The Baker is Dozen
Narrator 1: inthe dutch colonial town later known as albny new york there lived a baker van amsterdam who was as honest as he could be.
narrator4: each morning he checked and balanced his scales and he took grest care to give his customers exactly what they paid for-not more and not less.
narrator2: van amsterdam s shop was always busy because people trusted him and because he was a good baker as well. and never was the shop busier than in the days before december 6, when the dutch celebrate saint nicholas day.
narrator3: at that time of year people flocked to the baker s shop to buy him fine saint nicholas cookies.
narrator1: made of gingerbead, iced on red and white, they looked just like saint nicholas as the dutch know him
narrator4: tall and thin with a high red bishop s cap and a long red bishop s cloak.