Tu aurais la tête en bas.”
To the butterfly, which is not so easily caught, the invitation is to alight:
“Molketewer sett di,
Kömmt e Pogg de frett di!”
And in Scotch:
“Le, la, let,
My bonnie pet!”
The snail, too, is addressed in a rhyme which favours the illusion that he will put out his horns to order:
“Schneck’ im Haus, kreich heraus,
Strecke deine vier Hörner heraus!