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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Mitz and Fritz of Germany - -Author: Madeline Brandeis - -Release Date: August 29, 2012 [EBook #40608] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MITZ AND FRITZ OF GERMANY *** - - - - -Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Matthias Grammel and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - MITZ AND FRITZ - OF GERMANY - - - - [Illustration: RHEINSTEIN CASTLE PERCHED HIGH ON THE - WOODED BANKS OF THE RHINE] - - - - MITZ _and_ FRITZ - _of_ GERMANY - - BY - MADELINE BRANDEIS - - [Illustration] - - _Photographic Illustrations_ - - [Illustration] - - GROSSET & DUNLAP - PUBLISHERS NEW YORK - _by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company_ - - - - COPYRIGHT, 1933, BY A. FLANAGAN COMPANY - - PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - - - - LOVINGLY DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEAR FATHER WHO - WAS GERMAN-TRAINED AND GERMAN-SCHOOLED, BUT SO DIFFERENT - IN UNDERSTANDING FROM THE FATHER OF MITZ AND FRITZ - - [Signature: Madeline Brandeis] - - - - THE PICTURES IN THIS BOOK - - were taken in Germany! That is, the pictures of cities and - churches and parks were taken there. But Mitz and Fritz and - Mr. and Mrs. Toymaker were not. - - These characters are played by my good actor friends. You - have seen them all on the screen. But never before did you - see: - - Mitzi Green as Mitzi Toymaker - Jackie Searle as Fritz Toymaker - Herta Reinach as Mrs. Toymaker - James Guilfoyle as Mr. Toymaker - - Those are the parts they play in this book. - - And then, a musician friend helped me, too. What more - could one ask than to have as the music master such a - great violinist as Alexander Zukovsky? - - I am grateful to all these kind people. - - [Signature: Madeline Brandeis] - - Oh, dear! I almost forgot to be grateful to my dog friend, - Koopsak, who posed as Frankfurter! - - Some of the photographs in this book are used through the - courtesy of the German Tourist Information Office, N. Y., - and the Hamburg American Line. - - - - -CONTENTS - - - PAGE - - Chapter I - - "Foolish Fritz" 9 - - Chapter II - - The Toymakers 22 - - Chapter III - - Goodbye to Nuremberg 33 - - Chapter IV - - Bayreuth and a Plan 39 - - Chapter V - - Along the Road Chapter 49 - - Chapter VI - - Mainz and a Beggar 55 - - Chapter VII - - Down the Rhine and Troubles 61 - - Chapter VIII - - Bonn and Beethoven 75 - - Chapter IX - - Mitzi in Hamelin 82 - - Chapter X - - Ströbeck and Disgrace 91 - - Chapter XI - - Eisenach and Bach 101 - - Chapter XII - - A Castle and the Poet City 108 - - Chapter XIII - - The Leipzig Fair 117 - - Chapter XIV - - The Concert 124 - - Chapter XV - - Fritz and His Violin 134 - - Chapter XVI - - The Pied Piper 141 - - Chapter XVII - - The Music Master 146 - - Chapter XVIII - - Berlin and Happiness 154 - - Pronouncing Vocabulary 159 - - - - -LIST of ILLUSTRATIONS - - - PAGE - - RHEINSTEIN CASTLE PERCHED HIGH ON THE WOODED - BANKS OF THE RHINE 2 - - Handwritten signature: Madeline Brandeis 5 - - Handwritten signature: Madeline Brandeis 6 - - LITTLE MITZ AND FRITZ OF GERMANY 8 - - FRITZ 11 - - "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" 12 - - GAVE A PIECE OF MEAT TO FRANK 14 - - MITZI SMILED AT THE PRETTY MUSIC 15 - - MITZI 17 - - HER EYES POPPED 20 - - HIS EYES WERE FULL OF TEARS 23 - - MR. TOYMAKER 25 - - EATING PICKLES 27 - - A TOY SHOP IN NUREMBERG 28 - - MRS. TOYMAKER 30 - - CHURCH OF OUR LADY--NUREMBERG 32 - - A HOUSE IN NUREMBERG 37 - - HOME OF RICHARD WAGNER--BAYREUTH 40 - - CHILDREN PLAYING AT THE FESTIVAL 41 - - THE SCHUHPLATTLER, A NATIVE FOLK DANCE - OF THE BAVARIAN MOUNTAINS 42 - - MARKET PLACE--BAYREUTH 44 - - GROUP OF HIKERS ON THE MARCH 50 - - AN OLD CASTLE MADE INTO AN INN FOR HIKERS 51 - - KASSEL; OLD STREET IN THE "GRIMM QUARTER" 53 - - SABABURG CASTLE IN THE GERMAN FAIRY TALE - FOREST NEAR KASSEL IS THE PALACE OF SLEEPING - BEAUTY AND BLUEBEARD FAME 54 - - MAINZ 56 - - THE GENERAL 57 - - CATHEDRAL AT MAINZ 59 - - STOLZENFELS CASTLE ON THE RHINE 62 - - THE MOUSE TOWER OF BINGEN ON THE RHINE 64 - - THE ROCK OF THE LORELEI 66 - - THE JUNCTION OF THE RHINE AND MOSELLE RIVERS - IN COBLENZ 68 - - "SEE, FATHER!" 71 - - "FRITZ HAS STOLEN THE MONEY!" 72 - - "THEY MUST OBEY!" 73 - - BONN 76 - - "DO NOT LOOK SO SAD" 77 - - BIRTHPLACE OF BEETHOVEN--BONN 79 - - THE RAT-CATCHER'S HOUSE--HAMELIN 83 - - PIPED UPON HER SAUSAGE 84 - - BEGAN TO EAT HER PIPE 86 - - "WAKE UP, YOU SILLY" 88 - - ONLY FRITZ, FRANK, AND MOTHER 89 - - A BAVARIAN MOUNTAIN VILLAGE 92 - - CHILDREN CARRY CHESSBOARDS TO SCHOOL 94 - - CHILDREN PLAYING CHESS 95 - - MITZ LOOKED CROOKED 97 - - "YOU NAUGHTY LITTLE GIRL" 99 - - EISENACH 102 - - "LET ME TRY IT ON" 103 - - THE HOME OF BACH IN EISENACH 105 - - WARTBURG CASTLE 109 - - STATUE OF GOETHE IN LEIPZIG 111 - - STATUE OF MENDELSSOHN IN LEIPZIG 113 - - A CHURCH IN LEIPZIG 116 - - LEIPZIG 119 - - LEIPZIG 121 - - THE PARK IN LEIPZIG 125 - - MITZI WAS HAPPY 126 - - FRITZ PLAYED 130 - - STOOD ON HER HEAD 132 - - "GIVE ME THE VIOLIN" 137 - - "PLEASE, FATHER" 139 - - "YOU MUST LEARN TO HELP OTHERS" 140 - - SAT UPON THE STEPS OF THEIR WAGON 143 - - "HERE IS YOUR SON!" 147 - - "HE STANDS LIKE THIS" 150 - - THE BRANDENBURG GATE IN BERLIN 155 - - UNTER DEN LINDEN IN BERLIN 156 - - THEY WERE GOING TO LIKE BERLIN 158 - - - - -[Illustration: LITTLE MITZ AND FRITZ OF GERMANY] - - - - -Mitz and Fritz of Germany - - - - -CHAPTER I - -"FOOLISH FRITZ" - - -Toys! Toys! Toys! All over the room--toys! - -It was a big, comfortable room with a work bench in it, and shelves and -a table full of paints and pots of glue. - -On the window seat in a corner sat a girl, a boy, and a dog. - -The girl wore a stiff white apron. Her cheeks were rosy and plump. She -had a saucy look. Her big blue eyes were fixed upon the pages of a book. -She was reading to the boy. The boy wore a green blouse smeared with -paint. He was busily carving a wooden elephant. The dog was brown and -very long. He lay asleep beside the children with his nose on the girl's -lap. - -These are Mitz, Fritz, and Frank. Now you have met them. And this is -their father's workshop--the workshop of a German toy maker in Nuremberg -(N[=u]´r[)e]m-bûrg), city of toys. - -Mitz was really Mitzi. Fritz was really Frederic. Frank, the dog, was -really Frankfurter. But the former names were their nicknames. - -"So! It is finished at last," said the boy who was Fritz. - -He put the wooden elephant on the window sill. He stretched his arms. He -was younger than his sister, and his cheeks were not so red nor was his -face so saucy. He had the look of one who dreams--a happy look. - -Mitzi cocked her head on one side and examined the elephant. - -"It is not so bad," she said. Then she added, "For you!" - -[Illustration: FRITZ] - -Fritz smiled. His face seemed made for smiling. - -"Now, please," he said, "read some more, Mitz." - -"Good. I will," answered Mitzi. "But you must carve while I read. Father -will scold if he comes home and finds you idle." - -Fritz began to carve a doll and Mitzi began to read. She read about -Richard Wagner (Väg´n[~e]r), who was one of the greatest musicians -that ever lived. - -But suddenly she stopped reading and screamed, "Fritz! Fritz! What are -you doing?" - -[Illustration: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"] - -Fritz looked down at his work and, behold, he had almost cut off the -head of a doll he was carving! The poor head was hanging by a splinter. - -"Shame, shame! I cannot read to you if you do such things," said Mitzi. -She started to close the book. - -"No, please!" begged Fritz. "I promise I will not do it again. I was -thinking only of Richard Wagner. I was not looking at the doll." - -"Good, then," said Mitzi, "I shall read more if you will not dream -again." - -But before she began to read, she got up and went to a big cupboard. -From the big cupboard she helped herself to a lovely, thick slice of -German brown bread. Then she took out a long knife and a long sausage, -which looked very much like the long dog, Frank. She cut the sausage and -put pieces of it on the bread and ate it. - -"Will you have some?" she asked Fritz. - -But her mouth was so full of bread and sausage that her words sounded -like "Will-awamwam?" - -Fritz shook his head. He was trying hard to stick the doll's head back -into place. Mitzi seated herself on the window sill. She gave a piece -of meat to Frank, who gobbled it up and promptly fell asleep again. Then -she began to read. - -[Illustration: GAVE A PIECE OF MEAT TO FRANK] - -"'One day,'" she read, "'when Richard Wagner was a little boy, he was -watching some acrobats in the market square. A band was playing and -Richard listened joyfully. They were playing a selection which he -liked. It was "The Huntsman's Chorus." Little Richard--' Fritz!" - -Again Mitzi screamed and put down the book in horror. The poor wooden -doll had fallen to the floor. The head had rolled off. But Fritz had not -noticed it at all. Fritz was reaching for a violin, which lay on a chair -beside him. He was beginning to play the violin. - -[Illustration: MITZI SMILED AT THE PRETTY MUSIC] - -"This," he said, "is 'The Huntsman's Chorus.' It is what Richard Wagner -heard that day and loved." - -Mitzi listened. She smiled at the pretty music that Fritz made. She -could not help smiling. - -Often Fritz was very stupid. Often he made her very angry with his -clumsy, dreamy ways and the mistakes he made. His playmates called him -"Foolish Fritz." He was forever losing things and forgetting things and -dropping things, making Mother sigh and Father storm. - -But his music! A different thing! Mitzi thought it was the sweetest -music in all the world. Even Mother, who had taught him all she knew, -thought it beautiful. But Father? Ah, Father hated it. Fritz must never -play when Father was around. Father was very severe, and he did not love -music. - -[Illustration: MITZI] - -To the strains of "The Huntsman's Chorus" Mitzi nodded her head in time -as she chewed on her bread and sausage. Frank awoke and gazed wonderingly -at the boy with the violin. Frank was a dachshund (däks´h[)oo]nt)--a -"badger dog," in English. At one time, Frank's kind of dog was used to -hunt badgers. Maybe that is why Frank seemed interested in "The -Huntsman's Chorus." - -Dachshunds are close to the ground, with tiny, crooked legs, and bodies -that look like frankfurter sausages. Indeed, that is why Frank's real -name was Frankfurter. All at once, the little dog's body bristled. He -pricked up his long ears and let out a terrific bark. - -Fritz stopped playing. Mitzi stopped eating. They looked up and saw what -Frank had seen. The wooden elephant had disappeared from the window -sill. Outside they heard a child crying. - -"Give me my toy! I want my toy!" cried the child outside. - -Fritz climbed upon his knees and looked out. He saw a large boy trying -to take the wooden elephant away from a small boy. The younger child was -crying and pulling at the toy. - -"I want it! It's mine! I took it off the window!" he screamed. - -But the big boy pushed so hard that the little one fell down on the -sidewalk. - -"It's mine," said the bully. "And don't you try to get it away again or -I'll push you harder!" - -Before Mitzi knew what had happened her brother had darted out of the -house. Now he was standing before the big boy. - -"Give that elephant to me," said Fritz. "It is mine, and you stole it." - -"It's