TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| In the Land of Windmills and Wooden Shoes | [7] |
| Holland | [9] |
| The Dutch People | [10] |
| The Windmills | [12] |
| Jan and Katrina | [14] |
| The Wooden Shoes | [15] |
| The Dutch Father | [17] |
| The Dutch Mother | [19] |
| The Blue Dishes | [21] |
| Jan’s Work | [23] |
| Katrina’s Work | [24] |
| Katrina’s Ducks | [25] |
| Katrina’s Baking | [27] |
| Katrina’s Mother | [29] |
| Jan’s Dog, Rink | [32] |
| The Little Dutch Friends | [35] |
| Selling the Milk | [36] |
| Hilda’s Visit | [38] |
| The Dutch Beds | [41] |
| The Dutch Grandmother’s House | [43] |
| The Cuckoo Clock | [46] |
| Grandmother’s Dutch Stove | [49] |
| Visiting at Grandmother’s | [50] |
| Jan and Katrina on the Dike | [52] |
| Jan’s Birthday | [55] |
| Little Wooden Shoes | [58] |
| The Dutch Gardens | [61] |
| The Barge | [64] |
| Bram’s Little Sister | [68] |
| The Lullaby Song | [70] |
| Little Rikka | [71] |
| Rikka’s Wonder-Ball | [73] |
| The Fire and Water Man | [77] |
| The Windmill Game | [79] |
| The Story in Jan’s Book | [82] |
| A Sleigh Ride on the Canal | [86] |
| Grandmother’s Story of St. Nicholas | [90] |
| Christmas in Holland | [97] |
| Christmas Morning with Jan and Katrina | [99] |
| Bram’s Rabbits | [102] |
| The Market | [106] |
| Winter | [109] |
| Kind-hearted Jan | [110] |
The Dutch Children
M. M. GRANT
M. M. GRANT
1. Oh, the children of Holland wear wooden shoes,[A]
With a klip, klop, klip, klop, klip, klop!
They can run, jump and walk just as fast as they choose,
With a klip, klop, klip, klop, klip, klop!
2. To the windmill they go for the meal and the flour,
With a klip, klop, klip, klop, klip, klop!
In the fields they tend great flocks of geese by the hour,
With a klip, klop, klip, klop, klip, klop!
3. Oh, I think ’twould be quite hard to walk, don’t you?
With a klip, klop, klip, klop, klip, klop!
Oh, I really don’t see how the Dutch children do,
When they walk with a klip, klip, klop!
(Used by permission of F. A. Owen Publishing Company.)]
[A] The children may beat time with their hands on the desks as they sing “Klip, klop.”