Chapter 4 Sunday June 10th How Emile Lifted Little Ida to the Top of the Flagpole

June tenth is Sunday.There is a party at the Carterholt estate.Many people are coming from Lena Bella and other places, and Emile's mother has been busy preparing meals for several days. "It costs a lot of money," said Emil's father, "but you have to spend money if you want to have a banquet. You can't be too stingy. However, your meatballs can be made smaller." "The meatballs I made are just right," Emil's mother said, "not too big or too small, round and charred." She did a good job, too, and she made roast ribs, veal rolls, herring salad, fish in vinegar, apple pie, eel aspic, gazpacho, puddings, and two extra-large cheesecakes and Lots of great sausages.The sausages are so delicious that many people come from as far away as the towns of Renéby and Holtveld.

Emil is also particularly fond of this sausage. Today is indeed a day worth throwing a banquet.The sun was shining brightly, lilacs and apple blossoms were in full bloom.The flowers are fragrant and the birds are singing, and the whole Katerhouert is beautifully located on the hillside like a fairyland. The gravel on the road has just been raked.Every corner of the house is cleaned up.The meals are also ready, and there is nothing missing now.No, there is one more thing! "Oh, we forgot to raise the flag," said Emil's mother. This sentence should immediately make Emile's father act.He ran to the flagpole, followed by Amir and little Ida.They want to watch the flag go up to the top.

"I think this banquet will be very enjoyable and successful." When there was no one else in the kitchen, Amir's mother said to Li Na. "Yes. But to be on the safe side, isn't it best to lock up Amir first?" Li Na said.Amir's mother gave her a reproachful look, but did not answer. "Hey, it's all the same to me. Let's wait and see." Li Na tilted her head and muttered. "Amil is a cute little guy." Emil's mother said in a very firm tone.Through the kitchen window she saw her lovely son running and playing with his sister.They're both beautiful little angels, Mama Emil thought.Emile is wearing a striped Sunday suit and his cap over his curly hair.Little Ida was wearing a red dress with a white belt around her round belly.

Amir's mother had a satisfied smile on her face.But then she looked anxiously down the path again, and said: "I hope Antang has already hoisted the flag, and our guests will arrive anytime." It seems that the flag raising is going well.What's annoying is that when Emil's father was busy raising the flag, Alfred hurried over from the cowshed below and shouted in authentic Smaelan dialect: "It's a chick (cow), it's a chick!" !" It must be Broca's cunning cow, who must give birth to her calf while the people are busy raising the flag on all fours!

Amir's father had to throw down the flag in his hand and run to the bullpen, but Amir and Ida stayed under the flagpole. Ida looked up at the golden top hat on the flagpole. "It's so high!" she said. "You can probably see Mariane Ronde from that top." Amir was thinking about something, but only for a moment. "We can try it right away," he said. "Do you want me to lift you up?" Little Ida smiled happily: "Hey, Amir is so kind, he can always come up with some fun games!" "Yes, I really want to see the town of Marienne Rondo," went on little Ida.

"It can be done," said Emil kindly.Then he took the hook, hung it around Date's belt, and grasped the flag rope with both hands. "It's on now," Emil said. "Hee hee." Little Ida laughed. Little Ida rose up, all the way to the top of the flagpole.Then Emil wrapped the rope tightly around the flagpole, just as his father used to do.Because he didn't want little Ida to fall and fall.Now she was hanging there, never so strong and secure again. "Did you see Marian Nyrond?" Emile called. "No," answered little Ida, "only Renébelia."

