The very next thing the Twins knew, it was morning, and there was
Vrouw Vedder calling to them.
"It's market day, and the sun is almost up. Come Kit and Kat, if
you want to go with Father," she said.
The Twins bounced out like two rubber balls. They ate some
breakfast and then ran to the boat.
Father was there before them. He helped them into the boat and
put them both on one seat, and told them to sit still. Then he
got in and took the pole and pushed off.
Vrouw Vedder stood on the canal bank to see them pass.
"Be good children; mind Father, and don't get lost," she called
after them.
Kit and Kat were very busy all the way to town, looking at the
things to be seen on each side of the canal.
It was so early in the morning that the grass was all shiny with
dew. Black and white cows were eating the rich green grass, and a
few laborers were already in the fields.
They passed little groups of farm buildings, their red-tiled
roofs shining in the morning sun; and the windmills threw long,
long shadows across the fields.
The blue blossoms of the flax nodded to them from the canal bank;
and once, they saw a stork fly over a mossy green roof, to her
nest on the chimney, with a frog in her mouth.
They went under bridges and by little canals that opened into the
main canal. They passed so close to some of the houses that Kit
and Kat could see the white curtains blowing in the windows, and
the pots of red geraniums standing on the sill.
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