Chapter 8 Pippi's house was patronized by the thief uncle

Ever since Pippi performed in the circus troupe, no one in the town knew that Pippi had great strength.It was even in the newspapers.But people living elsewhere naturally don't know what kind of person Pippi is. One dark night in autumn, two tramps were wandering on the road in Villekulla.These are two nasty and nasty thieves. They came to the town to find someone to steal.As soon as they saw the lights at Villecula, they decided to go in under the pretext of begging for some bread. What a coincidence, too, that night Pippi dumped all her gold coins on the kitchen floor and counted them.She was really bad at counting, but sometimes she did.This is just to finish the count.

"... seventy-five, seventy-six, seventy-seven, seventy-eight, seventy-nine, seventy, seventy-one, sixty-two, seventy-three, seventy-seven... oh, There must be some other numbers among them, yes, I remembered! One hundred and four, one thousand. God bless! This is a lot of money!" Pippi said. Just then someone knocked on the door. "Come in or not as you like," Pippi cried, "I can't make decisions for you!" The door opened and two homeless men walked in.Needless to say, when they saw only a little red-haired girl sitting alone on the floor counting money, their eyes immediately widened like brass bells!

"Are you alone?" they asked slyly. "Where," said Pippi, "there's Mr. Nelson at home." The thieves couldn't figure out that Mr. Nelson was just a little monkey sleeping in his little green bed with a doll's blanket over his stomach.They thought it was the patriarch of the family, Mr. Nelson, and they gave each other a sly wink. "We'll come back later." That's what they looked at, but they said to Pippi: "By the way, we're just coming in to look at your clock." The two of them were too dazed to think about bread and butter.

"You're so tall and big and you haven't seen a clock yet?" said Pippi. "How did you grow up? The clock ticks. I think you want to know what it does? Well, it goes and goes, but it never reaches the door. If you don't understand anything, just ask." She encouraged them to speak. thought the two bums.Perhaps Pippi was too young to tell her about looking at the clock, so he turned and went out without saying a word. "I don't expect you to say 'tat,' either," Pippi called after them, "but you should at least say 'tick.' But you don't have the usual notions of clocks either! But that's all right, it's all right." Pippi said and counted her money again.

Two homeless men came out, rubbing their hands together in excitement. "My dear fellow! Do you see that pile of money?" said one. "Yes, what a blessing," said the other, "and now we're just waiting for the little girl to fall asleep with that Nelson, and then we'll sneak in and get all the money." So they sat and waited under an oak tree in the orchard.A cold drizzle fell from the sky, and they were hungry again.It was hard, but the thought of the pile of money made them feel better. The lights of other houses went out one after another, but the lights of Villekulla remained on.Because Pippi is busy teaching himself the polka at the moment, and he won't learn to refuse to go to bed.In the end, however, the windows of Villa Villecula were also darkened.

The two tramps waited a long time in the garden to be sure that Mr. Nelson had indeed fallen asleep.Finally they slipped quietly to the back door, ready to use their door picking tools to break the door open.One of them (his name was Blom) turned the doorknob by sheer accident.The door wasn't locked at all. "They must have forgotten," he whispered to his companion, "the door is open!" "That's better," said another.This dark-haired fellow was called Human Torch Carlson by those who knew him. Human Torch Carlsson turned on the flashlight, and the two slipped into the kitchen.There was no one in the kitchen.In the next room was Pippi's bed, and Mr. Nelson's doll's cot.

Human Torch Karlsson opened the door and looked inside carefully.It was quiet inside, so he took a flashlight to illuminate the entire room.As soon as the light from the flashlight fell on Pippi's bed, the two homeless men were taken aback because they saw only a pair of feet on the pillow.As usual, Pippi turned her head to the end of the bed and covered it with a quilt. "That must be the little girl," Torch Carlson whispered to Bloom. "She must be asleep. But where do you see that Nelson?" "I'm sorry, I have to call Mr. Nelson," Pippi's quiet voice came from under the quilt, "Mr. Nelson sleeps on the little green doll's bed."

The two tramps were so frightened that they ran away.But they thought about what Pippi said.Mr. Nelson in the doll's crib!They used a flashlight to illuminate the doll's crib and the little monkey lying on the bed.Human Torch Karlsson couldn't help laughing. "Blom," he said, "Mr. Nelson's a monkey, ha ha ha!" "Yes, who do you think he is?" said Pippi's calm voice from under the quilt. "Is it the grass-mill?" "Your mom and dad aren't home?" asked Blom. "No," said Pippi, "they're not! They haven't been!"

