"Once upon a time a Norwegian was visiting Copenhagen. The people he visited were eager to show him all the wonderful and beautiful things in the city. The Norwegians are very proud of their own country, you know, and they like to boast about it. When they came to the Round Tower, the Danish people said, 'I'm sure you haven't anything like the Round Tower in Norway.' The Norwegian looked at it a minute and then answered, 'No, but if we had, it would be bigger and rounder.'"
Greta laughed. "But it couldn't be rounder, could it, Anna?"
"No, of course not. If a thing is round, it's round; you can't make it more or less round."
When they came to the entrance of Christiansborg, the guard told them that dogs were not allowed inside the castle.
"What will we do with him, Greta?" asked Anna.
"He will have to wait here at the door for us," said Greta. Turning to the dog she spoke to him very sternly, "Chouse, you must be a good dog and stay right here until Anna and I come out."
Chouse barked twice, as if to say, "All right," and then he lay down on the floor beside the guard.
"There has been a castle on this spot for eight hundred years," said Anna, as they walked through the long hall.
"But this castle looks quite new."
"Oh, there have been three or four castles here. When one burned down, they built another one. This one is about forty years old. It was really built as a home for the King, but he has never lived here. He likes Amalienborg better."