"Oh, Renebelia... so, do you want to come down?" Emil called. "No, not yet," replied Ida, "it would be fun to see Renébelia. But now here comes the outsider!" Indeed, the open space in front of the cowshed was already full of carriages, and people began to walk through the gate and slowly walked towards the main house.Mrs. Pat Yuan walked in the front.She had come in a taxi from as far away as Winabee just to try Emil's mother's sausages.She was a dignified lady, with a feathered hat, but a figure so plump as to be somewhat protruding. Mrs. Pat Ai looked around with satisfaction: Carterholt is really beautiful, located among apple trees and lilacs, sunny and full of festive atmosphere.The flag was up, it was up, and even though she was a little nearsighted, she saw it.

flag!Suddenly she stopped in bewilderment.What happened to the Svenssons in Katterholt is very strange. Emil's father just came out of the cowshed, and Mrs. Pat Ai called him over and asked: "My dear Anton, what's the matter? Why did you hang up Dany Bruckner?" Emil was standing next to her, but he didn't know what Dannay Brücken meant. He had never heard the name of the Danish flag with a red background and a white cross.But he knew very well that the red-and-white crossed thing on top of the flagpole wasn't a Dannay Bruckner. "Hey," Amir laughed, "That's just little Ida."

Little Ida also smiled while hanging there, "Hey, it's just me, I saw the whole village of Lenabelya!" Amir's father couldn't laugh, he hurried forward and put little Ida down.At this time little Ida said: "I have never been so happy since Emil put me in the cranberry soup." She was talking about that time when they played Indian and Emil soaked her in a vat full of purple jam so that she would turn purple all over like the Indian. True, Emil would try to make Ida happy, but no one thanked him for it, instead, now Papa was grabbing his arm hard and shaking him.

"What did I say?" Li Na said when she saw Amir's father dragging Amir towards the carpentry workshop.After every prank, he was locked there. Emile cried out while crying: "She wants to watch Ma... Li... Annai... Longde." Amil felt his dad was being so unfair.No one had ever told him that it was not his fault that he had not allowed little Ida to see Marianne Ronde, and that she had seen nothing but Renébelia. Emil continued to cry, but stopped crying as soon as his father locked the door and left.Speaking of which, the carpentry room is also very interesting, there are many wooden boards that can be used to make things.Every time he is locked here after being mischievous, he will carve a cute little wooden figure.Now there are fifty-four, and it seems that there will be more.

