Everyone was worried about the collier because he had not been home for awhile. And they all said, "Oh, dear!" But when, when the collier came, Rosa said, "I shall go to the castle and do what you tell me. That is how I might give my father to life, if he died." And then, she dressed like Agnes, like the collier's daughter, and the collier said, "Rosa, go with Agnes to the castle and tell her to stop. And then you go alone." And she did as she was told.
Another chapter:
She brought mushrooms to the castle. And then the councilor called her in. But then his wife said (in a nasty voice), "Oh Rosa, why are you here? You weren't invited!" But then the councilor said, "O my wife, what are you fussing about? She was invited by me." Then his wife calmed down a little bit, and said (in a good voice for this time), "Rosa, you may stay. Oh, but you must be so hungry. Come sit down and you may have dinner with us." And she did.
Then she returned to Agnes, and Agnes said, "Oh, how hungry I am. And why don't you sit down and have your dinner?"
"Oh, oh," said Rosa, "Why didn't you eat dinner when I was at the castle? Oh, I thought you ate dinner! Why didn't you?" Agnes sat down and said, "I'll will eat some on the road." "And so can I," said Rosa. And that is all I've read for today, and I will tell you more when I have heard and listened more.
I shall let Belle be a blog star today. I think I finally figured out how to get these videos to work. Here's a fun "last year and this year" of reading, as well as what Isabelle described as her "beautiful moment": her very first little dance recital. We were so proud of her, because daddy and I each gave her a particular piece of advice about a part of her dance, and she worked so hard to remember them both! And she smiled the whole time - she's third from the right.
Ballet/Irish Dance Recital
Reading St. George Last week (we LOVE this book - this was the day it came in the mail!)
Reading a Bob Book around a year or so ago
Oh, this is fun! I may have figured out how to put movies on our blog. Here' s a first try!
Rosa saw Agnes at Burkhard's camp in the woods. Then he told them
"Go to my house, and I shall meet you there." Rosa and Agnes did as they were told, and soon saw his wife working in the kitchen. And Rosa told her the story of her father. And when the collier's wife heard it she said, "You may stay with us and live in our camp." And Rosa said "I know, and my dear Father would have loved it just better. Oh, you should be thankful in this quiet and peaceful home." Agnes said "And before all, I gave to my father breakfast, and I led the way to our camp at home." But then Agnes's mother said "Oh dear, there is going to be a lady come to our house and I shall not have anything for her except plain soup! Agnes, take care of the dear lady Rosa, and I shall prepare her something better to eat than just plain soup." And she did as she said. I am done for now, but I will tell you more when we read more. (A collier is someone who works with coals.) (Agnes was the collier's daughter and she was friend of Rosa).
*Isabelle requested the "cirlce things" - parenthesis!
Narrated by Belle, typed by mom (you'll just have to read Rosa to figure out if her narration is accurate 
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Rosa is at Burkhard's camp in the woods. He was a collier. I guess Rosa was about fourteen. Burkhard was a very good man and he loved everyone in that town. But Rosa's father was carried away, and she told Burkhard what had happened to her father. And she said unto him: "My father was chained in a cart, and he was taken away by Kunerick." And then Burkhard said "I have seen Kunerick before and he is a wicked devil, but I shall not speak like this." And Rosa continued. She said "My father . . . I love my father, but have you not heard he was already chained? Did you not hear me speak to you about when he was chained and taken away by a cart?"
But then Burkhard said "Thy fair lady shall not just stay here talking to me, but she shall have her dinner, then have a rest for awhile." And then she had her dinner and Burkhard said to her: "I shall make you a bed in my camp, but my home is too far for you to go." Then she went to sleep and she would not wake up. She could not even hear the rain. And she was in slumber.
(* Isabelle typed the first nine words, then she narrated the rest to mommy, who typed it for her. This is her account of what we've read so far in Rosa Of Linden Castle.)
this is a story about a lovly little prinsass who cared for her mother and father, but her mother got very sick and died one day. And then Kunerick and his men were after her father. They took her father away and he is in a cart, chained, with Kunerick. Rosa is with Burkhard, and she is sad that her father is taken away. She wants her father to be alive with her, and she followed them until they could not be seen, but she is very sad because she said "I will go with you to death, even if I need to die." And then they could not be seen and she went to Burkhard because her father told her to and she was an obedient little princess. And she loves her mother and father very, very much, so she does not want them to go, but her mother told her that since she loves God she gets to go to heaven and see her mother and father again. This is what I want to put on my diary for today. I will tell you more about Rosa when we read more.
i have a bunk bed. my daddy made it for me and i love him