mine now," said the boy. - -He smiled at Fritz's angry face and soiled workman's blouse. He stood a -head taller than Fritz. - -"If you want it you'll have to take it away from me," he added. He -started to turn away. - -Fritz jumped upon him and with both fists beat him. Fritz pounded and -hit. The big boy tried to strike back, but Fritz's arms were moving like -a windmill. - -Mitzi stared out of the window. On her open mouth hung neglected crumbs -of bread. Her eyes popped. Never had she seen her "Foolish Fritz" act -like this before. He had always been so very gentle and smiling. - -[Illustration: HER EYES POPPED] - -Frank barked. The child who had been knocked down howled. It was quite a -scene. But finally Fritz ended it all by giving the big boy one mighty -push. The bully fell down with a heavy thud upon the sidewalk. - -Fritz snatched the wooden elephant out of the older boy's hand. He was -about to go into his house when there came a terrible scream from the -little boy. - -"Mine! My toy! Ow!" he screamed. - -Fritz stopped. He looked at the child, who was very ragged and dirty and -poor. The youngster's little shoes were torn. - -"Here. Take it," said Fritz, handing the elephant to the youngster. "Go -home, now," he added, "before that great clumsy one snatches it away -from you again." - -The delighted tot ran home. The bully limped away in the opposite -direction. Fritz rubbed his cheek where the fellow had struck him. Then -he started to go into the house. - -But as he turned, he almost ran into a great burly figure, which had -planted itself in his way. It was his father! - - - - -CHAPTER II - -THE TOYMAKERS - - -Mitzi sat upon a high stool in the kitchen, nibbling a radish. Her -mother was cooking. In the workshop was Fritz being scolded by his -father. - -Mitzi could hear the rumbling voice of the toy maker saying, "How often -must I tell you to keep your hands off that violin in working hours? If -you had not been fiddling today, this never would have happened!" - -There was a moment's silence, and then Mitzi again heard the angry -voice: "See! I take the violin away and I hide it! Now you cannot play -it ever again!" - -Mitzi jumped down from her stool. She nearly stepped upon Frank, who -leaped into the air with his ears waving. She burst into the workshop. - -[Illustration: HIS EYES WERE FULL OF TEARS] - -"Father!" she cried. "Wait, please!" - -The toy maker was holding the violin in his hands, and there were tears -in Fritz's eyes. - -"I asked you to stay out of here, Mitzi," said the toy maker. - -"Oh, but, Father," said the little girl, "do not take the violin away. -Let me have it. I'll keep it. I'll never again allow him to play it -while he is working." - -But still the toy maker held the violin. - -Now he turned once more to Fritz and boomed, "Do you think one makes -toys to be given away to every beggar on the streets? Each time I go -out, something happens. Toys are ruined or given away or stolen! And all -the time you must fiddle, fiddle, fiddle!" - -"Yes, yes, Father, you are right," agreed clever Mitzi. "Fritz is a -stupid little donkey! But now it is Mitz who will keep the violin. You -can trust me, Father. Come! Let me have the violin." - -She reached up her chubby hands, and slowly a smile spread over the toy -maker's red face. The toy maker had a bristly mustache that made him -look like a fierce walrus. But under all his fierceness he loved his -children. - -[Illustration: MR. TOYMAKER] - -"Very well," he said. "Mitzi shall keep the violin. But," he shook his -finger at Fritz, "if ever I find you playing upon it again when you -should be working, I shall sell it!" - -At these words, Fritz looked as if the toy maker had struck him. The -violin had been sent to Fritz by his mother's brother in Mittenwald, a -town of violin makers. It was the little boy's dearest possession. - -When their father had left the room, Fritz said, "Oh, Mitz, you are so -good!" - -Mitzi decided that she was hungry again, so she began digging about in -the cupboard. - -She said, "You are a stupid little donkey! And I am not good to you. I -am not!" - -"Oh, Mitz!" said her brother. - -"No, I am never good to you," said Mitzi. She had found a big pickle and -was beginning to gnaw at it. "And never, never will I give you the -violin. Never!" - -"Oh, Mitz!" said Fritz again. - -"Never!" repeated Mitzi. Then she added with a smile, "Unless there is -no work to be done!" - -Fritz laughed. - -"Come! Eat a pickle," said Mitzi. - -They sat together, very happy, eating pickles. Ever since Mitzi had been -a small child, she had been up to tricks and full of fun. And always, -always had she been hungry! - -That night when the children were in bed the toy maker and his wife -talked late into the night. The toy maker was worried. He was not -selling his toys. Soon there would not be money enough in the house with -which to buy food. He was telling his wife that they were very poor. - -[Illustration: EATING PICKLES] - -"I am tired of this life, anyway," said the toy maker. "I want to go -away from Nuremberg. Here people buy only modern toys that are made by -machines. In big towns people do not like the old-fashioned handmade -toys." - -[Illustration: A TOY SHOP IN NUREMBERG] - -"Where would we go?" asked his wife. - -The toy maker replied, "We can wander from place to place. When towns -are having fairs, all the country people come to buy. We can go from one -fair to the other, selling our toys in the market squares." - -"But how would we travel?" asked Mrs. Toymaker. - -"Ah!" Her husband raised his finger mysteriously. "I have a secret." - -Now, for a long time Mr. Toymaker had been thinking of a wandering life. -He was clever with his hands and had been making a wagon, which he -planned to use as a home for his family and himself on their wanderings. -He told his wife about it now. - -"We shall travel through Germany like gypsies," he said. "There is a -saying that if you cut a gypsy in ten pieces you have not killed him. -You have only made ten gypsies. Theirs is a healthful life." - -Mrs. Toymaker thought the plan a good one. She usually agreed with her -husband. In fact, there was only one question over which the toy maker -and his wife really disagreed. That was the question of Fritz and his -violin. Mrs. Toymaker thought it beautiful for people to make music. Mr. -Toymaker did not. He thought it a waste of time. - -[Illustration: MRS. TOYMAKER] - -He said, "One cannot touch tunes nor eat them nor play with them as one -can with toys. No, Fritz shall make good, solid toys as I do, not -silly, flimsy tunes, which nobody will pay to hear." - -But still Mrs. Toymaker did not agree. She believed that sometimes -people will pay for things, even if they cannot touch them. It was Mrs. -Toymaker who had given Mitz and Fritz their books about German -musicians. - -It was Mrs. Toymaker who had said, "In our Germany some of the world's -greatest composers of music were born. Many of them played cleverly when -they were little boys. Perhaps--who knows?--my Fritz may grow to be a -great musician." - -But she did not say this to the stubborn toy maker. - -[Illustration: CHURCH OF OUR LADY--NUREMBERG] - - - - -CHAPTER III - -GOODBYE TO NUREMBERG - - -The day before the toy maker and his family were to start on their -journey, Mitz and Fritz went to the market place. They walked through -the quaint old streets of Nuremberg where they had lived all their -lives. Frank, the dog, followed at their heels. - -They stood looking up at an ancient clock on an ancient church. Under -the face of the clock sat the figure of Emperor Charles the Fifth. - -When the clock struck twelve, a little door at the side opened. A row of -toy knights came marching out, followed by seven electors. Each figure -bowed stiffly to the Emperor as it sailed past. Then it disappeared -into a door at the opposite side of the clock. - -Every day this performance took place. Every day Nuremberg children -gathered below to watch it. Fritz sighed when it was over. - -"That is the last time we shall see it," he said. - -"We shall see other things," said Mitzi. "We are going to--to--oh, to -every place that we have read about!" - -"We shall see the homes of great musicians," said Fritz, whose face was -now beaming. - -The Germans like to remember their great men. Even the school children -are often taken by their teachers on trips to the towns where poets and -painters and musicians lived. It is no wonder, then, that Mitz and Fritz -were happy and excited about what the next day was to bring. - -As they turned to leave the market place, Mitzi suddenly caught sight of -some people across the street. They were walking very slowly and gazing -about with the air of seeing things for the first time. - -"Stay here and hold Frank," said Mitzi to her brother. "I am going over -to see those strangers. I am going to ask to guide them through the -church." - -She crossed the street and approached the people. She felt certain that -they must be Americans or English, for she had watched many like them. -She decided to show how well she could speak English. - -"Gute day," said Mitzi. - -"Why, hello, little Gretchen!" said a jolly-looking man. - -"I be Mitzi," said the little girl, with a short bow. "I will show you -to the church." - -The people laughed. - -The jolly man said, "You wish to show us to the church? Very well. I -think the church will be pleased to see us." - -Mitzi took the travelers through the church. She talked a great deal, -and sometimes they could not understand what she said. Nevertheless when -they came out they gave her some coins. Mitzi put the coins in her -pocket and bowed again. - -"Danke (dän´k[~e]). Danke," she said; which means "Thanks. Thanks." - -The man said, "You are a good guide, and the church seemed very glad to -meet us." - -"Yes, ma'am," said Mitzi. - -She was trying to use all the English words she knew. Then she -remembered a sentence which an English boy had once taught her. He had -been a very naughty boy. He had told her that it was a most polite and -respectful thing to say. - -So the little German girl lifted her round face to the stranger, smiled -sweetly, and said, "You--are--a--silly--goose!" - -Mitzi could not understand why there was a roar of laughter from her new -friends. She turned and ran across the street to where Fritz and Frank -were awaiting her. - -[Illustration: A HOUSE IN NUREMBERG] - -"Come. We are going home to lunch now," she said to her brother. - -She pulled the coins out of her pocket and showed them to Fritz. Then -she pulled something else out of her pocket and began to eat. It was a -bit of sausage. - -They passed funny houses with pictures painted on them, and old shops -full of wonderful toys and ornaments and gingerbread. They passed toy -shops and sausage stands. There are a thousand different kinds of -sausages in Germany. - -Germany is the children's gingerbread country. Think of all the childish -delights that have come out of Germany: Christmas trees, cuckoo clocks, -Hansel and Gretel, Grimms' Fairy Tales, and the Pied Piper! - -And toys! When a toy is marked "made in Germany," we know that it is -very fine, because Germany is the toy center of the world. - -In Switzerland you would climb the Alps and eat cheese. In Ireland you -would kiss the Blarney Stone and eat stew. In Italy you would see the -art galleries and eat spaghetti. In China you would visit the Great Wall -and eat rice. But in Germany, especially if you are a