"I don't care about their broken banquet!" Amir said, "If you like, Dad can raise the flag by himself. I also want to carve a little wooden figure for myself. I won't be angry today." Emil knew he would be released soon, and he never had to sit in the carpentry for too long. "Just think about the 'good' things you did," Dad used to say, "so you don't do it again." But Amir's strength is that he rarely makes the same mistakes, but has new tricks every time. Now he sat there peeling the wooden figure, thinking about the trick he had played on Ida.After a while, he finished thinking, because he didn't think much, but he carved skillfully and quickly. Later, he wanted to go out.But the people who ate and drank at the banquet had forgotten him.He waited and waited, but no one came to open the door.At this time, Amir began to think of a way to go out by himself. It is possible to get out from the window!This is probably not difficult.Amir thought.Although the window is not low, there are some wooden planks piled up at the base of the wall, and it will definitely be possible to climb up from above. Emil opened the window and was about to jump out, when he saw nettles growing under the window.It is a terrible thing to jump on a nettle pile.Emil did it once, just to try it out.Now that he had tasted the pain, he didn't want to try it again. "I'm not crazy," Emil said. "I can probably think of a better way." If you've been to an estate like Carterholt, you know the interesting combination of what that estate looks like and the houses.As soon as people get there, they immediately want to play hide-and-seek.There are not only stables, cowsheds, pigpens, chicken houses, sheepfolds, but also many small houses and sheds in Carterholt.For example, there is a smokehouse where Mama Emil smokes delicious sausages.There is also a brewing room where Li Na washes dirty clothes, and next to it are two small houses, one with a firewood room and a carpentry room, and the other with a liquid squeezer room and food storage. At night, Emil and little Ida used to sneak around among these little houses to play hide-and-seek. Of course, they didn't go to the place full of nettle trees. But at the moment Emile can't get anything to play, he can't go anywhere when he stays there.For the level ground between the carpentry and the pantry was full of nettles. Amir thought about it, and when he saw the window of the food store opposite was wide open, he came up with a good idea.Just put a wooden plank on the windows on both sides of the carpentry room and the food store, and climb over it, isn't it all right!He was so tired of the carpentry, and besides he was a little hungry. Emil never thinks much, especially when he has a good idea.In a blink of an eye, the board was set up, and Amir began to climb towards the opposite side.It looked dangerous enough, the planks were not wide and Emil was not light. "If I climb over safely this time, I will definitely give my little doll to Ida. I promise." Amir said while climbing.The planks shook violently, and he trembled with fear when he saw the nettles below. "Help!" he yelled as he lost his balance.But just as he was falling towards the nettle tree, his legs buckled, caught hold of the plank, and climbed back up successfully.Later, I climbed over it smoothly and entered the food storehouse. "It's nothing special," said Emil, "but Ida will still get my little doll...but I think... one day when it breaks, well, let's talk then!" He gave the plank a hard push and pushed it back into the carpentry.Amir's officer never likes to be muddled.Then he ran to the door to try, and it was locked. "Same as I guessed." Amir said. "They'll probably come for the sausages, though, and I'll slip out right then." Amir sniffled, the smell in the food depot was really delicious.There are indeed many delicious things here.Amir looked around carefully: Hey, there are delicious things everywhere, there are prosciutto hanging on the roof, and a string of round rye pastries on the wooden poles, Emil’s father especially likes to put white sauce and Eat a piece of pork.In one corner stood a large bread-box containing various kinds of bread; beside it was a chopping table with golden cheeses and terra-cotta jars full of freshly made butter. ; the wooden barrel behind the table is filled with salt pork; beside it stands a large cabinet with strawberry jam, pickled cucumbers, ginger pear and strawberry juice; tasty sausages.It's true that Emil is particularly fond of sausages. The banquet at Carterholt Manor was in full swing.The guests had already had coffee and a lot of pastries.Now they sit there waiting to get hungry again; so they can start eating ribs and herring salad and sausages and all the other goodies.Everyone was sitting happily when Emil's mother suddenly called out: "Hey, how did we forget about Emil! He's been sitting there for a long time this time. The poor boy!" Amir's father immediately ran to the carpentry room, and little Ida followed closely behind him. "Emil, you can come out now." Emil's father shouted, and hurriedly opened the door.You can imagine his surprise because there was no Emil there. "The little rascal must have jumped out of the window," said Papa Emil.He looked out of the window and saw that the nettle tree outside was standing there completely, and it didn't look like someone had stepped on or touched it. He began to worry. "It's kind of strange," he said. "No one has stepped on here, at least not even human footprints." Then Ida started to cry, what happened to Emil?Li Na often hums a sad song. The lyrics roughly say that a little girl was nailed in a wooden barrel, and then turned into a white dove and flew into the sky.Amir was also locked up, who knows if he will turn into something and fly out!Little Ida looked around, trying to see if there were any pigeons nearby.But all she saw was a fat white hen pecking at earthworms outside the carpentry workshop. Little Ida cried while pointing to the hen. "This may be Emil." Amir's father didn't believe it.To be on the safe side, he ran to ask Amir's mother if she