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قراءة كتاب Little Erik of Sweden
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LITTLE ERIK
OF
SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM
LITTLE ERIK OF SWEDEN
BY
MADELINE BRANDEIS
Photographic Illustrations
GROSSET & DUNLAP
publishersnew york
by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company
copyright, 1938, by a. flanagan company
printed in the united states of america
Those who posed for the pictures in LITTLE ERIK OF SWEDEN:
| Carsten Grande, Jr. as Erik: | who not only looks like Erik but who plays the piano and sings just like the hero of this tale. |
| Grant Christianson as Nils: | who is a true Swede, proud of his Viking ancestry. |
| Helen Anderson as Greta: | A charming and beautiful newcomer to America—she left Sweden just a year ago! |
| Curtis Grande as Johan: | A Norwegian, and very proud of it! But Curtis was happy to be little Swedish Johan for the book. |
Hearty thanks go to all of you. And many thanks, too, to the photographer, Carsten Grande, Sr., who directed the posing, made the pictures, and added a large share to the attractiveness of this book.
CONTENTS
| Page | |
| Chapter I | |
| The Gnome | 9 |
| Chapter II | |
| The Ghost | 22 |
| Chapter III | |
| The Plan | 35 |
| Chapter IV | |
| The Christmas Celebration | 46 |
| Chapter V | |
| The Spring | 61 |
| Chapter VI | |
| The Capital | 78 |
| Chapter VII | |
| The Wedding Date | 95 |
| Chapter VIII | |
| The Trip | 110 |
| Chapter IX | |
| The Göta Canal | 126 |
| Chapter X | |
| The Return | 136 |
| Chapter XI | |
| The Rescue | 148 |
LITTLE ERIK OF SWEDEN
LITTLE ERIK OF SWEDEN
"As a child I sang with every step I took,
and with every jump my feet made."
—Jenny Lind.
CHAPTER I
THE GNOME
Erik sang as he skated across the lake. The lake glistened with chill, bluish crispness like steel.
It was as natural for Erik to sing as it was for most little boys to breathe. Sometimes it seemed that he had the throat of a bird.
Fierce and wild, a giant tall."
It was Greta who had taught Erik these fairy-tale songs. Greta made them up. She was the eighteen-year-old daughter of Fru Hansson, who owned Hanssonborg, the large estate where Erik lived. Erik was the son of a poor tenant farmer, but Greta had always treated him like her own little brother. They were often together, and Erik thought her as beautiful as any fairy-tale princess.
To his gloomy