had a collection of German (translated into English) stories about children who misbehaved and ended up in tragic circumstances.
One was a boy who sucked his thumb and had his fingers cut off, another was a boy who was arrogant and fell into an open manhole, a girl who was blown up by a balloon. I'm guessing they may have been from the late 1800s, simple pen and ink illustrations.
Sound familiar to anyone?