Chapter 6 Pippi arranges a picnic

"We're out of school today," Tommy said to Pippi, "because we're closed for cleaning." "Ha ha well," cried Pippi, "it's not fair again! I'm supposed to be cleaning here too, but no one gives me a break. Look at the kitchen floor! But," she added, "I put this After thinking about it carefully, I can clean up without taking a holiday. I do it as I say, and I don’t care whether I have a holiday or not. I want to see who dares not allow me to clean up! As long as you sit on the table, you will not hinder me It's over." Tommy and Annika climbed onto the table obediently, and Mr. Nelson jumped on to sleep on Annika's lap.

Pippi heated up a large pot of water, and poured it on the kitchen floor without any hesitation.Then she took off her big leather shoes and placed them side by side on the panel.She tucked two scrubbers under her bare feet and skated on the floor, rustling as she shoveled across the water. "I'm going to be a skating queen," she said, throwing her left leg so high in the air that the brush on her foot knocked a piece of the lampshade off the ceiling. "Anyway, my posture is really beautiful." She said and jumped over a chair that blocked her way. "Well, I think it's almost clean now," she said finally, and unhooked the two scrubbing brushes.

"Aren't you going to dry the floor?" Annika asked. "Don't rub it, let it evaporate by itself," Pippi said, "I think it won't catch a cold if it moves." Tommy and Annika got down from the table and walked across the floor step by step, taking care not to get their feet wet. Outside the sky was blue and the sun was shining brightly.It was a golden September day, and everybody knows there is no better day to be in the woods.Pippi had an idea. "What do you think we'll take Mr. Nelson for a picnic?" "Oh, good," exclaimed Tommy and Annika happily.

"Then go home and ask your mother," Pippi said, "I'll prepare something for the picnic while it's here." Tommy and Annika thought it was a good idea.They hurried home and returned soon.Pippi was already standing outside the gate, with Mr. Nelson on his shoulders.She held a stick in one hand and a large basket in the other. The children walked a little way along the country road, and then turned off into the fields, where there was a comfortable path winding its way through birches and hazels.They came to a gate, and the fields were more lovely, but there was a cow in front of the gate, and it seemed that it was not going to get out of the way.Annika barked at it, and Tommy stepped up boldly to jolt it away, but he wouldn't budge, just stared at them with his big bull's eyes.In order to solve the matter, Pippi put down the basket, came over and lifted the cow to one side.The cow staggered away hurriedly through the trees.

"I didn't expect the cow to have such a pig's head." Pippi said, jumping over the door with both feet together. "How did it turn out? Of course a pig has a cow's head! It's disgusting to think about." "What a beautiful and lovely field," cried Annika happily, and climbed up when she saw a big rock.Tommy brought Pippi for his pocket knife, and made walking sticks for himself and Annika.He also cut his thumb a bit, but nothing serious. "Maybe we should pick some mushrooms," Pippi said, picking a beautiful red toadstool (as you know, toadstools are poisonous), "I don't know if it's edible," she added, "but it Of course you can’t drink it, I know that, since you can’t drink it, you can only eat it. It may be fine to eat it!”

She took a big bite out of the mushroom and swallowed it. "Yes," she told them happily, "we shall cook some of these mushrooms sometime." She said, throwing the toadstool to the top of the tree. "Pippi, what's in your basket?" Annika asked. "Is it something delicious?" "Give me a thousand dollars and I can't tell you," said Pippi, "we have to find a good place to take them all out first." So the children hurried to find such a good place, and Annika found a large flat stone, which she thought was just right, but it was covered with red ants.Pippi said:

"I'm not happy to sit with them because I don't know them." "Yes, those red ants can bite," said Tommy. "Really?" said Pippi. "Then bite them back!" Then Tommy saw a little clearing between two clumps of scrub hazel, and he thought it would be just right to sit there. "There's not enough sunlight here, so I can't get more freckles," Pippi said. "I think having freckles is a great thing." A little further there is a small cliff, which is easy to climb.There is a stone protruding from the cliff, like a platform, with plenty of sunlight.They just sit on it.

"Okay, now I'll take out all the things, and you close your eyes," Pippi said.Tommy and Annika closed their eyes as tightly as they could, and heard Pippi open the basket and the paper rustle Sissy. "One, two, nineteen, all right, now you can watch!" Pippi finally said. They opened their eyes, and immediately cheered when they saw so many delicious things that Pippi put on the bare stone.There were little slices of meatloaf with ham, a heap of pancakes sprinkled with sugar, sticks of little brown sausages, and three pineapple puddings.You must know that Pippi learned this skill of cooking on her father's boat.

"Oh, what a fun holiday!" said Tommy, chewing his mouthful of pancakes. "It should be on vacation all the time." "No, I'll tell you why," said Pippi, "because I don't like cleaning so much. Of course it's fun, but cleaning every day is too much." At last the children were so full that they could not move, so they sat quietly and basked in the sun, feeling very comfortable. "I don't know if flying is difficult or not." Pippi said, looking at the bottom of the cliff in a trance.The cliff is very steep and far from the ground.

