America's story for America's children . A Northmans Ship. This picture was drawn from a ship which had been buried forhundreds of years away up in the A Mazer, or Wooden Drinking-cup. II. OLAF AND SNORRI Leif Ericson did not care to make his homein this Vineland he had found. It is warm and very beautiful there, hesaid; but I love the ice and snow of theNorth. Let others dwell in Vineland if theywill. I will stay in Greenland, where the icesparkles and where the sky is bright with redand purple and gold. One day as Leif Ericson sat in the door-way of his Northern hut, two gilded d
America's story for America's children . A Northmans Ship. This picture was drawn from a ship which had been buried forhundreds of years away up in the A Mazer, or Wooden Drinking-cup. II. OLAF AND SNORRI Leif Ericson did not care to make his homein this Vineland he had found. It is warm and very beautiful there, hesaid; but I love the ice and snow of theNorth. Let others dwell in Vineland if theywill. I will stay in Greenland, where the icesparkles and where the sky is bright with redand purple and gold. One day as Leif Ericson sat in the door-way of his Northern hut, two gilded dragon-ships came sailing toward his shores. They are from Iceland ! he cried. Then Leifs good friend Biorne (Be-ern)ran down to the shore to look. OLAF AND SNORRI 9 One is the ship of Karlsefni (Karl-sef-nee),Biorne said. I remember the stripes of blueand white with which he used to paint his ship. Yes, it was the ship of Karlsefni. He hadsailed for days and days across the waters tofind his old friends, Leif and Biorne. Tell me, he said to Leif, about this won-derful Vineland that you found in the its shores stretch north and south for milesand mil
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