The Dutch Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
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have a pocket, so she held hers tight in her hand.
At the church door they met Grandfather and Grandmother. Grandfather looked very fine indeed, in his black clothes; and Grandmother was all dressed up in her best black dress, with a fresh white cap, and a shawl over her shoulders. She carried a large psalm book with golden clasps in one hand, and a scent bottle in the other. She had some peppermints too. Kit and Kat smelled them. They all went into the church together, and an old woman led them to their seats. Kit and Kat sat one each side of Grandmother. Grandfather and Father Vedder sat on the other side of the church with all the rest of the men. "You must sit very still and look straight before you," said Grandmother. Kit remembered the peppermints and sat up like a soldier. So did Kat. Pretty soon the schoolmaster came in and went up into the pulpit. He read a chapter from the Bible, and then the Dominic stood up in the pulpit and began to preach. He preached a long time. Kit and Kat tried very hard to sit still, just as Grandmother had said; but pretty soon their heads began to nod. Grandmother gave them each a peppermint. |
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