"You can learn to fly down," she added. "It must be much more difficult to fly up. But you can learn the easy ones first. I think you might as well try!" "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, don't do that!" But Pippi was already standing on the edge of the cliff. "Fly, fly, fly," she said "fly," and jumped out with her arms up.Half a second later, there was a "da" sound, which was when Pippi hit the ground.Tommy and Annika lay on the cliff looking down at her in fear.Pippi stood up and patted his knees.

"I forgot to flap my arms and glide," she said lightly. "I've got too many pancakes." At this moment, the children discovered that Mr. Nelson had disappeared.It apparently took care of its own excursions.They all said that they saw it happily squatting there eating picnic blueberries just now, but Pippi forgot about it when it was flying, and now it is gone. Pippi was so angry that she threw one of her big leather shoes into the deep pool. "You shouldn't take the monkey with you when you go out," she said. "It should stay at home and watch the horses. That's the way to deal with it." She went to the pool to fish up the shoes.The water was up to her waist. "You should never forget to soak your head too." Pippi said as he dipped his head into the water and soaked it for a long time until the water bubbled. "Okay, this time I won't have to go to the barber shop." She finally raised her head and said triumphantly.Then she stepped out of the pool, put on her shoes, and all three went to Mr. Nelson. "Listen, I walk 'xisha xisha' and 'cheep and creak'," Pippi said, laughing, "my clothes 'xisha xisha' and my shoes 'cheep and creak'. How funny! I think You should try it too," she said to Annika.Annika was walking gracefully, with beautiful soft hair, a pink dress, and a pair of small white leather shoes. "We'll talk about it another day," said wise Annika. They go all the way. "Mr. Nelson really pissed me off," said Pippi. "He's always like that. Once in Surabaya, Indonesia, he ran away from me too, and worked as a cook in an old widow's house." "That's bragging," she added after a pause. Tommy suggested splitting up.Annika was a little frightened and refused at first, but Tommy said: "You're not a coward, are you?" Of course Annika couldn't stand that.So the three children went to find each other separately. Tommy walked across the prairie.He didn't find Mr. Nelson, but he did find one thing: a bull!Or rather the Bulls had found Tommy.The bull didn't like Tommy because the bull had a bad temper and didn't like children at all.It gave a terrific growl, bowed its head, and rushed straight, and Tommy yelled for help, and the whole forest heard it.Of course Pippi and Annika heard it too, and ran to see what Tommy's name was.The bull had put its horns on Tommy and thrown him high into the air. "What a savage bull," said Pippi to Annika, who was weeping sadly. Good reviews." She did what she said, and ran up to pull its tail. "Forgive me for disturbing you." Pippi said as he pulled the bull's tail fiercely. The bull turned around and saw another child, and it was also very interested in hitting her with its horns. "As I said, please forgive me for interrupting," Pippi repeated, "and please forgive me for horning," she added, knocking off a bull's horn. "It's not fashionable to have two horns this year," she said. "It's better to have one horn this year. It's better to have none." She added, knocking off the other horn as well. Bulls don't feel horns, so the bull doesn't know that his horns are gone.It still came to hit her. If it wasn't for Pipi, the child would have turned into a puddle of applesauce long ago. "Hahaha, don't tickle me," Pippi cried, "you can't imagine how itchy I am. Hahaha, don't move, don't move, I'm dying of laughter!" But the bull refused to stop, and finally Pippi jumped onto its back for a moment of peace.It wasn't too peaceful a place, though, because the bull didn't want Pippi to ride on his back.It twisted and twirled desperately, trying to throw her off, but Pippi clamped her legs on it and sat still.The bull ran up and down the prairie, roaring and screaming, with smoke coming from his nose.Pippi laughed and yelled, and waved to Tommy and Annika who were standing far away trembling like aspen leaves.The bull turned around, trying to shake Pippi off. "Look at me dancing with my little friend." Pippi sat firmly and said as if singing.The bull finally fell to the ground exhausted, hoping that there would be no children in the world.It really doesn't see the use of children. "Do you want to sleep now?" Pippi asked it politely. "Then I won't bother you." She got off the bull and walked over to Tommy and Annika.Tommy had been crying for a while.He had hurt one arm, and Annika bandaged it with a handkerchief, and it didn't hurt anymore. "Oh, Pippi," Annika called excitedly when she saw Pippi coming. "Hush—" Pippi whispered. "Don't wake the cow up! He's sleeping and he'll be mad if you wake him up." "Mr. Nelson! Mr. Nelson! Where are you?" But in an instant she was not afraid of waking the bull's nap, and screamed. "We have to go home!" In fact, Mr. Nelson was curled up in a pine tree, biting his tail, looking unhappy.It's boring to have a little monkey alone in the woods.Now he jumped down from the pine tree and onto Pippi's shoulders, waving his straw hat as he did when he was particularly happy. "Oh, you didn't become a chef this time," said Pippi, stroking its back. "Well, that's a true bragging," she added, "but if it's true, how can Is it bragging? After talking for a long time, maybe it really worked as a cook in Surabaya! Well, if it really worked as a cook, I will know who will cook from now on.” So they went home.Pippi was still wearing her dripping clothes and her creaky leather shoes.Tommy and Annika thought they had a great day, except, of course, about the bull.They sang a song taught in school.In fact, this song is about summer, and now it is autumn, but they feel the same anyway: Pippi sang too, but she sang it a little differently. Here's how she sang it: