Mari, Our Little Norwegian Cousin

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Wade Mary Hazelton Blanchard. Mari, Our Little Norwegian Cousin

Preface

CHAPTER I. THE FARM

CHAPTER II. VISITORS

CHAPTER III. THE CHRISTENING

CHAPTER IV. THE LOST PIN

CHAPTER V. THE BIRTHDAY

CHAPTER VI. The Wedding

CHAPTER VII. LEGENDS

CHAPTER VIII. THE LUMBER CAMP

CHAPTER IX. THE LAPPS

CHAPTER X. HOLIDAY FROLICS

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"Come, Mari, my little daughter, and you shall help me make the cakes," called her mother.

Mari stood in the middle of the big farm-yard with a flock of hens around her. She was scattering grain among them from a big bag on her arm; not a sound could be heard except once in a while the scratching of the hens' feet. They were too busy to notice each other or the big dog that sat on the door-step.

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Mari's people, however, never thought of its being uncomfortable. All Norwegian bedsteads are made in this way, so they became used to it as they grew up. But sometimes English travellers had stayed at the farmhouse all night when they had been overtaken by a storm. They would be sure to get up in the morning complaining. They would say:

"O yes, this country of Norway is very beautiful, but why don't you have beds long enough for people to sleep in with comfort."

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