THE DUTCH FATHER

 Katrina and Jan get up very early in the morning. Their father and mother get up early too.

Their father goes out in his fishing boat. He is gone all day. At sunset, he comes home.

Katrina and Jan run to meet him. Sometimes they run on the high dike¹. They tell their father all that has happened during the day.

They are very happy together.

1 dike   

n.堤，沟；v.开沟排水

参考例句：

• They dug a dike along walls of the school.他们沿校墙挖沟。
• Fortunately,the flood did not break the dike.还好，这场大水没有把堤坝冲坏。