A LAPLAND HOME.

89. A Lapland Home.

Does this: family live in a warm land or in a.

cold one?
picture ?

Which has the warmest coat, the deer, the dog
or the little boy peeping through the door?

Can you prove your answer by the

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yellow people. Your sister, who is holding a

dipper, has dark hair, but yours is soft and light.
Let us glance into the hut. What is in this

bundle that hangs from the roof? It is a ham-

mock made of the warm skin of a deer, and in
it swings a pretty baby girl with eyes as bright
and cheeks as soft as your. own.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Lapland Home.

Isn’t this a warm hut? See the thick sods
upon it. Do you think that rain can leak
through the roof? See how the sods are placed.
What holds them up ?

Why is the hut so dark? -Can you see any
chimney ?

Come out, little boy, where we can see you.
What large round eyes-you have, and what a tiny
flat nose! Your eyes are as straight as ours, but
your face tells us that you are one of the little

Should you like to know where these people
live?

Their home is in the north of Europe, near the
Arctic shore. They are called Lapps and they
live in Lapland. Can you find Lapland on the
map, page 109?

Ah! here is a snowstorm. Now we know why
the Lapps wear boots with high tops bound
tightly round their legs. Come! Let us hurry
into the hut.