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Fate is often capricious / Many people also know caprice! / To return without having gone away, / That a brave little soldier once did
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Sheet with 9 depictions. Above 5 depictions of Mr. Sabelbeen, who has his legs replaced by Chinese wooden legs. Below 4 depictions of a militiaman who falls asleep on the cart. A sailor secretly turns the cart around, so that the sleeping militiaman returns without having fulfilled his duty. Below each image an inscription. Numbered top right: No 123.
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Credit lineHet noodlot mag vaak grillig heeten / Veel menschen ook van grillen weten! / Terug te komen zonder weg te zijn gegeaan, / Dat heeft een flink soldaatje eens gedaan. c. 1902. G. Angeli. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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