` We can travel back to Europe , ' said the dream-boy with the fair hair . And with that they were there . They came to a shore where it was all so cool and familiar and friendly . There stood the tall birch tree with its drooping leaves ; at the top sat the old crow , and at its foot crept the gardener 's black cat . Not far away was a house which Little Lasse had seen before ; near the house there was a garden , and in the garden a pea bed with long pea shells . An old gardener with a green coat walked about and wondered if the cucumbers were ripe . Fylax was barking on the steps , and when he saw Little Lasse he wagged his tail . Old Stina was milking the cows in the farmyard , and there was a very familiar lady in a check woollen shawl on her way to the bleaching green to see if the clothes were bleached . There was , too , a well-known gentleman in a yellow summer coat , with a long pipe in his mouth ; he was going to see if the reapers had cut the rye . A boy and a girl were running on the shore and calling out , ` Little Lasse ! Come home for bread-and-butter ! ' ` Shall we land here ? ' asked the dream-boy , and he blinked his blue eyes roguishly . ` Come with me , and I shall ask mother to give you some bread-and-butter and a glass of milk , ' said Little Lasse . ` Wait a little , ' said the dream-boy . And now Little Lasse saw that the kitchen door was open , and from within there was heard a low , pleasant frizzling , like that which is heard when one whisks yellow batter with a wooden ladle into a hot frying-pan . ` Perhaps we should sail back to Polynesia now ? ' said the happy dream-boy . ` No ; they are frying pancakes in Europe just now , ' said Little Lasse ; and he wanted to jump ashore , but he could not . The dream-boy had tied him with a chain of flowers , so that he could not move .
And now all the little dreams came about him , thousands and thousands of little children , and they made a ring around him and sang a little song : The world is very , very wide , Little Lasse , Lasse , And though you 've sailed beyond the tide , You can never tell how wide It is XXXXX the other side , Lasse , Little Lasse .
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