rikka is one of katrina’s little dutch friends. she lives near grandmother’s house by the sea.

her father is a fisherman. he works on the fishing-boat with jan’s father.

sometimes the fathers take the children out on the ocean in the big fishing-boats. the big green waves rock the boat up and down.

rikka and katrina like to sit in the front end of the boat. they like to feel on their faces the salt spray from the ocean.

jan helps the men with the nets. he thinks he is like a man when he works with them. rikka’s father says that jan is a good worker.