had seen Amir fly. She didn't notice that.Now the Carterholt Manor was in chaos, and the banquet was interrupted. Everyone had to go outside to find Emil. "He must still be in the carpentry, you think," said Mama Emil.So they all ran to the carpentry to have a closer look. But there was no Emil there, only fifty-five little wooden figures neatly arranged on wooden shelves.Mrs. Pat Ai had never seen so many wooden figures lined up at once, and she wanted to know who carved them. "There is no one else but little Emil." Emil's mother began to cry as she spoke, "He is a cute little guy." "Hey, hey," Li Na said, nodding her neck, "It's best to go to the food store." Li Na is smart enough to say this.Everyone ran to the food bank, but Emil wasn't there either. Little Ida cried silently again. When no one was paying attention to her, she walked up to the white hen and whispered: "Good Emil, don't fly to the sky! I will feed you later and give you a whole bucket of chicken." Chicken food, as long as you stay in Katterhult." But the old hen didn't want to promise anything, and ran away clucking. Alas, poor Carter Hult people, forget about the tricks.There was no Emir in the firewood shed, in the liquid mill, nor in the stables, pigsty, or cowshed.I searched all over the sheepfold, chicken house, smoking room, and brewing room, but there was no Emil.People went to the well platform to look, and there was nothing there, which is of course not bad.But now everyone is crying.Those Lenabelya villagers who attended the banquet whispered in their ears: "This kid is really cute, this Emil, he is not really a bad boy... We never said that about him." "He may have fallen into the river." Li Na said.The Katterholt Creek is fast-flowing and dangerous, and children can easily drown in it. "He was never allowed to go there, you know!" Mama Emil said sternly.Li Na raised her neck, "But it may be because of this reason that he went." She said. So everyone flocked to the river.Fortunately they didn't find Emil there, so everyone cried even harder.At first, Emil's mother thought that she would have a happy banquet this time!Now that there is nowhere else to look, "what shall we do!" said Emil's mother. "Anyway, we have to get something to eat," said Emil's father.What he said was really timely, because everyone was groping and looking for it, and they were all a little hungry.Amir's mother immediately started serving the dishes again.When she walked in with herring salad, tears fell from her cheeks just as they landed on the plate.After a while the table was filled with veal rolls, ribs, cheesecakes and other food.Mrs. Pete licked her lips. The food on the table smelled tempting, but she hadn't seen any sausages yet, which made her worried. At this moment, Amir's mother shouted: "Li Na, we forgot to serve the sausage! Run and get it." Li Na ran away, and everyone waited anxiously.Mrs. Peter nodded, "Yes, sausage," she said, "in this sad time, sausage can help to whet your appetite." After a while, Li Na came back, but did not bring back the sausage. "Come with me, and I'll show you something," she said.Her expression is a bit strange, but she is usually a little weird, so it is not worthy of people's special attention. "What nonsense are you talking about?" Amir's mother asked sternly.At this time, Li Na's strange appearance became even more elusive.She suppressed her laughter in a strange way, and said again: "Follow me!" Then all the people who attended the banquet followed her out. Li Na walked in the front, and everyone followed her to the food store in bewilderment.I heard her laughing inexplicably along the way.She opened the heavy door, stepped over the high threshold, and everyone followed her.She led the people to the big cabinet and opened the door with a "squeak".She pointed with her finger to the middle tier where Mama Emil used to hold the sausages.There are no sausages there now, but Emil is lying there. He is sleeping.Fell asleep in the middle of all the sausage skins.When his mother saw it, she was as happy as if she had found a large piece of gold.So what if Emil eats all the sausages, it is a thousand times better to find Emil on the frame than to find a few kilograms of sausages!Papa Emil thought so too. "Hey, Emil is lying there," said little Ida, "he hasn't changed, at least not much." Just think how happy it is to find a kid with a stomach full of sausages!Now the banquet at Carterholt Manor had at last turned into a joyous one.Emil's mother found a few pieces of Emil's leftover sausage, and Mrs. Peter ate it with satisfaction.Others didn't get the sausage though.And don't leave Katterhult hungry.There were plenty of chops, veal rolls, meatballs, herring in vinegar, herring salad, puddings, eel aspic, etc., enough for them to eat.Last but not least was the most delicious cheesecake, topped with strawberry sauce and whipped cream. "This is the most delicious food in the world." Amir said in Smalay dialect.If you've ever eaten a cheesecake from Carterholt, you'll know he's telling the truth, this Emil. At this time, it was already dusk, and the sunset glow reflected on Kathult, the whole of Renébelia and the whole of Simalan Province, which was very beautiful.Amir's father lowered the flag, and Amir and little Ida stood aside and watched. That was the end of Katterholt's banquet, and everyone left.each go home.One by one the carriages set off, the last of which was the cab of the honorable Mrs. Patriot.Amir and little Ida listened to the sound of horseshoes receding down the slope. "I hope she can be kind to my mouse," said Amir. "What mouse?" asked Ida. "The one I put in her handbag," Emil replied. "What are you doing there?" Little Ida asked again. "Because that rat is so poor," Emil said, "it hasn't been anywhere but the sausage cabinet since it was born. I think it should at least visit Weinaby." "As long as Pat Ai can treat it well." Little Ida said. "She's definitely going to do it," said Emil. That's June 10th, the day Emil hoisted little Ida atop the flagpole and ate all the sausages, and maybe you want to hear something else.