"What nice sweet pretzels!" said Anna as she nibbled at one of the cakes.
"Mother bought them of a peasant girl who came on board at that funny place where the banks were so high we couldn't see the town," explained Sigrid.
"Did you bring your doll with you?" asked Anna, who still mourned the lost Isabella.
"Oh, yes!" said Sigrid, "and a whole trunk of clothes. Wait a moment and I will get her."
She returned with a pretty yellow box on which red and blue flowers were painted. Grandmother had a large chest at home exactly like this toy.
"Oh! you have a peasant doll. How I wish I had one like that! Mother bought Isabella for me in Paris," said Anna.
During the next two days of the trip, the little girls were often together.
"What a giant stairway! I don't see how the steamer can go up to the top," Sigrid exclaimed, the next morning. They had reached the town of Berg, and as she looked at the canal before her, she saw seventeen locks, which mounted to the sky.
