. The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader . Dutch miller men like to wear gingham clothes i Then they all climbed up two tall laddersinside the windmill to the high platform. Oh! oh! It is a really truly Picture BookLand/ cried May. I knew it was/ Oom Jan, why are there so many windmills inHolland, and what do they all do? asked Molly. Well/* said Oom Jan. You see, our landis very low. Much of it is lower than the wateraround it, so windmills are used to pump thewater from the low canals up into the larger andhigher canals. We are building steam mills to THE WINDMILL 53. the platform
. The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader . Dutch miller men like to wear gingham clothes i Then they all climbed up two tall laddersinside the windmill to the high platform. Oh! oh! It is a really truly Picture BookLand/ cried May. I knew it was/ Oom Jan, why are there so many windmills inHolland, and what do they all do? asked Molly. Well/* said Oom Jan. You see, our landis very low. Much of it is lower than the wateraround it, so windmills are used to pump thewater from the low canals up into the larger andhigher canals. We are building steam mills to THE WINDMILL 53. the platform of the mill help do this work now. We build dikes alongthe sides of the canals to keep the water fromrunning back again over the low fields. Do all windmills pump water? asked May. Oh, no! That blue and brown one maKespaper. That big one over there is a square one makes oil from linseed, and Igrind wheat into flour in mine, you know. The wind does most of the work for you,VadtT, said Brtjr. Yes, the wind moves the great arms, and 54 THE SUNBONNET BABIES IN HOLLAND the arms move the machinery/ said Uncle America such work is done by water or steamor electricity, isnt it, you wise little girls? Oh, I suppose so! said Molly. But I likewind better. I think windmills are just lovely!They are so big and so strong, and you paintthem such beautiful colors. When the windblows I always want to say: O wind, a-blowing all day long,O wind, that sings so loud a song,Are you a beast of field and tree,Or just a stronger child than me?
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