Chapter 10 Emile's latest trick

In the whole of Leneberja, in the whole of Smaland and in all of Sweden, and perhaps in the whole world, there is no Emir who lived so long ago at the Katholt estate in the village of Leneberja in the province of Smaland. naughty child.It was a miracle that he grew up to be chairman of the municipal council, but he did hold the position and became the most promising man in Renébelia.It's delightful to see how naughty kids can turn out to be nice over time.What, don't you agree? I'm afraid you did a lot of naughty things when you were a kid? What? No! So I'm mistaken? Alma Svensson of the Carterholt estate, Emil's mother, keeps a blue book of all the naughty things he's done.The book is in the cabinet drawer.The drawer was so full of these books that it couldn't be opened in the end, because there were always one or two books lying sideways and blocking the drawer from opening.These blue books are still very well preserved in that old cupboard.Only three copies were missing, and that was because once Emil needed money, she took three copies and wanted to sell them to the Sunday school governess, but she didn't want to buy them.So Emil used them to make paper boats and let them float away along the stream in Kathult.Afterwards no one voted to see them again.

The Sunday school teacher didn't understand why it was necessary to buy Emil's notepads. "What do I want them for?" she asked in amazement. "To teach the children not to be so naughty like me," said Emil. certainly.Emil also knew he was a little rascal.In case he forgot by himself, there is Li Na, the maid of Carterholt Manor, who can remind him. "It's unlucky to have you in Sunday school." She said, "Of course it doesn't matter to you, you can't go to heaven anyway...unless you need to ask Grandpa Thunder for help." What Li Na meant was that wherever Amir went, he would be struck by lightning, thunder and fright.

"I've never seen a child like this before." As she spoke, she took Emil's younger sister, Ida, to the grass outside.There, she milks a cow while watching little Ida pick wild strawberries.Little Ida stringed wild strawberries on grass vines, and brought five bunches full of them when she came home.Amir only lied to her twice, he is not a child with no education at all. Don't think that Amir is happy to go to the ranch with Li Na and Yida.No, he was going to do something more drastic than that.So he grabbed his hat and wooden gun and went straight to the stables.He jumped on Lucas and galloped through the hazel bushes, making a cloud of dust.He was playing a game of "Smauran Hussars Attack".He had seen such a picture in a newspaper, so he knew roughly what to do.

Hat, Rifle and Lucas These are the three most precious treasures of Emil.Lucas was his horse, his reward for his heroic deeds at the Winabee Market Day.The hat was a blue one with a brim, it was ugly, and it was bought for him by his father.The rifle was made of wood, and it was made for him by Alfred, the long-term worker of Kathholt, because that man liked Emil very much.Otherwise, Amir would sharpen a wooden gun himself.If anyone is good at chipping wood, it should be Emil, because he practiced constantly.The thing is, every time he does some mischief he gets locked up in the carpentry.He always wants to cut a funny wooden man.In this way, he made a total of 369 wooden figures, all of which are still placed there.One of them was buried by his mother in a field behind a redcurrant bush, because the man was so much like a priest. "This must not be seen by the pastor." Emil's mother said.

Now you probably know what Emil is like.You know he is naughty all year round, from summer to winter, and never stops.I have read several of those blueprints, and I will tell you about a few days in Emil's life.You'll notice that Emil has done some good things too, and it would be fair to tell about those, not just his horrible pranks.Of course, his naughty things are not all so terrible, and there are some little naughty stories that are not very harmful.In fact, it was only on November 3rd that the real fallout happened.But you also don't want me to tell what happened on November 3rd, I never will.Because I have promised Mama Emile not to talk about it.In exchange, though, I could pick a day that Emil was generally speaking about doing well, although his dad probably didn't think so.