child, you would -go to the toy shops and eat gingerbread. - - - - -CHAPTER IV - -BAYREUTH AND A PLAN - - -Did you ever dream of becoming so great that a whole town would exist in -your memory? That is what happened in the case of Richard Wagner, the -little boy who stood in a market square and listened to "The Huntsman's -Chorus." - -Mitz and Fritz and their parents arrived in Bayreuth (B[=i]´roit´) in -time for the Wagner festival. People had come from all over the world to -hear the great Wagner operas. They are performed in a beautiful theater -built especially for that purpose. - -During the festival, the whole town talks and thinks and remembers -Richard Wagner. In every shop window are pictures of the composer. Even -a newspaper is published which prints only matters concerning -Richard Wagner. - -[Illustration: HOME OF RICHARD WAGNER--BAYREUTH] - -Mitz and Fritz left their wagon home and began to wander through the -woodland town. Fritz was so happy and excited that one would have -thought it his own festival. He had read and heard much about Bayreuth. - -[Illustration: CHILDREN PLAYING AT THE FESTIVAL] - -Mitzi, too, was impressed. But this did not stop her from nibbling at a -bar of chocolate and smearing her round face. - -"What do all the blue and white banners mean?" asked Fritz. - -"They are the colors of Bavaria," said Mitzi. - -Just as we have our states, so has Germany hers. In each part of the -country the people are different from those of other parts. - -In the United States the southern people are different from the western -cowboy. In Great Britain the Scotch are different from the Welsh. In -Switzerland the Italian-Swiss are different from the French-Swiss. - -[Illustration: THE SCHUHPLATTLER, A NATIVE FOLK DANCE OF THE BAVARIAN -MOUNTAINS] - -In Germany the Bavarian is a jolly farmer The German who lives by the -Rhine is fun-loving and cheerful. But the Prussian is strict and very -serious. - -Mr. Toymaker was a Prussian. So is the former Kaiser, who ruled Germany -before the World War. Now the ex-Kaiser is living quietly in Holland, -and Germany is a republic like our country. - -But let us go back to Mitz and Fritz. It seems that I cannot resist -telling you a few things about their country as we go along. However, I -am sure Mitz and Fritz would not object to that. For all Germans want to -learn, even while they play. - -Mr. Toymaker tried to sell his toys in the crowded market place of -Bayreuth. But he was not very successful. People were thinking only of -the glorious music they had come to hear. - -Visitors wandered about the town. They stood beside the grave of Wagner -in the garden of his home. In this grave the musician is buried with his -faithful dog. - -[Illustration: MARKET PLACE--BAYREUTH] - -It is here that we find Mitz and Fritz and Mrs. Toymaker. Frank lay at -their feet. - -"Father is so disappointed," said Mrs. Toymaker. "He has sold so few -toys." - -"Perhaps in the next town he will sell more," said Fritz. Then he took -his mother's hand. "Please," he added wistfully, "tell us something -about Richard Wagner." - -Mrs. Toymaker was much like Fritz and not very much like Mr. Toymaker. -Somehow she forgot her worries about not selling toys when she -thought of Wagner. So she smiled and told the children this story: - -"When Richard was about fourteen he went to school in Dresden. But he -soon became very homesick for his family, who were living in Prague -(Präk). He had no money, so he and a schoolmate decided to walk to -Prague. - -"It was a long distance, and the boys grew very weary and hungry. At -last Richard made up his mind to hail the first coach and to beg for -money. The other boy was timid and hid in the bushes. - -"Richard stood in the center of the road as a coach came along. He held -up his hand and the coach stopped. But the poor boy's knees were -shaking, and he could hardly speak." - -Mitzi interrupted her mother. "Why not?" she asked. "I would have -spoken. I would have said, 'Give me money. I am hungry.'" - -"Yes," laughed Mrs. Toymaker. "I have no doubt of that. For you are -always hungry and you can always talk! But, you see, Richard was -different." - -"A bit foolish, like Fritz," said Mitzi knowingly. - -The mother paid no attention to this remark but went on with her story: -"The people in the coach were kind and threw money to Richard. He and -his friend had a good dinner and finally reached Prague. But they say -that he never forgot this experience." - -A light began to shine in Mitzi's eyes as her mother finished the tale. -An idea had been born in her busy little head. That evening after supper -she took Fritz by the hand. - -"Come," she whispered. "I have something to tell you--something very -exciting." She led him away from their wagon, out upon the moonlit road. -"Fritz," she said, "I have thought of a way to help Father. I thought -of it after Mother told that story about Richard Wagner. Now, if Richard -had been a boy musician like you, he might have played for people and--" - -"Do you mean that he might have played on his trip to Prague?" asked -Fritz. - -"Yes," said Mitzi. "In every town. The people would have thrown him so -much money that he could have bought all the bread and sausage and--" - -Fritz laughed at Mitzi's wide eyes. - -"Well, but what has that to do with our helping Father?" he asked. - -"Don't you see?" she replied. "You shall play on the streets, and people -will throw coins. Then, even if Father cannot sell toys, we shall still -have money with which to buy food." - -"Oh, Mitz!" said Fritz. - -"Oh, whist!" cried Mitzi impatiently. "I am going to make you do it! -You'll see how easy it will be." - -"But Father will not let me do it," said Fritz. "He does not like my -fiddling. He would punish me." - -"We won't tell him," said Mitzi. "He only forbade you to play when he -puts you to work. Other times, it is not wrong for you to do it. So, -when Father is selling toys in the next market place, we'll run off. You -shall play your violin, and pretty soon crowds of people will gather -and--" - -"Oh, Mi--" began Fritz. - -"Oh, fiddlesticks!" snapped Mitzi. She took him firmly by the arm. -"Come," she said. "It is all settled. It is a fine plan. So now let us -find something to eat and then go to bed." - - - - -CHAPTER V - -ALONG THE ROAD - - -Mr. Toymaker heard of a fair to be held in Mainz (M[=i]nts). So he -decided to go there at once, although it was some distance from -Bayreuth. - -On the journey the children were kept busy. Fritz had to help his father -with many things. Mitzi had to help her mother. They found no time to -try their plan. But they did not forget it. - -[Illustration: GROUP OF HIKERS ON THE MARCH] - -Along the road they saw much of interest. They passed small hotels for -young travelers hiking about the country. In different lands there are -different sports. Spain has her bullfights. England has her cricket. -Switzerland's high mountains are popular for snow and ice sports. -The United States plays baseball. But Germany hikes. - -[Illustration: AN OLD CASTLE MADE INTO AN INN FOR HIKERS] - -All over the land, in the summer time and even in winter, one meets -groups of walkers. Children walk with teachers. Older children walk -alone. As they walk they sing. They admire their country and learn. They -stop overnight in these little youth inns--hotels made especially for -boys and girls. - -"Some day I am going with a group," said Mitzi. "I am going on hiking -trips." - -"Not until you are a bachfisch (bäk´fish)," said Fritz. - -In Germany a young girl is called a "bachfisch," which means "baked -fish." - -But not so long ago in Germany girls did not hike and swim and play -tennis. But now it is different. Girls are interested in everything, -just as they are in America. - -The Toymaker family journeyed through Hanau (Hä´nou), home of the Grimm -brothers. The children spoke of these two devoted men, who had always -worked together. Some of their stories have become famous, as, for -instance, "Hansel and Gretel" and "Tom Thumb." - -The family moved on toward Frankfurt. - -The five Rothschild brothers had lived in Frankfurt. They had become the -richest men in Europe and were called "The Five Frankfurters." Mrs. -Toymaker remembered that the great poet, Goethe, had been born there. - -[Illustration: KASSEL; OLD STREET IN THE "GRIMM QUARTER"] - -[Illustration: SABABURG CASTLE IN THE GERMAN FAIRY TALE FOREST NEAR -KASSEL IS THE PALACE OF SLEEPING BEAUTY AND BLUEBEARD FAME] - -Mitzi hoped to eat her fill of sausages. Frankfurt is supposed to be the -home of the "hot dog." But she had more important hopes than eating "hot -dogs." She was going to carry out her plan for Fritz's concert when they -reached Mainz. - - - - -CHAPTER VI - -MAINZ AND A BEGGAR - - -"Come quickly, Fritz. Now, we can slip away!" said Mitzi. - -They were in the market place of Mainz. Their father was sitting at a -booth under a striped umbrella. He was selling a few toys, and he looked -more cheerful than usual. - -Mitzi led her brother down the street. - -"Quickly, come! We shall stand here before this big church," she said. - -They had stopped in front of a beautiful old cathedral. Near by stood -the statue of a man holding a sheet of paper in his hands. - -"That is the statue of Gutenberg (G[=oo]´t[)e]n-b[)e]rk), the inventor -of printing," said Mitzi. - -Fritz could not help thinking, just then, of all the great men who have -come out of Germany. There was this Gutenberg, born here in Mainz. There -was Professor Einstein ([=I]n´st[=i]n), the famous scientist, born in -Ulm. There was-- - -[Illustration: MAINZ] - -"Fritz! Fritz!" His sister was stamping her foot and screaming until she -was almost purple in the face. "Will you listen?" she cried. "What are -you thinking of? Come now! Stop dreaming and play your violin!" - -[Illustration: THE GENERAL] - -Fritz had to laugh at her stern round face and her sharp command. - -He saluted and said, "Yes, yes, General! I obey." - -Then he took up his violin and began to play. Several people stopped to -listen. They smiled but passed on. Mitzi stood on one foot and then on -the other. Frank lay at her feet, wondering why they did not go on to -explore this strange new city. Fritz played and Mitz stood, and only a -few people seemed to notice them. Among these was a gentleman who put -his hand into his pocket. - -"Catch!" he said to Mitzi, as he threw her a coin. - -After some time, Fritz grew tired and Mitzi discouraged. - -"Let us go and buy sausage with this coin," said Mitzi. - -She was not altogether pleased with the way things had worked out. But, -anyway, she wanted to surprise her father with the small bit they had -been able to make. - -They turned to leave, when all at once they heard a whining sound behind -them. They looked around. Sitting upon the church steps was a beggar. He -wore ragged clothes and was a very old man. He held out his hand to Mitz -and Fritz. - -He said, "I am a beggar and I am hungry. Will you give me your coin?" - -He looked miserable. Mitzi felt sorry for him. But still she thought of -her father's pleasure if she should return home with sausages. - -She thought how she would say to her father, "It was Fritz's music that -did it." - -[Illustration: CATHEDRAL AT MAINZ] - -But Fritz was tugging at her sleeve. - -"Give it to him," said the boy. "See! He is very old." - -Mitzi put her hand into the pocket of her little apron and pulled out -the precious coin. She looked at it lovingly, then she threw