Netherlands · the Dutch polder — canals, reeds, and a windmill
The heroes of this story.
Earnest in oversized klompen. Volunteers before being asked, draws the route in his head, and goes through. Name TBD.
Lands with a beak-clatter like castanets. Glides ahead — never carrying, always showing: land, wait, glide on.
Rarely seen, often heard. Holds a whole conversation in knock-talk — knock-knock means who is it? Design details ASK-RICARDO.
Reads the letter; finishes the lesson: "Small helpers deliver the biggest things."
The stork brings a letter for the miller across the polder, and the young kabouter volunteers to deliver it — canal, bridge, reeds, mill. At the locked mill he meets the unseen Klabautermann, and they hold a conversation in knock-talk until the miller is found and the good news read. The kabouter drew the route in his head and went through: small helpers deliver the biggest things.
Free coloring pages from this book · how-to-draw the friends · watch the episode on YouTube.
