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Kaatje is a warmhearted, lively ten-year-old girl whose impulsiveness and generosity often get her into difficulties—particularly with her twelve-year-old brother, Karel, who thinks all girls are as silly as geese. Karel is not at all surprised when Kaatje falls into the canal and has to be fished out by a strange boy.
But the same qualities that make trouble for Kaatje also gain wonderful new friends, Kaatje and Karel have an opportunity to take a trip on a cheese barge on the canal, visit the cheese market at Alkmaar, and have a thrilling time.
Sailing lessons, family picnics, the ice holiday, and many other high points make Kaatje's story a jolly one. The wonderful Christmas when Kaatje changes her brother's mind about the ability of girls is a fitting climax to another of Mrs. Seymour's delightful stories about children in other lands.
Kaatje is a warmhearted, lively ten-year-old girl whose impulsiveness and generosity often get her into difficulties—particularly with her twelve-year-old brother, Karel, who thinks all girls are as silly as geese. Karel is not at all surprised when Kaatje falls into the canal and has to be fished out by a strange boy.
But the same qualities that make trouble for Kaatje also gain wonderful new friends, Kaatje and Karel have an opportunity to take a trip on a cheese barge on the canal, visit the cheese market at Alkmaar, and have a thrilling time.
Sailing lessons, family picnics, the ice holiday, and many other high points make Kaatje's story a jolly one. The wonderful Christmas when Kaatje changes her brother's mind about the ability of girls is a fitting climax to another of Mrs. Seymour's delightful stories about children in other lands.
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Ten-year-old Kaatje yearns for her older brother Karel's approval, but he acts like the boss treating Kaatje as if she's careless and incompetent. Karel has all the adventures too, going on sailing trips and entering races with his sailboat. When Kaatje gets left behind on the way home from a school trip, she falls into a canal and gets fished out by a boy living on a canal barge. This leads to new friendships and exciting trips on the barge with his family.
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