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The story "Melting Brinker, or the Silver Skates" by American writer Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905) is first and foremost a fascinating journey to fairy-tale Holland, a country of magnificent lakes and canals, windmills and luxurious tulips, interesting history and age-old traditions. The story is centred on children - a brother and sister from a poor family who help their mother at work and cannot always go to school. But this does not upset them - they dream of curing their sick father, winning a speed skating race and getting the main prize - silver skates. Perseverance, strength of character, and faith in goodness help them to fulfil their dreams, and the reader gets the impression that they have somehow miraculously visited a fairy tale.