When the day came for Greta and Anna to leave for Copenhagen, the whole family went to the train with them.
Hans gave Chouse a goodbye pat on the head. "Take good care of my little sister, Chouse," he said.
"And you take good care of the kittens, Hans," warned Greta.
Soon all the goodbyes were said and the two girls were on the train.
"I wish we could get seats by the window," said Greta. They walked up and down the aisle, which was on one side of the train, but there wasn't a single empty seat beside a window. Each car was divided into a dozen sections, like little rooms, with two long seats facing each other. There was space for four people on each seat, or eight people in each section. The girls sat down in a section where there were only three people. At the very next station, two of them got off, and then there was a vacant seat beside the window. Greta and Anna decided to take turns at sitting there.
"What time will it be when we reach Copenhagen, Anna?"
"After seven o'clock. You see we have to cross the peninsula of Jutland and then the island of Zealand before we come to Copenhagen."
"I have never seen a really large city before, Anna."
"You will love Copenhagen, Greta. It has such beautiful parks and shops and castles and, oh, everything!"
"Oh, look, Anna, here we are at Lemvig already. Do you know the story about Lemvig?"