it to the -old man. - -"Come along, Fritz," she said. - -The children turned away and left a happy beggar behind. - - - - -CHAPTER VII - -DOWN THE RHINE AND TROUBLES - - -Mr. Toymaker felt almost jolly. He counted the money he had made and -chuckled. - -"At last our luck has changed," he said. "I have really sold some toys. -Now, let us go on. Let us wander down the Rhine and stop at friendly -fairs along the way." - -Mitzi was not so pleased with her day. - -"Still we shall not give up," she said to Fritz. "At the next large town -you must give another concert. Only we shall take care this time that -there are no beggars about!" - -The family left Mainz and started along the shore of the most famous -river in all the world. England has her river Thames (T[)e]mz). France -is proud of the Seine (S[=a]n). Italy loves the Tiber. Russia sings of -the Volga. In Austria it is the Danube. But the River Rhine is dear to -Germany. - -[Illustration: STOLZENFELS CASTLE ON THE RHINE] - -Castles on every hill have ancient legends. The Toymaker family gazed -upon beautiful, vine-covered hillsides and villages where people live by -the making of wine. The Rhine land is a wine land. Some of the best -wines in the world come from here. - -Mitz and Fritz thought of the stories of Siegfried (S[=e]g´fr[=e]d), -that great hero of Wagner's operas, "Siegfried" and "The Twilight of the -Gods." In the Rhine land Siegfried was born. - -They thought of Charlemagne (Shär´l[+e]-m[=a]n), that mighty conqueror, -who lies sleeping in this land. They thought of dragons, of buried -treasure, of brave heroes, of secret caves. The Rhine country is full of -such thoughts. - -Then they came to Bingen (B[)i]n[=g]´[)e]n). - -"The Mouse Tower!" cried Mitzi. - -"Tell us the story, please, Mother!" said Fritz. - -The children had heard this tale many times. But never before had they -heard it told while they were looking at the old tower. It stood in the -center of the river. - -[Illustration: THE MOUSE TOWER OF BINGEN ON THE RHINE] - -"Long ago," began Mrs. Toymaker, "there lived a cruel bishop. When the -poor people were starving, he bought all the grain in the land. He locked -it up in his barn. The hungry villagers came to steal the grain. While -they were in the barn, the bishop set fire to it. - -"He said, 'These people deserve to die. They are like mice stealing from -a granary.' - -"But soon he was punished for his wickedness. One day thousands of mice -broke into his tower and ate him up. That is why this is called the -Mouse Tower." - -Said Fritz, "He deserved to be eaten!" - -Said Mitz, "I wonder how a bishop would taste to a rat." - -"Mitz! Mitz!" laughed Mrs. Toymaker. "What strange ideas you have!" - -Yet Mrs. Toymaker could hardly guess what strange things Mitzi was -really going to do. Even Fritz did not know. Indeed, Mitzi herself was -unaware of all that lay before her. - -The Toymakers traveled along the Rhine. - -They passed the beautiful rock of the Lorelei and Mrs. Toymaker -told Mitz and Fritz the famous legend of the beautiful maiden who sat -upon the rock combing her golden hair. She sang and called to passing -ships, and her voice was so beautiful that fishermen and sailors tried -to reach the rock but they were always dashed to pieces on the reefs at -the foot of the cliffs. - -[Illustration: THE ROCK OF THE LORELEI] - -Mitz and Fritz loved this story. - -The Toymakers stopped at one or two small towns. But Mr. Toymaker sold -no toys. Again he grew worried. They passed happy people bathing in the -river. Gay bath-houses dot the shores. Bathers bake themselves in the -sun and rest beside the river. - -"There is never any rest for me," sighed poor Mr. Toymaker. - -"Perhaps, when we reach Coblenz (k[=o]´bl[)e]nts), you will sell more -toys," said his wife. - -"When we reach Coblenz," murmured Mitzi to Fritz, "you are to give -another concert." - -When they arrived in Coblenz, Mitzi said, "Come along, now, Fritz. This -is our chance." - -A short time later, Mr. Toymaker looked about and could not find Fritz -and Mitzi. - -"Where are the children?" he asked. "They are always running off." - -"They have gone to the town," answered Mrs. Toymaker. - -"I did not tell them they could go," said Mr. Toymaker. "What are they -up to? They should stay and help me with my work." - -[Illustration: THE JUNCTION OF THE RHINE AND MOSELLE RIVERS IN COBLENZ] - -"But they finished their work," said Mrs. Toymaker. - -Mr. Toymaker grunted. He would surely have grunted more angrily had he -seen what his children were doing at that moment. Fritz was standing in -a far corner of the market square, playing his violin. Mitzi was -standing by his side. - -Coblenz is a city of manufacturing and similar industries. The fortress -across the river was occupied by American soldiers after the World War. -Sometimes in a quiet city people are not much hurried. Therefore they -give heed to pleasant sounds. Coblenz has been a quiet city since the -soldiers left. - -Mitzi eagerly watched the passers-by. She smiled as Fritz played. The -little dog Frank wagged his tail happily. Then he fell asleep on the -sidewalk. - -Soon a large number of people gathered. They stood listening. - -One said to another, "The boy plays well. He is a real musician." - -Several coins were thrown. - -"I am right!" thought Mitzi. Her heart pounded with delight. "People -will pay to hear my Fritz's music. They will!" - -When the day was almost done, Fritz stopped playing. Mitzi showed him -the money they had made. - -"See," she said. "Enough coins to make even Father smile! Come. Let us -give them to Father. How pleased he will be!" - -"Now, perhaps, he will like my playing," said Fritz. - -They hurried toward their wagon, where they found Mr. Toymaker very much -annoyed. - -"Why did you run away and not tell me where you were going?" he -demanded. - -Mitzi held out the money. - -"See, Father," she said. "See what Fritz's music has brought!" - -Mr. Toymaker looked at the coins in Mitzi's hand. Then he looked at the -happy face of the little girl. And then he turned to Fritz, who was -smiling at him. - -"You are a very naughty boy!" he said. - -The smile left Fritz's face. Mitzi caught her father's arm. - -"But, Father," she said. "You don't understand. Fritz did nothing wrong. -He only played his violin when he had finished the work you gave him. -He played in the town, and people threw coins because they liked his -music." - -[Illustration: "SEE, FATHER!"] - -"What?" cried Mr. Toymaker. "Do you tell me that people paid to hear a -boy scratching upon a fiddle? It is not true! Fritz has stolen this -money!" - -[Illustration: "FRITZ HAS STOLEN THE MONEY!"] - -"Father!" gasped Fritz. - -His face had gone white. Mitzi's eyes became two round bowls. - -"Oh, Father, no!" she cried. "Fritz would never steal, and neither would -I!" - -"Do not say another word," commanded Mr. Toymaker. "You cannot make me -believe this story. A boy's fiddling cannot bring, in one day, more -money than I can make in a week selling toys. No, you have stolen. And I -will not have it." - -[Illustration: "THEY MUST OBEY!"] - -Mrs. Toymaker tried to make him believe Mitz and Fritz. But Mr. Toymaker -was very stubborn. - -"They are naughty children," he said to his wife. "Mitzi is always doing -things she should not do. It was she who put the boy up to it. They must -be made to obey! Tonight they shall go to bed without any supper." - -Fritz cried himself to sleep that night. Mitzi tried to comfort him. To -be accused of stealing! That was worse than having to go to bed without -supper. - -"We'll show Father, Fritz," Mitzi said bravely. "You'll see." - -Still her heart was heavy. - -"He will never believe me," said Fritz. "If only he would let me play -for him! And now he thinks that I am a thief!" - -Poor, honest little Fritz! - - - - -CHAPTER VIII - -BONN AND BEETHOVEN - - -"Please, Fritz, do not look so sad," pleaded Mitzi. - -They had arrived near the town of Bonn (B[+o]n) on the Rhine. In the -distance they could see the buildings of a large university. - -Fritz had not smiled since their terrible experience in Coblenz. Now, -however, Mitzi hoped to cheer him. - -"See, Fritz," she said. "We are in the town of Beethoven -(B[=a]´t[=o]-v[)e]n)." - -At the sound of this name Fritz's eyes brightened. Beethoven was one of -the greatest musicians that ever lived. - -"I have asked Father to let us wander through the streets," said Mitzi. -"We may even go to the house where Beethoven was born. -Come, Fritz." - -[Illustration: BONN] - -[Illustration: "DO NOT LOOK SO SAD"] - -The boy and girl started off together for the pretty little village. - -Later, Mr. and Mrs. Toymaker set off for the market place to sell their -wares. - -"I do wish you would listen to Fritz's playing," said Mrs. Toymaker, as -they walked along. "He has been so unhappy since that day you scolded -him. Perhaps, after all, our son may be a real musician." - -"Say no more about that," growled Mr. Toymaker. "I'll have no idle -musicians in my family. Look at all the starving tune makers in the -world! They cannot even support themselves. No! Music is foolish!" - -"But," said Mrs. Toymaker, "you forget that Beethoven--" - -"He was different!" snapped Mr. Toymaker. "We cannot all be geniuses!" - -So what could poor Mrs. Toymaker say? Often the good lady had wondered -why it was that her husband wanted Fritz to make toys. Surely the making -of toys had not proved a happy trade for Mr. Toymaker! But it was very -difficult to argue with him, so his wife did not try. - -The children visited Beethoven's house. It is now a museum. In it are -such relics as the musician's letters, his piano, and even his ear -trumpets. For Beethoven became deaf. Imagine such a thing as a deaf -composer! Yet this wonderful man composed some of his most beautiful -music even after he could not hear. - -[Illustration: BIRTHPLACE OF BEETHOVEN--BONN] - -"I have read many things about Beethoven," said Fritz to Mitzi. "But the -part I like to read about is when he was a boy." - -Then Fritz told his sister some of the things he had read: "One night -when Ludwig was asleep, his father came home and woke him up. He stood -at this very gate and called, 'Up, up, Ludwig, and play!' His father -kept him at the piano all night long. Next day Ludwig was so tired that -he could not keep awake at school." - -"Why did his father do that?" asked Mitzi indignantly. - -"Because," answered Fritz, "he wanted Ludwig to be a great pianist and -give concerts." - -There is a statue of Beethoven in the main square of Bonn. In Germany a -statue is called a "denkmal," which means a "think over." As Mitz and -Fritz looked upon this "think over," they thought over many things. - -"It seems strange," sighed Mitzi, "that Ludwig's father forced him to -play, while your father forbids you to." - -Fritz laughed. - -"You silly!" he said. "I am not Ludwig van Beethoven." - -Mitzi began to look like a fierce young lion. She really could look -that way sometimes. - -"No," she said, "but you are Fritz! And you can play the violin more -beautifully than any other boy in the world." - -"Oh, Mitz, what are you saying?" laughed her brother. - -But Mitzi was firm. - -"One day we shall see," she said. - -Mr. Toymaker sold enough toys that day to buy dinner. Next day the -family started off again along the Rhine. - -Then, after many long days of traveling, the Toymakers at last reached -the town of Hamelin. This is the scene of the Pied Piper tale. It is -where