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The Belgian Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
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they found the road still filled with the flying refugees, the
world had grown suddenly brighter to Jan and Marie. They had
found a friend and they were fed.

"Now, you come along home with your Granny," said the little old
woman as they reached the Antwerp road and turned northward, "for
I live in a little house by the river right on the way to
wherever you want to go!"


IX

OFF FOR ANTWERP

OFF FOR ANTWERP

For several days the children stayed with the little old woman in
her tiny cottage on the edge of the river. Each morning they
crossed the bridge and stationed themselves by the Antwerp road
to watch the swarm of sad-faced Belgians as they hurried through
Boom on their way to the frontier and to safety in Holland. Each
day they hoped that before the sun went down they should see
their mother among the hurrying multitudes, but each day brought
a fresh disappointment, and each night the little old woman
comforted them with fresh hope for the morrow.

"You see, my darlings," said she, "it may take a long time and
you may have to go a long way first, but I feel in my bones that
you will find her at last. And of course, if you do, every step
you take is a step toward her, no matter how far round you go."
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