Identifier: sunbonnetbabiesi00grov2 (find matches)
Title: The sunbonnet babies in Holland; a second reader
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Grover, Eulalie Osgood, 1873-
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Publisher: Chicago, New York (etc.) Rand, McNally & Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ypiece of money into a cup which an old womanheld. It was very small pay, for the littlepiece of money was not worth one half of anAmerican cent. But the old woman lookedhappy as she jingled the money in her cup. Come on, everybody, and play this Kermisgame! shouted a jolly Dutch boy. Now the jolly Dutch boys name was Fritz,and there were lots of other jolly boys and girlsplaying with Fritz. All right, said Hans. But what is thegame? Will one of the Sunbonnet Babies let metie this handkerchief over her eyes? asked Fritz.Then you will see what the game is. Oh, I will! said May. And I will! said Molly. But Fritz tied the handkerchief over Mayseyes, perhaps because she answered him first. Before covering her eyes, Fritz showed Maya basket of flowers hanging about ten feet away.He gave her a stick and turned her round and KERMIS WEEK 79 round three times. Then he said, Now hitthe basket of flowers,—if you can. Oh, that will be easy! said May. She took her steps very slowly, ten of them,
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Now hit the basket of flowers then she raised her stick and struck hard atthe flower basket,—but it was not there. How the children laughed and shouted! May pulled the handkerchief quickly offfrom her eyes, and then she laughed, too. She had walked straight away from theflowers and had struck into the air at nothing. 80 THE SUN BON NET BABIES IN HOLLAND

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