Human Torch Carlsson and Blom giggled happily. "Then my lady," said Torch Carlson, "come out, we want to talk to you!" "No, I'm asleep," Pippi said. "Are you talking about the clock again? When it comes to the clock, you should guess first: why does the clock go and go, but never reach the door?" But Blom grabbed the quilt hard and pulled it away from Pippi. "Can you dance two-time round dance?" Pippi stared at him solemnly. "I will!" "You're asking too much," said Human Torch Carlsson. "Can we ask, too? Like, where was that money you had on the floor?"

"In the suitcase on the cupboard," Pippi answered honestly. Human Torch Carlsson and Blom laughed slyly. "I hope you don't mind if I take the suitcase back, kid?" said Carlsson the Torch. "Oh, not at all," said Pippi, "of course I don't mind!" So Human Torch Karlsson was not polite, and walked over to take down the suitcase. "I hope you don't mind if I take it back, big friend?" Pippi said, getting off the bed, pattering towards Bloom. Blom didn't know what was going on, and the suitcase was in Pippi's hands all of a sudden.

"No kidding," said Human Torch Carlson, furiously. "Give us that suitcase!" He grabbed Pippi's arm hard, trying to snatch the suitcase of the sweetheart. "I'm not kidding," Pippi said, lifting the Human Torch Carlson half the sky high and placing it on the top of the cabinet.In a blink of an eye, Blom was sitting there too.The two tramps were scared out of their wits, and only then did they realize that Pippi was not exactly an ordinary girl.But they were so focused on getting the suitcase that they forgot even their fear. "Let's do it together, Bloom!" Thunderbolt Carlsson roared, and the two jumped off the top of the cabinet at the same time, and went straight to Pippi who was holding the suitcase in his hand.But Pippi pushed them one by one with the index fingers of both hands, and they slapped twice, fell hard on their buttocks, and sat in two corners respectively.Before they had time to stand up, Pippi had already taken out the rope, and tied the hands and feet of the two thieves firmly.Now their tone of voice has changed. "Good lady," begged Carlsson the Torch, "let us go! We're only joking! Don't hurt us, we're just two homeless bums who just want to come in and ask for something." Something to eat." Blom even shed a tear or two. Pippi put the suitcase back on the top of the cabinet, then turned to her two captives. "Which one of you can dance the two-time round dance?" "This, this..." Human Torch Carlsson said, "I think we both have a little bit." "Oh, that's very interesting," said Pippi, clapping his hands. "Can we skip it? You know I just learned." "Yes, absolutely," said Human Torch Carlsson, a little confused. Pippi took a pair of large scissors and cut the rope binding her two guests. "Oh, but we have no music," said Pippi sadly.Then she had an idea. "I'll dance with him..." She pointed to Carlsson the Human Torch. "Will you blow on the comb?" she said to Bloom. Blom is certainly willing to blow the comb.He blows on the comb, and the sound can be heard all over the house.Mr. Nelson woke up with a start and sat up in his cot just in time to see Pippi and Torch Carlsson circling.Pippi was very serious and danced very vigorously, as if he couldn't live without dancing. In the end Blom refused to blow on the comb, saying it hurt enough to pierce his mouth.Human Torch Carlson walked on the road for a whole day, and his legs were tired. "Thank you for dancing a little longer," Pippi begged them, continuing to dance.Blom and Torch Carlsson had no choice but to jump. Jumping until three o'clock in the morning, Pippi said: "Well, I could skip till Thursday! But maybe you're tired and hungry?" That's right, they were just tired and hungry, but they dared not say it.Pippi took bread, cheese, butter, ham, cold beef, and milk from the cupboard, and they, Blom, Torch Carlsson, and Pippi, sat around the kitchen table and ate until their stomachs bulged. . Pippi poured a little milk into one ear. "It's good for earaches," she said. "What a pity, do your ears hurt?" asked Blom. "Not yet," said Pippi, "but it might hurt." At last the two tramps stood up, thanked Pippi deeply for having fed them, and asked if they could now take their leave. "It's great that you are here! Do you have to leave so soon?" Pippi was very reluctant for them to leave. "I haven't seen anyone dance the polka as well as you, my bun," she said to Torch Carlsson. "Practice blowing on your comb," she told Bloom, "and you won't feel the comb sticking in your mouth anymore." As soon as they reached the door, Pippi ran up and gave them a gold coin each. "You deserve to be paid," she said.