. The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader . KERMIS WEEK Hurrah! Kermis begins to-day! shoutedHans. Everybody is hurrying to town/ What is Kermis, Hans? cried Molly. And why is everybody going to town?asked May. Why, the last week in August every yearis Kermis week, said Hans. Then even Vaderand Moeder play and have a good time. Come,and I will show you what we do. A few minutes later four little people werehurrying, hand in hand, over the rocky roadtoward towrn. They all wore big wooden shoes,which Hans and Betje called klompen. Molly and May found klompen much betterfor rocky roads a
. The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader . KERMIS WEEK Hurrah! Kermis begins to-day! shoutedHans. Everybody is hurrying to town/ What is Kermis, Hans? cried Molly. And why is everybody going to town?asked May. Why, the last week in August every yearis Kermis week, said Hans. Then even Vaderand Moeder play and have a good time. Come,and I will show you what we do. A few minutes later four little people werehurrying, hand in hand, over the rocky roadtoward towrn. They all wore big wooden shoes,which Hans and Betje called klompen. Molly and May found klompen much betterfor rocky roads and wet fields than their ownthin shoes. And they were quite sure that thewhole of Holland was either rocky or wet. 74 KERMIS WEEK 75. They found the market place filled with booths The little foot-boats kept their feet quitecomfortable, as they raced away to town. They found the market place filled withbooths and merry-go-rounds and people. The people all wore their prettiest Sundayclothes. The boys and their fathers wore theirbiggest silver buttons and black velvet trousers,while the girls and their mothers \vore theirfinest lace caps and gold spangles. There were many kinds of caps and spanglesthat Molly and May had never seen before. 76 THE SUNBONNET BABIES IN HOLLAND People had come to Kermis from all thevillages near by. In each village the caps weremade in a different style, so it was easy to tellwhere a little girl lived by looking at her cap. The Dutch children could tell, too, thatMolly and May were little American girls be-cause of their sunbonnets. How do you like it? asked Hans at we buy a balloon? See, there is a manwith his hands full of handsome ones to sell. Oh, its jolly! cried May. Yes,
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