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One cold afternoon in winter, Jan's mother said, "You may hitch Rink to / the big sled, Jan, and you and Katrina may ride away down the canal to / grandmother's house. Grandmother knows you are coming."
"You are to stay all night. Father and I are going to the festival in / the city."
"Oh, good, good!" cried Jan, and he ran out to tell Katrina.
Katrina was very happy, for she liked nothing better than to go to / grandmother's house.
She clapped her hands. "I will get ready at once," she cried. "What a / good time we will have with grandmother!"
Jan hitched Rink to the big red sled. Rink seemed to know he was going / to grandmother's, for he barked and wagged his tail for joy.
Then Jan and Katrina got ready for their long ride on the canal. Jan / put on three coats and a warm muffler. He wore two caps on his head. / Katrina put on two coats and a shawl, and wore two hoods.
Their mother tucked them up warmly on the big sled. She gave them a / basket full of goodies to take to grandmother. She stood in the door of / their little blue house and waved her hand. "Good-by, my little ones, / good-by," she called, "grandmother will be watching for you."
With a bound, Rink was off, and away they went over the smooth ice on / the canal. They went by the brown windmill. They saw Hilda, Karl, and / Kassie playing in the snow. Hilda, Karl, and Kassie shouted at them and / waved their hands. Jan and Katrina waved back to their friends, and / Rink ran on and on.