six o'clock in the morning
In her play too , her thoughts would go seawards , and when her longing for Granny was too strong , she would run round the corner of the house and gaze over the wide expanse of water . Now she knew Granny 's true worth . She had not yet been down to the sea ; as a matter of fact there was no time to play . At six o'clock in the morning , the youngest babe made himself heard , as regularly as clockwork , and she had to get up in a hurry , take him from his mother and dress him . Lars Peter would be at his morning jobs , if he had not already gone to the beach for fish . When he was at home , Sörine would get up with the children ; but otherwise she would take a longer nap , letting Ditte do the heaviest part of the work for the day . Then her morning duties would be left undone , the two animals bellowed from the barn , the pigs squealed over their empty trough , and the hens flocked together at the hen-house door waiting to be let out .