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Takkie and Siepie

From NRC Handelsblad · () Dutch

Translated from Dutch and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A train conductor recalls meeting a mother and son carrying a suitcase decorated with Takkie and Siepie, characters created by Fiep Westendorp.
  • The anecdote follows renewed attention for Westendorp through a book and an exhibition.

Now that Fiep Westendorp is rightly being honored with a book and an exhibition, I found myself thinking again about a mother and her young son on my train.

They were carrying a suitcase decorated with the familiar dachshund and cat. I said, “Hey, those are Takkie and Siepie.”

Hey, those are Takkie and Siepie.

· Train conductorThe conductor recognizes the characters on the child’s suitcase.

The mother replied to her son: “How nice, even the conductor knows them, from HEMA, right…”

What would Annie and Fiep have thought of that?

How nice, even the conductor knows them, from HEMA, right…

· MotherThe mother responds after the conductor identifies the characters.
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Originally published by NRC Handelsblad in Dutch. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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