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Windmills and wooden shoes

Chapter 31: BRAM’S LITTLE SISTER
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The narrative follows Dutch siblings Jan and Katrina and their friends as they carry out everyday life in a small Dutch community: chores like milking cows, churning butter, selling milk; play and games; visits to windmills and barges; cultural details such as wooden shoes, storks' nests, blue-and-white dishes, dikes and canals; seasonal events including sleigh rides, St. Nicholas and Christmas; songs and simple illustrated scenes intended for classroom use. Episodes are short and episodic, combining practical descriptions of customs and landscape with domestic scenes to familiarize young readers with Holland's rhythms and material culture.


BRAM’S LITTLE SISTER

Bram has a little sister. She is a dear little baby. She has round red cheeks. She has curly yellow hair. She has big blue eyes. Her name is Annetka.

Little Annetka has a cradle. It is made of carved wood. It is a very old cradle.

Little Annetka’s grandfather was rocked in that very same cradle when he was a baby. So you can see that it is very old.

Bram loves his little sister. He likes to rock her in the quaint, old cradle.

Sometimes he sings to her. He sings her the song his mother sings.

This is the one he likes best.