something remarkable is supposed to have happened to children -years and years ago. Hamelin is also the place where something really -did happen to Mitzi. - - - - -CHAPTER IX - -MITZI IN HAMELIN - - -Mitz was not Mitz today. She was the Pied Piper of Hamelin! She had -started off for a walk through the town. With her was Frank, the long -dog, and an equally long sausage. She had asked her mother's permission -to go. - -Mrs. Toymaker had said, "Yes, you may go. But be sure to come home -early." - -Fritz stayed with his father, helping him to paint some toys and to -repair others. They were getting ready for a fair in Hanover, a city not -far away. - -So Mitzi wandered off alone--Mitz, Frank, and the sausage! They passed -through an old gateway into Hamelin. What a storybook town it was! -Every crooked house, every narrow street reminded Mitzi of the Pied -Piper legend. - -[Illustration: THE RAT-CATCHER'S HOUSE--HAMELIN] - -She could almost see the funny, tall man playing on his pipes. She could -imagine the rats scampering after him. She could hear the voices of the -children as they followed his music. For, when the Piper had charmed the -terrible rats out of Hamelin, the people refused to pay him what they -had promised. So the tall stranger piped the children away, in order to -punish the ungrateful villagers. - -Robert Browning has written a poem about it. - -Hamelin is a quiet little town. Mitzi came upon an old fountain named -after the rat catcher. She saw an inn called the Rat Jug. Altogether it -was too magical and story-like to be true. So Mitzi became the Pied -Piper. - -[Illustration: PIPED UPON HER SAUSAGE] - -She began to lift her feet up high. She straightened out her plump -little shoulders. Then she raised the sausage to her lips. But she did -not eat it. The sausage became her pipe. Marching along with Frank at -her heels, she piped upon her sausage and lived the old story. A few -people looked at her and smiled. - -Through a narrow lane she went. It was the same lane through which the -Piper had led the children. Even today it is unlawful to play a pipe in -this lane. But Mitzi's pipe could only be heard by Mitzi herself. She -followed the pathway out of town and upon a country road. - -The lines of the poem came to her mind: - - "And to Koppelberg Hill his steps addressed, - And after him the children pressed." - -She led her make-believe children up the mountain side--a long line of -children, but really, only a long dog! They reached a cave in the -hillside. The sun beat down upon them and the little dog's tongue swept -the ground. This was not strange, since Frank was so close to the -ground, anyway. - -[Illustration: BEGAN TO EAT HER PIPE] - -Mitzi sat down upon a rock and began to eat her pipe. She was still in a -land of other things. She could still see the mass of children flocking -after the sweet music. She could hear their laughter as they tumbled -into the cave. - -And then it happened! Real music! It was coming closer. A tall figure -appeared over the hill. - - "His queer long coat from heel to head - Was half of yellow and half of red, - And he himself was tall and thin, - With sharp blue eyes, each like a pin." - -He stood before Mitzi and stopped playing on his pipe. - -He said, "Why are you not in the cave, Mitzi? Go into the cave with the -other children." - -"I must go home to Mother and Father and Fritz," said Mitzi. "It grows -late. See! The sun is sinking." - -Indeed, it had become darker, and there was a chill in the air. - -"Go into the cave, Mitzi," repeated the tall stranger quietly. - -Then he began to play the sweetest music that Mitzi had ever heard. He -walked into the cave, prancing as he walked. Mitzi got up. She wanted to -run home, but she could not. She could only follow the Piper into the -cave. - -Now, at the toy maker's wagon the family began to worry. It was almost -dark, and Mitzi had not come home. - -"I will go and find her," said Fritz. - -Mrs. Toymaker decided to go along with Fritz. - -[Illustration: "WAKE UP, YOU SILLY"] - -Meanwhile, Mitzi was inside the cave. There she sat with many wide-eyed -children. She wanted to go home. But the Piper was playing and making -her happy. She felt all snuggly and contented. - -Suddenly she thought of Fritz. Oh, she must go! She and Fritz had much -to do. She could not stay here any longer. In the morning they were -going to leave Hamelin. If she did not return to the wagon, they would -go on without her. - -[Illustration: ONLY FRITZ, FRANK, AND MOTHER] - -"Let me out! Let me out!" cried Mitzi. "I must go to Fritz. Let me out!" - -The Piper tried to hold her. She struggled. She kicked. She screamed. - -"Stop! Stop! You are hurting me," said the Piper. - -"I mean to hurt you!" she cried. "I want to go. I want Fritz." - -"Then wake up, you silly," said the Piper. "For I am Fritz!" - -She stopped kicking and looked. Yes, the Piper had the face of Fritz. He -was Fritz! She rubbed her eyes. How could Fritz be a Pied Piper? Where -did he get the cloak? She rubbed her eyes again. This time, when she -looked, the Piper was not there any more, but only Fritz and her mother, -laughing at her. - -"Come home, you little sleepyhead," said Mrs. Toymaker, putting her arm -about her little daughter. - -On the way home Mitzi could not speak. And when Mitzi could not speak, -there was something quite wrong or strange or exciting. This time it was -something exciting. For her dream had given her a wonderful idea. - - - - -CHAPTER X - -STRÖBECK AND DISGRACE - - -The family were wandering through the Harz (Härts) Mountains. Mitz and -Fritz had never before seen so many trees nor heard such lovely bird -songs. Mrs. Toymaker told them about the famous canary birds raised in -the Harz Mountains. - -"They are considered the finest singers in the world," she said. - -The children loved to pass through tiny villages and see the quaint -costumes of the peasants. In large cities the people do not wear -costumes. But in mountain hamlets they often wear the dress of their -ancestors. - -Mitzi was much interested in costumes just now. For Mitzi was making -one. She had decided to dress her brother as the Pied Piper. She was -collecting every bit of red and yellow goods she could find. She was -sewing, sewing, sewing as they drove along. Some of her red scraps were -pink, it must be admitted. Some of her yellow scraps were white. But -this did not bother Mitzi. - -[Illustration: A BAVARIAN MOUNTAIN VILLAGE] - -She was making a Pied Piper cloak for Fritz. She picked up bits of cloth -along the way and washed them carefully. She begged and obtained all -the rags her mother had. At the tiny windows of their wagon hung yellow -curtains. Mitzi longed to use them for her precious cloak. - -But when she asked for them, Mrs. Toymaker said, "If you will not tell -me what you are doing, surely I cannot let you have them." - -But Mitzi would not tell. It was to be a secret between Fritz and -herself. When they reached the next large town, Fritz was to put on the -cloak. He was to play his violin dressed as the Pied Piper. Mitzi -planned to bring Mr. Toymaker to the scene of the concert. She hoped to -show him at last that Fritz's music could please people and make them -throw money. - -Mr. Toymaker was silent and sad. He wondered what would happen to them -all if his business did not improve. A gypsy life was not very pleasant, -after all. A cosy home was better for a German family. - -[Illustration: CHILDREN CARRY CHESSBOARDS TO SCHOOL] - -In September there was to be an important fair in the city of Leipzig -(L[=i]p´s[)i]k). Mr. Toymaker determined to be there. But until then -they would be obliged to wander. - -One day they approached the town of Ströbeck. - -"Ah," said Mr. Toymaker, "we are in time for the great chess festival. -People who are interested in chess come to this festival from far and -near. Let us stop." - -[Illustration: CHILDREN PLAYING CHESS] - -Mitzi, who was busily sewing, looked up. - -"What is chess?" she asked. "Is it like cheese? Is it good to eat?" - -Mrs. Toymaker laughed, "No, no, little hungry one! It is a game played -on a board like checkers. This town is the only one in the world where -children learn chess in school." - -"In school?" asked Fritz. - -"Yes," said Mrs. Toymaker. "During certain months each child goes -to school with his chessboard. Children learn the old game just as you -learn arithmetic." - -"I think I would like that better than arithmetic," said Fritz. - -"But it is a difficult game," said Mrs. Toymaker. - -They made their camp near the peaceful town of Ströbeck. They noticed -some peasant girls tending geese in a field. - -"See, Mother," said Mitzi. "They play chess while they watch the geese." - -"During the World War," said Mrs. Toymaker, "the Ströbeck money was -printed with colored chessboards and chessmen upon it." - -Later, the family made their way to the public square. The children -enjoyed the parade of strangely dressed people. There were kings, -queens, bishops and knights marching along. They represented the -chessmen with which the game is played. The whole town was in a very -gay mood. - -Mr. Toymaker sold enough toys to cheer him somewhat. After supper they -sat outside their wagon, and Mrs. Toymaker told them all she knew about -this strange place. - -"Chess is an ancient game," she said. "Ströbeck has been playing it for -many years. Children begin to learn it when they are still babies. There -once lived a boy of seven who became a champion. He even beat the -village schoolmaster." - -Fritz liked to hear these stories. He listened eagerly. But Mitz had -only one thought these days. That thought was the costume for Fritz. - -[Illustration: MITZ LOOKED CROOKED] - -She had her eye upon the yellow curtains of the wagon. How fine they -would be for her purpose! The family traveled further, and all the time -Mitzi sewed. Slowly the costume grew, but too slowly for Mitzi. - -One day when Mrs. Toymaker returned from the market place, she thought -surely her eyes were playing her tricks. The windows of their wagon -looked crooked. Then out came Mitzi. And what had happened to Mitzi? She -looked crooked, too! - -"Mitz, what have you done to the curtains?" asked Mrs. Toymaker. - -Before Mitzi could reply, Mrs. Toymaker understood why Mitzi looked -crooked. Her little red skirt was hanging in a strange, uneven way. Mrs. -Toymaker inspected the curtains. - -"Mitzi!" she said sternly. "You have cut pieces off the top of the -curtains and tried to sew them together again." - -Mitzi said nothing, but her face was flushed. - -[Illustration: "YOU NAUGHTY LITTLE GIRL"] - -"Oh, Mitz!" continued Mrs. Toymaker. "You have cut pieces off your red -skirt and tried to sew it together, too. Now it is hanging all wrong. -You naughty little girl!" - -Fritz was out gathering wood for the fire. Mitzi had worked alone and -quickly. - -"I do not know what you are up to, Mitzi," said her mother. "But you -must be punished for this." - -So for three days Mitzi was made to stay in the wagon alone. She could -not go with the family to market. She had to eat her meals alone. She -had to eat black bread and drink water like a prisoner. This was very -hard for sausage-loving Mitz. She was in disgrace. - -However, she bore her punishment like a man. She knew that she had done -wrong. She helped her mother to arrange the curtains and to fix her -skirt. She said nothing. But all the time she knew that soon the -brightly colored little cloak would be