. The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader . re 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 j
. The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader . re 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, letsbuy balloons. I want a red one. Then lets have a ride in the turning mill,said Betje. Do you mean in that merry-go-round?asked Molly. I suppose you call it a turningmill because it turns around like a windmill. I suppose so, said Betje. There is amusic box inside of it, which plays when themill turns. Oh, I am going to ride on the back of thatcamel! shouted Hans. And I on the back of the big fish, saidBetje. KERMIS WEEK 77. The mzwy-go-jound Then we will ride in the little boat, saidthe Sunbonnet Babies. So up they climbed — Hans on to his camel,Betje on to her big fish, and Molly and Mayinto their queer little boat. Round and round they flew, and round andround they flew again. Three times they flewround and round in the Dutch turning mill. Then the music box stopped playing, theturning mill stopped turning, and everybodyjumped to the ground. 78 THE SUNBONNET BABIES IN HOLLAND To pay for their ride, they each put a tinypiece of money into a cup which an old womanheld. It was very small pay, for the littlepiece of money was not worth one half of anAmerican cent. But the old woman lookedhappy as she jingled the money in her cup. Come on, everybody, and play this Kermisgame! shouted a jolly Dutch boy. Now the jolly Dutch boys name was Fritz,and there were lots of other jolly boys and girlsplaying with Fritz. All right, said Hans. But what is thegame? W
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