~ Wie die Raupe vom Schmetterling ~
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This cute monkey dressed in a soldier's uniform with a "Pickelhaube"
(spiked helmet) presented as a character stein is a modern copy of an
earlier pre-WWII version. It is marked "837 Western Germany" and
therefore post-WWII. The verse uses the German symbolism of
a "Kater" (tomcat = hangover) and an "Affe" (monkey = drunkenness).
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Wie die Raupe vom Schmetterling
stammt vom Affen der Kater.
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As a caterpillar comes from the butterfly,
so does the tomcat (hangover) come from the monkey (drunkenness).
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