 Fire! Fire! Lysbet’s house is on fire and her cat, Stuyver, is inside! Ma and Pa are away and there is no one Lysbet can turn to. She must save the house and save Stuyver too—all by herself! This story is about a Dutch girl, named Lysbet, but it does not take place in Holland. It takes place in one of the American colonies at a time long, long ago—more than 300 hundred years ago, in the year 1662. At that time, there were many people from Holland living in a colony called New Amsterdam. Later, New Amsterdam became New York City. The people of New Amsterdam wore the same kinds of clothes and built the same kinds of houses they did in Holland. And they had the same holidays. One of the best holidays in New Amsterdam was First Skating Day. It was on this day that Lysbet had the great adventure you will read about in this book. |
