The Thumb-Sucker
By Heinrich Hoffman
The Thumb-Sucker is a story that appears in Struwwelpeter, a collection of 10 illustrated tales by German author Heinrich Hoffman. It was published in 1845. The story about a little boy called Conrad who won’t stop sucking his thumb. One day , when his mother is out, Conrad pops his thumb into his mouth once again. But this time a sinister-looking tailor runs in with a giant pair of scissors and cuts off Conrad’s thumb. The moral of the story? Don’t suck your thumbs