With a bound, Rink was off, and away they went over the smooth ice on the canal. They went by the brown windmill. They saw Hilda, Karl, and Kassie playing in the snow. Hilda, Karl, and Kassie shouted at them and waved their hands. Jan and Katrina waved back to their friends, and Rink ran on and on.
GRANDMOTHER’S STORY
It was night. Jan and Katrina and grandmother had had their supper. Katrina had helped grandmother wash the dishes. It was not time for bed.
“Let us sit down before the fire, Grandmother,” said Jan, “and you can tell us a story.”
“O yes, please, Grandmother,” cried little Katrina, and she ran to get grandmother’s big armchair with the red cushions.
Grandmother smiled and sat down in the chair. It had big, wide arms. Jan sat on one arm of the chair and Katrina sat on the other.
“What shall I tell you about?” asked grandmother.