Chapter 13 Tuesday 10th August Emil puts the frog in the food basket and it turns heads

Speaking of it, Emil's father is really pitiful. His son has made a stupid and cute business, but he only bought one sow from the auction market.This hateful sow gave birth to eleven piglets one night when no one was around, and killed ten of them immediately.It is true that the sows do it sometimes.If Amir hadn't come in time, the eleventh head would have been killed by it.That night, Amir woke up with a stomachache and had to go out for a while.When he passed the pigsty, he heard a piglet screaming desperately.Amir rushed in immediately, and it was a close call.At that moment the last little pig was snatched from its cruel mother's mouth.What a bad mother! But then she got a strange disease herself, and died on the third day.Poor Papa Emil stood there with a little piglet in his arms, the only thing he got from the Buckherwa auction.How sad do you think he is!

"Bakherva's house is full of crooked ways!" Emil's father said to Emil's mother in the bedroom before going to bed that night. "Even their cattle are bewitched, that's obvious!" Amir heard this sentence from a distance, and immediately poked his head out from the side of the bed: "I can have that little pig." He said, "It doesn't matter to me if I'm bewitched!" His dad didn't like to hear that. "You know you want this and that," he said angrily. "What about me? I can never have something?" Emil was silent.After a long time, I didn't mention the little pig.What's more, this pig is still a rare poor creature that is thin and small, its body is blue with cold, and it is half dead. "Maybe some evil spirit has taken its soul away," Emil thought, "but it's too scary what happened to a little pig, and it hasn't done anything bad." Emil's mother thought so too. "Poor Cron!" she said.At that time, the Smaurans always said that when they felt that something was too small.Li Na also likes animals, especially pigs. "Poor piggy Cron," she said, "he's probably going to die soon."

If it weren't for Amir, this tragedy would have definitely happened.But Emile put it in the kitchen, made a bed for it in a small basket with a soft blanket, gave it milk from a bottle every day, and took care of it like a mother, Alfred came over and saw that Emil was busy feeding the poor little creature, and asked, "What's wrong with this little pig?" "It's bewitched and doesn't want to eat," Amir said. "Hey, what's the matter with it?" asked Alfred again.It took Amir a lot of effort to explain clearly that the little pig was not angry, but that he was so thin and weak because of some kind of magic.

① Angry, in Swedish, bewitched and angry have the same meaning. "But I'm going to cure it," he promises. "I must keep this little pig's life, I have made up my mind!" Really, he could say and do it.It didn't take long for the little pig to recover.It is round and chubby, just like other little pigs. "Little Pig Clone, I know you will be fine!" Li Na said. "Clone Pig," she said again.The little pig was called that name from then on until his death. "Really. It came alive," said Emil's father. "Emil, you did a great job!"

Amir was very happy to be praised by his father, and he took the opportunity to ask: "How many times do I have to save it to get it?"Amir had no choice but to remain silent, and did not mention this matter for a long time. Piggy Cron went back to the pigsty again, but he didn't like to stay there, but kept running behind Emil, like a puppy.Amir also let it follow almost all day. "It might think you are its mother," said little Ida.Piggy Cron might really think so, because whenever he sees Emil, he immediately runs over, screaming and screaming wildly.It likes to be with Amir, and especially likes to let Amir scratch its back from time to time.Emil never lets it down either.

"I'm good at scratching pigs," he said.He happily sat on the swing board under the cherry tree and tickled the piggy Cron, patiently and well every time.Cron stood there with his eyes closed.Also humming softly.As if to let people know that it is really comfortable. Summer goes to autumn, and the cherries are slowly ripening.The cherries grow right where Cron used to stand when he scratched his itch.Emil plucked it by the handful and fed it, because Cronding liked to eat cherries.This little pig, Cron, of course likes Amir more, and feels more and more comfortable living in a place with Amir!

Emil also loves Cron the Pig, and grows fonder of him as the days go by.One time he was sitting on the swing scratching Cron when he remembered how much he liked it, and who else he liked besides it. "First Alfred," he thought, "then Lucas. Then Ida, and then Cron the Pig... Oh, how did I forget Mommy...Of course Mom comes first. Then there's Al Fred, Lucas, Ida, and Cron the pig." Then he frowned and thought for a long time. "We still have Dad and Li Na," he thought. "Oh, some days I like my father, and some days I don't like him. I can't say Li Na at the moment, I neither like her nor dislike her... She can stay there, like a cat Almost like a cat."

