THE BARGE
Bram’s father has a barge. Do you know what a barge is?
It is a big flat boat. The barge of Bram’s father is red and yellow.
It has big blue sails. It looks very pretty as it sails down the canals. Bram’s father often takes him out in the barge.
Sometimes Bram asks Jan and Katrina, Hilda, Kassie, and Karl to go with him.
When the flowers of the tulips and hyacinths have faded, the Dutch people dig up the bulbs from which grow the stems of the plants.
The Dutch people are very proud of their fine tulips.