Even the hoys and girls have dogs. The dogs are very brave.
They are not afraid to attack wolves or bears.
But you will wish to know about the children in Lapland. You have
heard about the old woman who lived in a shoe. The Lapp baby has a
cradle shaped like a shoe. It is made of a single piece of wood. It
is lined with moss and other warm things. The mother often carries it
in her arms. Sometimes she carries it on her back, slung from her
shoulders. The baby plays with strings of buttons or glass beads.
When a baby is born in Lapland they give it a reindeer. If the
reindeer has any young ones, they keep them for the baby until it is a
man or woman. They also give a reindeer to the person who is the first
to find that the baby has cut a tooth.
The Lapp boys and girls have very few toys. The toys they have they
make themselves. The boys make willow flutes and play on them. When
the boys go on the water they have long, narrow boats like canoes.
Some boys also make sleighs.
Many of the boys and girls go to school. They learn to read and write
and count.
There are towns near the sea and by the rivers and lakes. In these
towns they have schools and churches.
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