Kit and Kat saw a boat that the Captain's family lived in. It was
like a floating house.

The Twins thought it must be grand to live on a boat like that,
just going about from town to town, seeing new sights every day.

"We should never have to go to school at all," said Kit.

They wished their own boat were big enough to move about in; but
Father told them they must sit very, very still all the time.

There were houses on each side of the canal, in the town, and
people were clattering along over the pavement in their wooden
shoes.

The market-place was an open square in the middle of the town. It
had little booths and stalls all about it. The farmers brought
their fresh vegetables and flowers, or whatever they had to sell,
into these stalls, and then sat there waiting for customers.

Kit and Kat helped their father to unload the boat. Then they sat
down on a box, and Father gave them each some bread and cheese to
eat; for they were hungry again. They put the cheese between
slices of bread and took bites, while they looked about.

Soon there were a good many people in the square. Most of them
were women with market baskets on their arms. They went to the
different stalls to see what they would buy for dinner.