Maude M. Grant

Name: Windmills and wooden shoes
Author: Maude M. Grant

Windmills and wooden shoes

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“Windmills and wooden shoes”, is a work by Maude M. Grant. It explores elements such as Katrina, Jan and Kassie.

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Maude M. Grant, Windmills and wooden shoes

“ So Hilda went in and sat down in Jan’s little red chair. “Katrina said she would come and play with me. I will wait for her,” said Hilda.
“Where are you going to play?” asked Mother.
“We are going to play by the canal,” said Hilda, “and Karl says he will take us to ride in the boat.”
“There is Katrina now,” said Mother. “See! she has two pails of water. How careful she is! She does not spill a drop!”
Katrina was very glad to see Hilda. She set her pails of water on the broad shelf in the kitchen. ”

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Maude M. Grant, Windmills and wooden shoes

“ They take Rink and the cart up on the dike too.
Rink likes to run on the dike. He likes to feel the fresh air blow in from the sea.
When they are up on the dike, Jan and Katrina can see all around. They can see far, far away. They can look out over the broad ocean. They see the big boats and the little boats sailing to and fro.
Jan points to the ocean and says, [53] “Katrina, away, away over the ocean, where those big boats are sailing, is America. American boys and girls live there. It is a fine country and very large.” ”

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Maude M. Grant, Windmills and wooden shoes

“ In “Windmills and Wooden Shoes” we have a continuous story of the doings of the Dutch children, Jan and Katrina and their little friends.
Teach the children to read this book so that the personalities of the children depicted therein will become vividly lifelike to the little readers. Encourage them to bring to class pictures of Dutch life and of Holland scenery.
Make the children in the book live for the children in the class. Let them close their eyes and see in imagination the big windmill, the canals with the drooping willow trees, the slow-moving barge, and the shadows in the water. ”

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Maude M. Grant, Windmills and wooden shoes

“ As you knit the yarn from the ball, the gifts fall out.”
“Oh, I should like a Wonder-Ball, Mother,” cried Rikka. [74] “I will learn to knit and I will knit fast so that I can knit my presents from the ball.”
Rikka’s mother made her a “Wonder-Ball.” It was a very big, blue ball. She gave Rikka some shining needles and taught her how to knit.
Rikka tried and tried, and at last she learned to knit. It was very hard at first, but she did not give up.
The first gift she knit from her ball was a little silver pencil. She was much pleased with it.
She knit hard every day. ”

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Maude M. Grant, Windmills and wooden shoes

“ Jan is kind to Rink. He helps him pull the cart when the way is rough. He pats Rink on the head and says, “Good Rink, good Rink. You are a good dog. I will give you a big bone when I get home.”
And Jan always does what he says. He always gives Rink a bone, and a drink of fresh water, when he comes back from the town.
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THE LITTLE DUTCH FRIENDS
Hilda, Kassie, and Karl are little Dutch children, too. They do not live far from the blue house where Jan and Katrina live.
They live over on the other side of the big, brown windmill. They come to play with Jan and Katrina. ”

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Maude M. Grant, Windmills and wooden shoes

“ Jan has read the book now. He will tell you the story of little Peter. He likes it the best of all the stories in his book.
THE STORY
Peter was a little Dutch boy. He lived in Holland. He lived by the big dike. The dike was very big and very strong. It kept the sea from the land of Holland.
Peter knew how men watched the dikes. He knew that they had to do it, for if a leak came in the dike, the water would rush in. ”

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Maude M. Grant, Windmills and wooden shoes

“ One cold afternoon in winter, Jan’s mother said, “You may hitch Rink to the big sled, Jan, and you and Katrina may ride away down the canal to grandmother’s house. Grandmother knows you are coming.”
“You are to stay all night. Father and I are going to the festival in the city.” ”

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Maude M. Grant, Windmills and wooden shoes

“ They are huge walls made of stone. They are very large and strong. If a dike should break, the country would be flooded.
There are many canals in Holland. Some of the canals are so large and deep that big ocean steamships can sail on them.
There are many boats on the canals. People live on the boats all the year round.
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THE DUTCH PEOPLE
The Dutch people are very clean and neat.
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Indeed, Holland is said to be the cleanest country in the world.
The Dutch mothers scrub their houses both inside and outside. They scrub the bricks on the sidewalks. ”

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Maude M. Grant, Windmills and wooden shoes

“ Rikka soon learned to knit very well. She liked to knit even when she had no “Wonder-Ball.” She knit a scarf for her father. She knit a jacket for her doll. “It is such fun to make things,” said busy little Rikka.
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THE FIRE AND WATER MAN
Jan and Katrina were down at Bram’s house. Bram’s house is by the canal.
Down the canal came a man in a boat. Now and then the man would call “Fire” in a loud voice. Then he would call “Water.”
He was the Fire-and-Water Man. He sells fire and water to the people by the canal.
Bram’s mother called, [78] “Quick, Bram! Here comes the Fire-and-Water Man! ”

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Maude M. Grant, Windmills and wooden shoes

“ Away we go,
Windmills go both fast and slow.
It takes two children to make a windmill in this Windmill Game. If Jan and Hilda and Kassie and Karl and Bram and Katrina all play, how many windmills do they make? ”

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Maude M. Grant, Windmills and wooden shoes

“ Hilda, Kassie, and Karl live in a red house. It is by the canal.
The children like to play there. They have a little flatboat. They sail around on the canal. Sometimes they sail under the little bridge by the meadow.
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SELLING THE MILK
“O mother,” said Katrina one day, “there goes Jan to town with the milk cart! May I go with him and Rink? Please let me go, mother?”
“Yes, Katrina,” said mother, “you may go, but you must take your knitting with you. You can knit as you walk along with Jan beside the milk cart, and when the milk is sold, you may ride home in the cart.” ”

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Maude M. Grant, Windmills and wooden shoes

“ Do they touch the sky,
The arms of the mill
As they go whirling by?”
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KATRINA’S BAKING
“Will you make me some rolls, Katrina?” asked Jan one day. “Bram and I are going out in the meadow. Mother said we could stay until it is time to bring the cows home.”
“But I have no meal,” said Katrina.
“I will go over to Mynheer Van’s windmill. I will bring you some meal,” said Jan. So Jan ran to the windmill and brought home the meal.
Katrina made him some rolls. She made him a cake too. She put little seeds in the cake. It was very good.
Then she got a pat of butter and a slice of cheese. ”

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