. I bambini del cofano solare in Olanda; un secondo lettore . e al centro del canale eper aiutarlo lungo. Beh, quella è la strada più lenta che ho visto, ha detto maggio, ridendo. Spero che i pas-sengers non abbiano fretta. Finalmente i bambini sono venuti in un piccolo villaggio. Era Volendam. Le case dipinte in modo gayly erano molto piccole e molto vicine insieme. I bambini correvano su alcuni gradini alti in via Thenarrow, e lì si trovavano su una grande diga con il grande mare davanti a loro. OH, è lo Zuider Zee! Maggio gridato. Da che cosa provengono tutte quelle barche a vela? Appartengono ai pescatori, ha detto Bram.to-day è di livello
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. The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader . e middle of the canal andto help it along. Well, that is the slowest street car I eversaw, said May, laughing. I hope the pas-sengers are not in a hurry. At last the children came to a little village.It was Volendam. The gayly painted houseswere very small and very close together. The children ran up some high steps in thenarrow street, and there they stood on a big, broad dike with the great sea in front of them. Oh, its the Zuider Zee! cried May. Wheredid all those sailboats come from? They belong to the fishermen, said Bram.To-day is Saturday. They are coming homeafter the week of fishing on the Zuider Zee. Look!There is Jan van Steens boat just coming in!It is marked V D 158. That means that theowner lives in Volendam and his number is 158.Hello, Jan! May I help bring your fish ashore? Then away Bram ran, leaving the SunbonnetBabies standing all alone on the broad dike.No, no! They were not all alone. There werea great many fishermens wives and fishermens IN THE FISHERMANS HOME 113. Vrouw van Steen and her children children on the dike, watching the boats comein. But Molly and May did not know any ofthem, so they felt very much alone. All the little girls around them wore theprettiest white lace caps that Molly and Mayhad ever seen. And the boys wore baggy trousersthat came way down to their big wooden klom-pen. There were very big patches on some of thetrousers and also on the faded red woolen shirts. Just then Molly and May heard a kindDutch voice saying: 114 THE SUNBONNET BABIES IN HOLLAND Good morning, little Sunbonnet Babies. Iam Vrouw van Steen. I think you are thelittle girls who have come with Bram to visitus to-day. These are my children. Come, Willem, Paul, Anna, Fritz, and Wilhelmina, shake hands with the little American girls andask them what their names are. We are Molly and May, said the Sun-bonnet Babies. We did come with Bram tovisit some one, but now he has gone and leftus all alone. Then Willem,
