. The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader . lay-house for my Dutch doll. Lets open it quick! So they opened the box, and inside theyfound another smaller box. Oh, its mine! cried Bram. See, it saysFor Bram. This box was quickly opened, and there onanother box it said, For Tante Mart a. 132 THE SUNBONNET BABIES IN HOLLAND So Xante Marta was calledto open her box, but the pres-ent was not for her, after all. Oom Dirks name was onthe next box, but he was dis-appointed to find Mays nameon the box inside of his. Then May opened her box,and there she found—not aDutch dolls house—but shefoun
. The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader . lay-house for my Dutch doll. Lets open it quick! So they opened the box, and inside theyfound another smaller box. Oh, its mine! cried Bram. See, it saysFor Bram. This box was quickly opened, and there onanother box it said, For Tante Mart a. 132 THE SUNBONNET BABIES IN HOLLAND So Xante Marta was calledto open her box, but the pres-ent was not for her, after all. Oom Dirks name was onthe next box, but he was dis-appointed to find Mays nameon the box inside of his. Then May opened her box,and there she found—not aDutch dolls house—but shefound a dear little Dutch wind-mill. Her Uncle Jan had sentThe uttie Dutch windmill it all the way from was made just like his own big windmill,in which the Sunbonnet Babies had had suchgood times. So St. Nicholas Day passed. All day thefamily was either sending or receiving presents. Some of the presents were hidden about thehouse, and it was great fun hunting for them. The big brass knocker on the front door wasin use most of the NICHOLAS DAY 133 If Oom Dirk had a present to give any onein the house, he handed the package to the took it to the front door outside, and—bang!went the knocker, just as if the present camefrom some friend in the town. Once the maid brought in a small boy andstood him before grandmother. At first grand-mother thought some one had sent her a little liveboy, but no, it was only a suit of Brams clothesstuffed with straw. Inside of the fat little boyshe found a beautiful set of knitting needles. Ah! I know where this present came from,said grandmother. It came from a little boywho wants some new7 mittens. Well, he shallhave them very soon/ Bram sent a present to a boy friend by aman who was passing. The man left it at theboys house, but of course did not tell who sent it. The longer a person was kept guessing fromwhom his presents came, the more fun it was. The Sunbonnet Babies received four largepackages marked on the outsi
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