Hans and Gretel live in Holland and love skating very much. There will be a grand race and the winner will get a pair of Silver Skates. But they are very poor, their farher is sick and only their mother supports the family. Without skates, how will they enter the race and get the price? But there are still good people and they will help these two kids to enter the race.

A Dutch brother and sister work toward two goals, finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.

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A Dutch boy and girl work toward two goals-finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.

Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates is a novel by American author Mary Mapes Dodge, first published in 1865. The novel takes place in the Netherlands, and is a colorful fictional portrait of early nineteenth-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor. The title of the book refers to the beautiful silver skates to be awarded to winner of the ice-skating race Hans Brinker hopes to enter. The novel introduced the sport of Dutch speed skating to Americans, and in U.S. media Hans Brinker is still considered the prototypical speed skater. The book is also notable for popularizing the story of the little Dutch boy who plugs a dike with his finger.

A Dutch brother and sister work toward two goals--finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.

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