"Don't you think that I am old enough to have a foot-pusher now, Miss Eklund?"
Christmas was very near and the air was already full of secrets, so Miss Eklund smiled to herself and replied, "Perhaps you might ask the good father at home what he thinks about it."
I don't believe that you know what a "foot-pusher" or "kicker" is. I am sure I don't know why you should. Picture to yourself the framework of an ordinary sled with two wooden rods fastened at right angles to each runner. In the front part of this odd-looking object, Brita had strapped her skates to a low narrow seat. She stood on one runner, grasped these rods, and gave a quick little kick with the other foot, which hastened the sled along at a lively pace.
Läsningen av nedanstående stycke, gav mig en idé.
Det är åratal sedan jag dukade upp något julbord — nu talar jag inte om bord med mat på, utan de förr så vanliga vinterlandskapen, med vadd till snö, och borsyra som fick landskapet att gnistra. Det är ju hög tid att få innanfönstren på plats, så varför inte använda julsakerna, och göra som Sigrid.
I must not forget to tell you about the odd decoration of the nursery windows. After the fashion of all Swedish windows, they swung out from the middle like doors. When the cold winter months came, on went double windows. Though Sigrid was the healthiest child in the world, she never knew what it was like to open a window in winter and let the fresh, pure air blow in, for all around the inside of the frame were neatly pasted narrow strips of paper. You buy these strips at the store with mucilage on the back like a postage stamp. In the little narrow space between the two windows, Sigrid's mother had planted bright green mosses and gray lichens with tiny red cups. A little wooden house and several painted wooden men and women were placed in this miniature park, that kept green all winter. Sigrid liked her window better than any in the house, for all the others had only the mosses and coloured berries.
nu småler jag varje morgon när jag öppnar
ögonen och ser stugorna jag fick som barn