finished. - - - - -CHAPTER XI - -EISENACH AND BACH - - -"Our great chance will come in Leipzig," said Mitzi. - -She was sitting on the steps of their wagon, sewing. Fritz sat beside -her. He held an open book in his hands. - -The Toymakers had made their camp outside of Eisenach ([=I]´z[)e]n-äk). -Mr. and Mrs. Toymaker had gone to town, leaving Mitz and Fritz with the -wagon. Mitzi wanted to finish that costume before they arrived in -Leipzig. Fritz was reading about Johann Sebastian Bach (Bäk), who was -born in Eisenach. - -"Bach came from a family of musicians," read Fritz. "The name 'Bach' -means 'brook.' Beethoven once said, 'He is not a brook but an -ocean!'" - -[Illustration: EISENACH] - -"Come," interrupted Mitzi. "Try on the cloak. I am afraid I have made it -too large." - -[Illustration: "LET ME TRY IT ON"] - -"No," said Fritz, as he tried it on. "It fits me perfectly. How pretty -it is, and how clever is my Mitz!" - -Mitzi waggled her head proudly. - -She said, "Many people will be in Leipzig for the fair. When you give -your concert, I'll fetch Father and bring him to where you are playing. -Oh, how surprised and pleased he'll be!" - -Fritz smiled. Then he went on reading from his book while Mitzi sewed. - -"'When Bach was a boy,'" read Fritz, "'his father died and he lived with -his brother Christoph. One day Christoph brought home a book full of -beautiful music. The little boy longed to play it. But Christoph was -jealous of Sebastian's talent. He refused to let him have the music book -and locked it up. - -"'Poor Sebastian wanted very much to play that music. So every night he -got up and stole downstairs into the music room. He pulled the book out -from between the bars of the bookcase. He sat in the light of the moon -and copied the notes. - -"'At last, after many weeks, he had copied the whole volume. He went to -sleep with his work under his pillow. He was very happy. But next day a -terrible thing occurred. While Sebastian was playing the music on the -harpsichord, his brother Christoph came in. When Christoph saw what the -boy had done, he took away Sebastian's precious copy book.'" - -[Illustration: THE HOME OF BACH IN EISENACH] - -"And what happened then?" asked Mitzi. - -She was interested in this poor little fellow who had longed so -much for music. She was very angry with the brother. - -Fritz read on: "'Sebastian fell ill. He was so unhappy that he could not -eat. Then, one day he discovered that he could play the beautiful music -without notes. It was all written in his heart!'" - -"Ah," said Mitzi. "That is good!" - -"'But just as he was playing it,'" continued Fritz, "'in came his -brother Christoph again--'" - -"The goose!" sniffed Mitzi. - -"'Christoph stood in the doorway listening,'" read Fritz. "'At first he -was ready to stop the playing. But at last it dawned upon him that his -little brother was truly a great artist.'" - -"So he stopped being jealous?" asked Mitzi. - -"Yes," said Fritz. He closed the book and sighed, adding, "It must have -been terrible for Sebastian when his brother took away the music he -loved." - -Mitzi sighed, too. Then she jumped up quickly, frightening Fritz so that -he fell off the steps. - -"But now I am hungry," said Mitzi. "Let us go and get some cheese!" - - - - -CHAPTER XII - -A CASTLE AND THE POET CITY - - -As the Toymaker family drove away from Eisenach, they passed below the -Wartburg (Värt´b[)oo]rk) Castle. Mrs. Toymaker asked her husband to -stop. She wanted the children to see this historic place. The castle -stands high on a crag. - -As they walked toward it, Mrs. Toymaker said, "It was here that Martin -Luther translated the Bible from Latin into German so the German people -could read it. There is a tale of how the Devil appeared before Luther, -who threw an inkwell at the Devil's head. The spot where that inkwell -hit the wall is still to be seen in the castle." - -"Please tell us another story about the castle," said Fritz. - -[Illustration: WARTBURG CASTLE] - -"St. Elizabeth was Countess of Wartburg," said Mrs. Toymaker. "She had a -heartless husband, who did not want her to be kind to the poor and sick. -Upon one occasion he met her going out of the castle carrying a basket. - -"'Where are you going? And what have you in that basket?' he asked. - -"Now, Elizabeth had loaves of bread in the basket. She was taking them -to a poor old woman. But she was afraid of her husband's wrath. - -"So she answered, 'I have only roses in the basket.' - -"The Count, her husband, looked into the basket to be sure. And, behold, -the Countess had spoken truthfully. The loaves of bread had been turned -into roses!" - -Had Mrs. Toymaker and the children gone into the castle, they would have -seen pictures of this story drawn upon the walls. But they did not go -inside. They went back to their wagon and proceeded on their way. - -"I hope that my friend, Mr. Krauss, will be in Leipzig," said Mr. -Toymaker. "Mr. Krauss is a bookseller. He will surely help me. He may -even start a toy shop for me in Leipzig. I hope I shall find Mr. -Krauss!" - -[Illustration: STATUE OF GOETHE IN LEIPZIG] - -However, before they reached Leipzig, they stopped in Weimar -(V[=i]´mär), the "poet city," Weimar is where Goethe (Gû´t[~e]), -Germany's greatest poet, once lived. School children were taught to -salute the poet Goethe, when they passed him on the street. Today -children are still taken to Weimar by their teachers and told about -Goethe's life. - -Long ago, a little boy was brought to Weimar to visit at the old poet's -home. This little boy was about the same age as Fritz and also loved -music. Felix Mendelssohn (M[)e]n´d[)e]l-s[=o]n) was his name. Goethe met -young Mendelssohn in the garden and led him into the house and to the -piano. - -He said, "Now, make a little noise for me." - -Felix played so beautifully that Goethe said, "You have given me great -pleasure. What would you like me to do for you?" - -Felix answered, "I should like you to kiss me." - -[Illustration: STATUE OF MENDELSSOHN IN LEIPZIG] - -Mitz and Fritz had heard many stories about Felix Mendelssohn. He was -their mother's favorite composer. She had told them how this wonderful -boy had written music when he was only a baby. She had told them about -the way Felix used to lead a big orchestra. He had been so small that -he had had to stand upon a chair. - -But Mrs. Toymaker did not know that her own little boy had a gift, too. -Sometimes she wondered, of course. Still she agreed with Mr. Toymaker -that very few people are born with genius. Only naughty little Mitz was -sure because she loved Fritz so much. She loved him and made up her mind -that everyone in the world was going to find out about his beautiful -music. - -As they left Weimar, Mitzi squeezed her brother's hand. - -"We are on our way to Leipzig now," she said. - -She thought of the costume safely tucked away and ready for Fritz to put -on. - -Mr. Toymaker was driving the horse, and Mrs. Toymaker sat beside him. - -"We are on our way to Leipzig now," said Mr. Toymaker. - -He thought of the famous fair to which they were going. He thought of -his friend, Mr. Krauss, who would help him. But never once did he think -of a concert that was to be given for him. - -[Illustration: A CHURCH IN LEIPZIG] - - - - -CHAPTER XIII - -THE LEIPZIG FAIR - - -One of the great fairs of the year was now going on in Leipzig. The -Toymakers drove by the railway station, the largest in Europe. Many -people were hurrying in and out. They passed the church where Johann -Sebastian Bach used to sing. - -All manner of peddlers swarmed the streets. The children opened their -eyes wide at sight of one man entirely covered by clocks. He was a clock -peddler from the Black Forest. Traders from all over the country were in -Leipzig with their wares. Buyers from every place were at the fair to -buy. - -"See, children," said Mrs. Toymaker. "There is a statue of Mendelssohn, -the little boy who used to lead an orchestra. When he grew up, he led -his orchestra in that building." - -Leipzig is a city of books. Everyone seems to be reading. They read even -as they stroll along the streets. - -Mr. Toymaker immediately set out to find his friend, Mr. Krauss, the -bookseller. But he could not find his friend. - -The first day at the market place was very dismal. Nobody paid any -attention to Mr. Toymaker's wares. There were too many beautiful toys to -be seen. - -"It is the same here as it was in Nuremberg," said Mrs. Toymaker. - -Her sweet face was sad. "Oh, what are we to do?" the poor lady was -thinking. - -But Mitzi knew what to do. Tomorrow she and Fritz intended to slip away -from their booth in the market place. Today their father needed them -there to help. - -[Illustration: LEIPZIG] - -Mr. Toymaker had displayed his prettiest -toys: brightly colored soldiers, flaxen-haired dolls, and animals with -big, staring-eyes. Yet even children did not stop. At a shop across the -square were dolls that talked and walked, engines that sped along -tracks, airplanes that flew, and doll houses with electric lights in -them and elevators and running water. Is it any wonder that Mr. Toymaker's -carved toys did not attract people? - -"Run back to the wagon and make some coffee," said Mrs. Toymaker to Mitz -and Fritz. "Father and I will stay here a little longer. When we get -home we shall have supper." - -"But there is nothing to eat in the wagon," said Mitzi. - -Mrs. Toymaker looked at her husband. Mr. Toymaker turned to Mitzi. - -"Obey your mother," he said. "Go home and make coffee. When we come, we -shall bring food with us." - -Mitz and Fritz and Frank went slowly back to the wagon. - -"I do not understand how Father can bring food," said Mitzi. "There is -certainly no money with which to buy it." - -"Tomorrow there will be money," smiled Fritz. - -"Yes," agreed Mitzi. "Because of your concert. And Father must be there -to see." Suddenly she cried, "Oh, careful, you donkey! You are splashing -in mud puddles. You are getting your feet all wet!" - -[Illustration: LEIPZIG] - -But Fritz did not care. He was dreaming. He liked mud puddles because he -was a boy. He liked dreams because he was an artist. - -When they reached their wagon home, Mitzi put the coffee on the stove. -Soon Mr. and Mrs. Toymaker arrived. Their arms were full of bundles. - -"See what a nice supper we are to have," said Mrs. Toymaker. - -She was smiling, but Mitzi noticed that there were tears in her blue -eyes. Mitzi noticed something else besides the tears. - -"Mother!" she cried. "Where is your pretty blue necklace?" - -Mrs. Toymaker had always worn a string of sparkling blue beads. They -were quite valuable and were her only piece of jewelry. She had loved -them because Mr. Toymaker had given them to her before Mitz and Fritz -were born. - -Mrs. Toymaker did not answer Mitzi. She began to untie the bundles. - -"See," she said. "Black bread and milk!" - -"But, Mother," insisted Mitzi, "where is your necklace? Have you lost -it?" - -Mrs. Toymaker saw the terror in Mitzi's eyes. That necklace had seemed -to the little girl the finest and prettiest in all the world. Her -mother was not her mother without it. - -Mrs. Toymaker did not know what to say. She drew Mitzi close and kissed -her. - -But Mr. Toymaker said, "Enough of this, Mitzi. Go and help prepare the -supper. You are too curious!" - -"But, Father--" began Mitzi. - -"Very well, then," said Mr. Toymaker. "I shall tell you. We sold the -necklace so that we could buy food. Now, are you