. The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader . In Tante Annas parlor But Baby Minas bed is the dearest of is a little box fastened inside of her fathersand mothers bed, just above the foot. It hasthe softest fluffy white pillows on it you ever saw. Oom Jan is making a bed just like it for ourdolls, so they can sleep every night right at thefoot of our bed. Wont that be jolly? The cupboard in which Oom Jan and TanteAnna and Baby Mina sleep is in the kitchen. A Dutch kitchen is always the nicest roomin the house, and sometimes it is the only room. A LETTER TO THE OVERALL BOYS 47. We
. The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader . In Tante Annas parlor But Baby Minas bed is the dearest of is a little box fastened inside of her fathersand mothers bed, just above the foot. It hasthe softest fluffy white pillows on it you ever saw. Oom Jan is making a bed just like it for ourdolls, so they can sleep every night right at thefoot of our bed. Wont that be jolly? The cupboard in which Oom Jan and TanteAnna and Baby Mina sleep is in the kitchen. A Dutch kitchen is always the nicest roomin the house, and sometimes it is the only room. A LETTER TO THE OVERALL BOYS 47. We look so fat and funny Xante Annas kitchen never has a speck ofdust in it. The stone floor is scrubbed every day,and the brass kettles are as bright as have such fun looking at ourselves in them—we look so fat and funny. A long-handled brass warming pan hangsby the fireplace. Tante Anna will fill it withhot coals and warm our bed with it when thenights are cold. But she is proudest of her hand-some linen chest. She has enough linen andlovely lace caps in it to last as long as she lives. 48 THE SUNBONNET BABIES IN HOLLAND Dutch women use their parlors only for veryfine company or a funeral or a wedding, so ourkitchen is a dining room and a sitting room anda bedroom, all in one. There are many more queer things we shouldlike to tell you about, but Betje wants us tojump rope with her. We do not see how shecan ever jump in her big wooden shoes, butshe says she can. Hans and Betje and Mina send love to here is a great deal of love fromYour two Sunbonnet cousins, MOLL
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