Chapter 6 Emil's New Trick

Emil of Renéberja, the little rascal who lives in Katholt Manor in the village of Renéberja, Smaland, Sweden, have you heard of him? Ah! No? Can the whole village of Renéberja There's not a single person who doesn't know about this horrible little rascal, I can guarantee that.He does more naughty things every year than there are days in the whole year.He frightened the villagers, so they donated a bag of money to Emil's mother, saying: "This money may be used by you to send Amir to the United States." They thought: the village of Lenabelia would be much quieter if Emir hadn't been here.They thought well, but Emil's mother got very angry and threw the money on the ground, causing the copper coins to roll all over the village.

"Emile is a sweet little guy"."We just like him the way he is," she said. Li Na, the maid from the Carterholt Manor, interjected at this moment: "We also have to think about those Americans. They haven't offended us, so why push Amir to the Americans!" Mama Emil stared at her sternly.After watching it for a long time, Li Na felt that she probably said something stupid again, so she hesitated and wanted to add a few words.Speak tactfully. "But, ma'am," she said, "the news of the dreadful American earthquake is definitely in the Winnaby Gazette... I mean it would be too much of a burden to add Emil..."

"Shut up, Li Na!" Emil's mother said, "Go to the cowshed and milk the cows, that's the only thing you know!" In this way, Li Na had no choice but to lift the milk bucket and run to the cows.She sat down angrily milking the milk, which was best when she was a little angry, because then she tended to work more rhythmically than usual, despite the constant muttering in her mouth: "No matter how you say it, it has to be fair and reasonable, and all the disasters cannot be blamed on the Americans. But I would like to trade with them. I think I can write to them: For this Amir of you, send Give us the earthquake!"

She's just bragging here, she wants to write letters to America, and she writes letters that even her native people in Simalan can't understand.If anyone can write a letter to the United States, it can only be Emil's mother.She could write and count, and she wrote down all the naughty things Emil did in a blue book. "What's the use of remembering this!" said Emil's father. "Have you ever thought about wasting our pencils by writing down so many stupid things he did?" But Emile's mother doesn't care about that.She still carefully wrote down every prank Amir did.This is to let him know, so that when he grows up, he will know how naughty he was when he was young.That's when he understood why his mother's hair had turned gray.Knowing this, he would still love her.Because, the mother became gray-haired because of him.

But when it comes to this, don't think that Amir is bad.No, his mother was right when she said Emil was a lovely child.He has curly golden hair and round blue eyes, like a little angel.Sometimes Emile is really good.His mother always recorded them truthfully and impartially in that blue book. "Yesterday Emil was very good." On July 27, she wrote in her notebook, "He was not mischievous all day. Later, it was found that he had a high fever and lost energy." But as soon as the fever subsided on July 28, the naughty things he did were recorded on several pages in the notebook.Because he was as strong as a calf, and as long as he didn't get sick, he could do any amount of mischief.

"I've never seen such a child," Li Na said. You may have also noticed that Li Na doesn't like Amir that much.She likes Emil's sister Ida, she is an honest and obedient child.But Alfred, the long-term worker at Carterholt Manor, really likes Emil.The two of them get along dearly.When Alfred was not working, he taught Emil some useful things, such as how to harness a horse, how to catch pike and how to eat snuff.Of course, this last thing didn't work very well, and Emil only tried it once.But he had tried, because he wanted to know all the things Alfred knew, and he wanted to do all the things Alfred had done.Alfred also cut a rifle for Emil, he is good enough for Emil! This wooden gun has become Emil's favorite treasure.His second treasure was an ugly hat with a brim that his father had given him.It was bought for Dad in a daze when he went to town.

"I like my pock (hat) and tank (gun) best," he often said in Smaelan.He never went to bed a day without his hat and gun by his side. You probably remember who lived in Katterhult.There are Emil's father Antang Svensson, Emil's mother Alma, Emil's younger sister Ida, the long-term worker Alfred, and the maid Li Na.Finally there is Amir, and his name is Amir.And of course there's that Karosa Maya, we can't forget that either.She was a little old tenant woman who lived on a lease in the nearby forest.She often comes to Carterhoult to help wash and wash, do some sausage stuffing, or tell stories about ghosts, spirits, robbers and murderers, to frighten Emil and little Ida, and of course she also tells some of her favorite things sometimes. Know anecdotes.Now, though, you might want to hear some of Emil's mischievous stories.He pulls mischief every day except when he has a high fever, so we can pick any day and see what he's up to.Yes, why not just talk about the 28th of July?