. The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader . ee that great bird 90 THE SUNBONNET BABIES IN HOLLAND standing on top of the old windmill! It hasonly one long leg. Is it really a bird, Bram? Why, yes, of course! That is a stork. Hehas built a nest up there. He is resting nowon one leg. Isnt he a beauty! Molly was so interested in the stork sheforgot all about her kite, and before she knewit the kite was caught in one of the long armsof the windmill. The stork flapped his great wings and flew awayin a fright, his two long legs hanging out behind. Oh, Molly, cried May, laughing, thatstork l
. The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader . ee that great bird 90 THE SUNBONNET BABIES IN HOLLAND standing on top of the old windmill! It hasonly one long leg. Is it really a bird, Bram? Why, yes, of course! That is a stork. Hehas built a nest up there. He is resting nowon one leg. Isnt he a beauty! Molly was so interested in the stork sheforgot all about her kite, and before she knewit the kite was caught in one of the long armsof the windmill. The stork flapped his great wings and flew awayin a fright, his two long legs hanging out behind. Oh, Molly, cried May, laughing, thatstork looks like your kite flying away up intothe sky! But it isnt my kite, cried Molly. Howam I ever going to get it again? Just see, Icannot move it! Bram will soon make it move for you,said Uncle Dirk. Then he sailed his barge upclose beside the windmill, and Bram climbedquickly to the long arm. In a minute the kite was free, and away it flewafter the frightened stork. The flying kite and theflying stork really did look something alike. A CANAL TRIP 91. Some days they sailed through rich green pastures So the barge sailed along, day after days the wind carried it and some daysit had to be poled. Some days it sailed through large cities andunder handsome stone bridges. Other days it sailed through rich, green pas-tures, where hundreds of black and white cowswere feeding. The pastures were often many feet lowerthan the water in the brimful canals on whichthe barge sailed. 92 THE SUNBONNET BABIES IN HOLLAND The Sunbonnet Babies were afraid that thewater would spill over the edge of the dikesand drown the handsome cows, but it never did. When they entered a town Molly and Mayalways begged to pay the toll. They liked tojingle the coppers into the big wooden shoe orbasket which was lowered to them by a manstanding on a bridge above. One morning, when Molly and May werepaying toll, Bram shouted: Hurrah! This isEdam. We shall soon see grandfathers !
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