satisfied?" - -Mr. Toymaker's voice sounded cross. But his face looked very worried. - -"Oh, the beautiful necklace!" cried Mitzi. - -Mr. Toymaker untied a package. - -"Oh, the beautiful cheese!" he sniffed. - -He was trying to make the best of things. He was trying to be jolly--poor -Mr. Toymaker! - -"One cannot grieve about neck decorations," he said, "when the stomach -cries out to be decorated!" - - - - -CHAPTER XIV - -THE CONCERT - - -Mitzi decided to hold the concert in a park. The market square was too -noisy and bustling. She wanted her brother's beautiful music to have a -beautiful setting. The two children walked through Mendelssohn Street, -Bach Street, Beethoven Street, and Mozart (M[=o]´tzärt) Street. - -"Leipzig is a wonderful city," thought Fritz. "They have named their -streets after their musicians." - -What would Father think of that? There was no street named after a toy -maker! - -Bismarck Street was named for a great German leader. The strength and -wisdom of Prince Otto von Bismarck helped Germany to become a powerful -nation. - -[Illustration: THE PARK IN LEIPZIG] - -In the park many people strolled to and fro. Some were reading. The -children came upon a silver pond with beautiful shady trees all about -it. - -"Now, Fritz," said Mitzi, "you must stand here beside the pond. See how -peaceful it is. Your music will float across the water. It will sound -like music from heaven." - -Fritz put on the homemade Pied Piper cloak. Then he stood beside the -pond and began to play. Several people stopped, among them a group of -students with books under their arms. - -"Is the young musician your brother?" asked one student of Mitzi. - -"Yes," answered Mitzi. "And I am his sister." - -[Illustration: MITZI WAS HAPPY] - -The youths laughed and gave her a coin. - -"Play some Mendelssohn, young one," they said to Fritz. - -The boy obligingly played what they requested. The audience grew. Some -threw coins and asked Fritz to play certain tunes. He could play nearly -everything they called for. Mrs. Toymaker had been a good teacher. -Besides, Fritz could play anything after he had heard it once. - -Mitzi was very happy. She beamed at the crowd of listeners. - -"Now," she thought, "is the time to fetch Father." She whispered to -Fritz, "I am going for Father. I shall be back presently. Play until I -come." - -As Mitzi turned to leave, she bumped into a gentleman who carried a -violin case under his arm. Mitzi did not know that this gentleman was an -important music master. She hardly looked at him. - -She said quickly, "Excuse me, please," and pushed her way out of the -crowd. She must go for her father. - -The music master stood quite still, listening. What was that he heard? -What did he see? A little boy standing beside a pond, playing the violin--a -little boy with a smiling face, playing the violin better than any of the -music master's grown-up pupils. Who was this little boy? Where had he -learned to play like that? - -The music master drew closer to Fritz. He asked Fritz to play compositions -by Bach and Mozart. He was astonished at how well Fritz played them. - -In the meantime Mitzi hurried to her father's booth in the square. - -"Father," she cried, "come! Come quickly! I have something to show you." - -Mr. Toymaker jumped as if he had been shot. - -"What do you mean by startling me like that?" he said to Mitzi. "You are -like a young thunderbolt!" - -Mitzi's cheeks were glowing. Her eyes danced. - -"Fritz is playing--" she began eagerly. - -But Mr. Toymaker cut her short. He was in a bad mood. He had sold no -toys again today and he could not find his friend, Mr. Krauss. He was -jealous, too, of the toyshop keepers who were selling their handsome -wares. Now he spent his rage upon little Mitzi. - -"Stop!" he cried. "Do not speak again of that boy's silly playing! Go -and bring him to me now. You and he shall keep my booth for me. I am -going once more to look for Mr. Krauss." - -Mitzi's glowing cheeks turned pale. She pulled at her father's sleeve. - -"No, no! You must come with me," she pleaded. "Please, Father, close up -the booth just for a little while, until we return, and come--" - -"Enough!" cried Mr. Toymaker. "Do you tell me what to do or do I tell -you what to do? Now, go and fetch that lazy brother of yours. Bring him -back here to help you keep my booth for me." - -[Illustration: FRITZ PLAYED] - -When poor, weeping Mitzi returned to the park, the gentleman with the -violin case was still there. He stood very close to Fritz. The boy was -playing a minuet. A rather large crowd still remained. Mitzi waited -until Fritz finished playing the minuet. Then she went up to him. - -"Oh, Fritz," she said, "Father would not come with me. He wants us to go -to the market place right away." - -Fritz let his violin fall to his side. A look of disappointment passed -over his face and covered the smile. - -"Do not leave yet," said a voice. "Play some more." - -It was the music master speaking. Mitzi wiped a tear with the corner of -her apron and looked at the gentleman with the violin case. His -expression was kind. - -"We must go," she said to him. "But we shall be back again tomorrow." - -Mitzi did not know just why she said that. Only quite suddenly she had -determined that she would be back tomorrow. - -Some one in the crowd called, "One more selection! Come, young one; -play!" - -A coin came tumbling at Fritz's feet. - -"Yes, yes! More music, little fiddler! More music!" cried others. - -Mitzi sniffed to drive away her tears. Then she jumped upon a bench. -From there she could look down upon the people. And Mitzi Toymaker began -to make a speech! - -[Illustration: STOOD ON HER HEAD] - -"Ladies and gentlemen," she began. - -Fritz thought his sister looked like a little leader. Her head was -thrown back. Her two plump legs were wide apart. Her arms were folded. -Fritz had to smile. - -"I am glad, ladies and gentlemen," Mitzi said, "that you liked my -brother's playing. Come back again tomorrow afternoon, and Fritz will -give another concert!" - -The people clapped their hands and shouted, "Hoch (h[=o]k´)!" which is -like "Hurrah." - -Then some one called out, "What can _you_ do, little girl?" - -Mitzi gave the speaker a quick glance. - -"I can do this," she said; whereupon she stood on her head. - -There was a loud laugh from the crowd. - -"Tomorrow, then!" cried several people. - -The crowd began to move away. But the music master hesitated. Should he -say something? No, he would return tomorrow. He turned his steps in the -direction of home. But he could not forget the wonderful playing he had -just heard. Perhaps, after hearing the little musician again tomorrow, -he would try to help the youngster. - - - - -CHAPTER XV - -FRITZ AND HIS VIOLIN - - -Sadly the brother and sister set off for the market square. - -"Never mind, Fritz," said Mitzi. "We will go back to the park tomorrow. -The people liked your music. They will come again, and perhaps Father -will come and--" - -Mitzi broke off suddenly. She stopped in the middle of the street with -her mouth open. - -"Fritz! Fritz!" she cried. "Oh, Fritzie!" - -"What is the matter? What is it?" asked Fritz, puzzled. - -He could see nothing to disturb his sister like this. He had not been -walking in mud puddles. - -"I have thought of the very thing!" said the girl. "I know just what we -shall do. Oh, why didn't I think of it before?" - -"What is it?" asked her brother. - -They began to walk on again, but Mitzi was still in a state of -excitement. She clutched Fritz's arm and started to talk. Her words -tumbled over on top of one another, they were in such a hurry to come -out. - -"You shall be a real Pied Piper, Fritz!" she chattered. "Tomorrow I'll -make another speech in the park. I'll ask the people to follow you just -as the children followed the Pied Piper. While you are playing you will -walk away. You'll be like the Piper leading the rats and the children. -Only, instead of leading them to a cave, you'll lead them to--" - -"Where?" asked Fritz, wide-eyed. - -"To Father!" said Mitzi. - -"Oh, Mitz!" cried Fritz, horrified. - -"Oh, rats!" said the girl. "You'll do as I say. What fun! I know the -people will follow. They are such jolly people! And what a splendid -way to show Father!" - -The sadness had left Mitzi. She beamed. She skipped along and sang, -until Fritz caught some of her joy. - -They arrived at their father's booth. But the toy maker was not there. -He had closed his stand. So the children went home to their wagon. They -found their father awaiting them there. The toy maker was twirling his -mustache. He had a strange expression on his face. - -"Now, Father," said Mitzi, "you can go and look for Mr. Krauss. Fritz -and I will watch the booth for you." - -But Mr. Toymaker did not move. Instead he smiled in a way which left his -eyes unsmiling. - -"I have decided not to go," he said. "I have decided to do something -else." - -"What, Father?" asked Mitzi. - -"Tonight," said Mr. Toymaker, "we shall have sausage and sauerkraut and -other good things for supper." Then he turned to Fritz, saying, "Give me -the violin." - -The boy drew away his precious violin. Mitzi stood in front of her -brother. - -[Illustration: "GIVE ME THE VIOLIN"] - -"Father," she asked, "why do you want Fritz's violin?" - -"Because I am going to sell it," said Mr. Toymaker. "It is a fine -violin. It will bring much money. Besides, it is quite useless to me. -Give it here." - -But neither child moved. Mitz and Fritz stood like two little statues. - -"Do you hear me?" cried Mr. Toymaker. "I want the violin. Give it to -me." - -Still they did not move. They stood looking up at the toy maker like -gingerbread children out of "Hansel and Gretel." - -Mr. Toymaker reached out his hand to take the violin from Fritz. But the -boy put it behind his back. - -"Please, please," he said, "don't take it away from me, Father!" - -Now Mr. Toymaker really did not want to hurt Fritz any more than he -could help. He loved this little fellow, even if he did think the boy to -be only an idle, music-loving scamp. - -"Fritz," he said in a kinder tone, "you will soon be a man. You must -learn to bear disappointments. Come, now! Give me the violin like a good -boy." - -[Illustration: "PLEASE, FATHER"] - -As he spoke, the toy maker took the violin from his son's hands. Then -he patted Fritz on the head. - -[Illustration: "YOU MUST LEARN TO HELP OTHERS"] - -"You must learn to help others, Fritz," he said. "You must, above all, -help your father." - -Fritz longed to cry out and say, "But that is just what I want to do, -Father!" - -Only he could not speak. His eyes were full of tears, and when he -brushed the tears away, the toy maker was gone. So was the boy's beloved -violin! - - - - -CHAPTER XVI - -THE PIED PIPER - - -The Toymaker family had sausage and sauerkraut and other good things for -supper. They ate their supper beside a camp fire near their wagon. That -is, Mr. and Mrs. Toymaker did. But Mitz and Fritz could not eat. No, -even Mitz could touch nothing--not even sausage! - -Mrs. Toymaker tried to comfort them, but it was hopeless. Fritz stared -at the ground, and his heart ached. He thought he should never again -play his violin. Mitzi sat with Frank's long nose on her lap and stroked -the dog's floppy ears. - -"Tomorrow," thought Mitzi, "the crowd will come to the park to hear -Fritz play, and there will be no Fritz!" - -Of course, Mitzi did not know that the music master would come, too. The -kind music master would return. He would look for the little boy whose -music had pleased him so much. He would wonder what had happened to the -clever youngster whom he wanted to help. Mitzi did not know this. If she -had known it, she would have been more unhappy than she already was. - -The next morning passed much the same as the day before. Mr. Toymaker -sold nothing at his booth in the market place. - -At noon he said, "There is no use staying here any longer." - -He closed up his booth, and they went back to the wagon. After lunch Mr. -and Mrs. Toymaker sat upon the steps of their wagon. They talked and -talked about what they were to do. - -"We could go to some small town and settle down," said Mrs. Toymaker. -"When winter comes, a wandering life will not be very pleasant. Mitz -and Fritz should go to school. This gypsy life is not the best life for -them." - -[Illustration: SAT UPON THE STEPS OF THEIR WAGON] - -Mr. Toymaker said, "That is quite true. Let us find a town where people -are not spoiled by fine toys. There we shall settle and be content to -live simply." - -"I do wish--" began Mrs. Toymaker. - -She had started to talk about Fritz. However, she knew that it made Mr. -Toymaker angry. So she stopped. - -They sat together for a long time. Mrs. Toymaker knitted. Mr. Toymaker -smoked a pipe. Both were so full of serious thoughts that they did not -wonder about Mitz and Fritz. They did not wonder why the children had -not been there since noon. As the shadows grew longer and a little late -breeze blew up, Mrs. Toymaker arose. - -"I must prepare supper," she said. "I wonder where the children are." - -She called, "Fritz! Mitz!" But there was no answer. - -"What is that I see in the distance?" asked Mr. Toymaker. - -He shaded his eyes with his hand. He looked in the direction of the -setting sun. Mrs. Toymaker looked, too. Black forms were coming toward -them. A crowd of people was drawing near, following some one who made -music. - -"Listen," said Mrs. Toymaker. "The notes of a violin!" - -Mr. Toymaker stood up. The music, sweet and lively, came to them more -clearly. Slowly the forms of the people grew more distinct as they drew -closer. - -"Why, it is a Pied Piper!" exclaimed Mrs. Toymaker. "It must be the joke -of some children." - -But all the time Mrs. Toymaker thought she knew who it was. She thought -she knew that it was really--Yes, now there could be no doubt about it! - -"It is Fritz!" cried Mrs. Toymaker. "It is our own little Fritz!" - - - - -CHAPTER XVII - -THE MUSIC MASTER - - -The strange procession stopped before the wagon of the toy maker. The -Pied Piper continued his playing. The crowd stood listening. When the -piece was finished, they clapped and threw coins and shouted, "Hoch!" - -Then a gentleman carrying a violin case hoisted the Pied Piper upon his -shoulder. He walked over with the Pied Piper to where the toy maker -stood. - -"Sir," said the violin-case gentleman, "I believe this is your son." - -Mr. Toymaker was so amazed that he could only nod his head. - -The gentleman went on, "Your son's playing has made us all very happy. -We followed his music just as the children of long ago followed the -Pied Piper of Hamelin." - -The people began to laugh and cheer and call for more music. - -But Mr. Violin-Case said, "The concert is over. Now I am going to see -Mr. Toymaker alone." - -[Illustration: "HERE IS YOUR SON!"] - -When the people had left, Mr. Violin-Case and Mr. Toymaker went into the -wagon together. There they stayed for quite a long time. - -Outside, Mrs. Toymaker drew her children close to her. - -"Tell me," she said. "Do tell me all about it." - -Mitzi said, "Good! I'll tell you, Mother. But first I must have a -pretzel to eat. I have had nothing since morning." - -Mitzi helped herself to a fistful of the salty, twisted crackers. She -began to eat and to talk at the same time--a feat which cannot be done -very well. - -Her words sounded to Mrs. Toymaker like "Yummeemummee." - -The mother laughed and said, "Fritz had better tell me." - -Fritz began, "Mitzi believed all along that people would really like my -music. She wanted to show Father. So today we went back to the same park -where I played yesterday." - -By this time, Mitzi had swallowed her first pretzel, so she continued -the story: "I stood upon a bench. I talked very loudly so everyone could -hear. I said that our father had sold Fritz's violin and that Fritz -could not play for them. I said I was sorry that we could not keep our -promise and give another concert. Then the gennamemmaeppa--" - -"Mitzi!" laughed Mrs. Toymaker. "How can I understand you when you are -eating pretzels?" - -"The gentleman stepped up to us," went on Fritz. - -"What gentlemen, dear?" - -"The one who is in the wagon with Father," said Fritz. - -"He has a red face, and he stands like this," said Mitzi. - -She stuck out her stomach trying to imitate the gentleman who was rather -large. - -"Shame, Mitzi!" said her mother. "Go on, please, Fritz. Tell me the -rest." - -"The gentleman said he would help us," Fritz continued. "He took this -beautiful violin out of its case and gave it to me." Tenderly Fritz laid -the violin in his mother's hands. "He told me to play it. I did, and he -seemed to like what I played." - -[Illustration: "HE STANDS LIKE THIS"] - -"After the concert," interrupted Mitzi, "I jumped up on the bench again. -I asked the people to follow Fritz just as if he were the Pied Piper." - -"At first," broke in Fritz, "they laughed and didn't want to. But the -gentleman urged them to do it. He said it would be fun. He said he -would like to see where I would lead them." - -"And this is where we led them," said Mitzi. - -"Now," said Fritz, "Father will know that what we told him is true." - -Mrs. Toymaker looked very happy. She hugged Fritz to her. Just then Mr. -Toymaker came out of the wagon with the violin-case gentleman. - -"This is Mr. Schmitt," said the toy maker to his family. "Mr. Schmitt is -a great music master from Berlin." - -Fritz's eyes began to pop. Mitzi sat down with a jolt, her mouth open. -Mrs. Toymaker felt her heart beating very fast. - -The music master went up to Fritz and took his hand. - -"I have just had a talk with your father, Fritz," he said. "You are -coming with me to Berlin. You are all coming to live in the big city of -Berlin. And you, Fritz, will study and in time will become a great -musician." - -Mr. Schmitt stayed to supper with the family. He sat with them beside -their gypsy fire. He told them about Berlin and promised to help Mr. -Toymaker because of Fritz's music. - -He said to the toy maker, "Your little boy has a gift from God. You must -help him make it a gift to the world." - -As they sat about the fire after supper Mr. Schmitt told them about -another boy. - -"Many years ago," he said, "there lived a boy named George Handel -(H[)a]n´del). He was born in Halle (Häl´[~e]), a town not far from here. -Today there is a statue of George Handel in the center of Halle. He -became a famous composer. But when he was your age, Fritz, his father -would not allow him to play." - -Fritz looked at his mother. Mitzi looked at her father. The toy maker -looked away from them all. - -"You see," went on Mr. Schmitt, "George's father was a good man. But he -did not love music. He wanted his son to be a doctor. Now, one day -little George played for a powerful duke, who loved music. The duke -decided to help young George. - -"He said to Mr. Handel, 'You are a good man. But your son will be a -great man. His music will fill people's hearts with beauty. Can you do -that?'" - - - - -CHAPTER XVIII - -BERLIN AND HAPPINESS - - -The Toymakers and Mr. Schmitt flew to Berlin in an airplane. People in -Germany travel by plane as easily as we travel by train and boat. Berlin -is the capital of Germany. The Berlin airport is the largest in the -world. - -As the children stepped out of the plane they heard music. They saw -people sitting about at tables eating and drinking. These people were -watching the landings of the different airships. - -"Come. We shall go to my home," said Mr. Schmitt. "I have a large house -near the music school. I want you to stay there with me until you find a -home of your own." - -They drove in a taxicab through the Brandenburg Gate and into a famous -street, Unter den Linden ([=O][=o]n´t[~e]r d[)e]n L[)i]n´d[)e]n). New -York has Fifth Avenue. London has Piccadilly Circus. Chicago has Lake -Shore Drive. Edinburgh has Princes Street. And Berlin has Unter den -Linden. - -[Illustration: THE BRANDENBURG GATE IN BERLIN] - -They drove along the wide, shady boulevard with its flower beds, lawns, -and fountains. What a splendid street! - -The children's joy and excitement made them unusually quiet. It was -very wonderful to be riding through this fine city and to know that -their struggles and hardships were over. - -[Illustration: UNTER DEN LINDEN IN BERLIN] - -Mr. Toymaker had sold his wagon. Mr. Schmitt planned to find him work in -a big Berlin toy shop. Later, the kind music master intended to find a -cosy home for the family. Mitz and Fritz were going to school. Fritz -would study music and practice on his violin. One day he would be able -to give real concerts. - -Mr. Schmitt lived in an old-fashioned house, which seemed beautiful to -the children. It was full of ornaments and heavy furniture. Great -pictures of musicians hung upon the walls. - -Mitz, Fritz, and their dog immediately explored the house from attic to -cellar. In the kitchen, Mitzi found a jolly cook, who gave her cookies. -Yes, Mitzi knew that she was going to like Berlin! - -Fritz found musical instruments in every room. Sounds of piano and -violin and flute came from all quarters of the house. No, never before -in all his life had Fritz been so happy! - -That evening, when the children were in bed, Mr. and Mrs. Toymaker sat -talking. - -"It is true," said Mr. Toymaker to his wife. "You were right. Fritz has -turned beauty into gold. People will pay for things even if they cannot -touch them." - -Mrs. Toymaker replied, "But even if they cannot touch music, music can -touch them." - -At last Mr. Toymaker agreed. - -"It can touch their hearts," he said. - -[Illustration: THEY WERE GOING TO LIKE BERLIN] - - -THE END - - - - -PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY - - - Bach bäk - - Bachfisch bäk´fish - - Bayreuth b[=i]´roit´ - - Beethoven b[=a]´t[=o]-v[)e]n - - Bingen b[)i]ng´[)e]n - - Bonn b[=o]n - - Charlemagne shär´l[+e]-m[=a]n - - Coblenz k[=o]´bl[)e]nts - - Dachshund däks´h[)oo]nt - - Danke dän´k[~e] - - Danube d[)a]n´[=u]b - - Denkmal d[)e][n,]k´mäl - - Eisenach [=I]´z[)e]n-äk - - Goethe gû´t[~e] - - Gretel gr[)e]t´[)e]l - - Gutenberg g[=oo]´t[)e]n-b[)e]rk - - Halle häl´[~e] - - Hamelin hä´m[)e]lin - - Hanau hä´nou - - Handel h[)a]n´d[)e]l - - Hansel h[)a]n´s[)e]l - - Harz härts - - Hoch h[=o]k´ - - Johann y[=o]´hän - - Kaiser k[=i]´z[~e]r - - Koppelberg k[)o]p´p[)e]l-b[)e]rg - - Leipzig l[=i]p´s[)i]k - - Lorelei l[=o]´r[)e]-l[=i] - - Einstein [=i]n´st[=i]n - - Ludwig l[=oo]t´v[)i]k - - Mainz m[=i]nts - - Mendelssohn m[)e]n´d[)e]l-s[=o]n - - Moselle m[=o]z[)e]l´ - - Mittenwald mit´ten-väld - - Mozart m[=o]´tzärt - - Nuremberg n[=u]´r[)e]m-bûrg - - Prague präk - - Siegfried s[=e]g´fr[=e]d - - Seine s[=a]n - - Ströbeck strö´bek - - Thames t[)e]mz - - Unter den Linden [=oo]n´t[~e]r d[)e]n l[)i]n´d[)e]n - - Wartburg värt´b[)oo]rk - - Wagner väg´n[~e]r - - Weimar v[=i]´mär - - - - -Transcriber's Notes: - - -1. 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