Amir naturally continued to be mischievous every day, and often sat in the carpentry room, which can also be seen from the blue book records of this period.But Emil's mother is very busy during the harvest season, so sometimes the book just says: "Emil is in the carpentry." without explaining why. Now every time Emil sits in the carpentry room, he takes Cron the pig with him.With such a cute little pig for company, time can pass faster.And he can't always chip little wooden people.So he took Clone the Pig and taught him various tricks.The people of Lenabelya never dreamed that ordinary Smauran pigs could learn these tricks, and Emil kept it a secret from the outside world.Clone the Pig is pretty good at learning, and is quite happy with all these things, especially when he learns a new trick and gets some goodies from Emil.Emil secretly set up a small pantry in a box behind the carpenter's table, hiding a lot of rusks, biscuits, dried cherries and other food, because he didn't know when he would be in the carpenter's room, and he didn't want to Sitting there needlessly starving.

"With a little brains and a few dried cherries, you can teach the pig any trick." Emil explained to Alfred and little Ida.On a Saturday evening, Emile showed them both Cron the Pig's hitherto unknown art performances.Under the lilac tree, Emil and the piggy Cron really showed their faces.Alfred and little Ida sat on a bench.They stared in surprise at the wonderful performance of the little pig Cron, they had never seen such a pig.As long as Amir says "sit down", it sits like a dog, and when Amir says "lie down and play dead", it lies down as if it is really dead.When it gets dried cherries, it will stick out its right hoof to express its gratitude.

Little Ida clapped her hands happily, "Does it have anything else?" She asked anxiously. At this time, Emil yelled "start", and with a "whoosh", the little pig Cron ran around the lilac tree.Every little while Emil yelled "jump", and it jumped up and off the ground, and then continued to run.It is very satisfied with its performance, it can be seen. "Oh! It's so cute!" said little Ida.In the shade of the tree, the piggy Cron is also really cute when he jumps up. "It's a bit unnatural to be a pig, though," said Alfred.But Amir was proud and satisfied.Pigs like Cron the pig can't be found in the whole of Lennebelia, the whole of Smailan, that's for sure.

Amir also gradually taught the piggy Cron to jump rope.Have you ever seen a pig jumping rope? No, you haven't.Emil's father hadn't seen it either.But one day when he came to the hillside in front of the cowshed, he saw Emil and Ida standing there holding an old cow rein together, and the little pig Cron was jumping to the ground in the middle of the rope, and his four little hooves lightly touched the ground. pounding the ground. "It thinks it's so fun." Little Ida said in an affirmative tone.But her papa didn't believe it. "Piggy can't be fun," he said. "It's going to be Christmas ham. If it jumps like this, he'll be as skinny as a hound, and I don't want that. .” Amir's heart skipped a beat, and he asked Cron the Pig to make Christmas ham, but he didn't think so far.But now that he had to think about it, he began to suspect that this was also the day he didn't like his dad that much. It was Tuesday, August 10th, a day he didn't like his father very much.It was this morning, sunny and warm.The little pig is jumping rope on the small slope in front of the cowshed, but Emil's father is talking about Christmas ham.Then he disappeared, because on this day Kajholt was starting to harvest the rye, and Emil's father would work in the wheat field until dark. "Little Pig Cron, you remember," Emil said after his father left. "You have to try your best to keep as thin as a hound, and then you can get through, otherwise...you don't know how powerful my father is!" On this day, Emil walked around worrying about Cron the pig, so she only did a few small pranks, which were hardly noticed.He put little Ida in the wooden trough that people used to drink from horses and cattle.He took it as a small boat on the sea, and then filled the tank with water, pretending that the boat on the sea had flooded, and it entered so badly that there was no dry place on the little Ida's body.But she likes to play it that way.He later used a slingshot to break a large china plate full of yellow sauce.It was put by his mother on the window sill of the warehouse, trying to dry the freshly made yellow sauce.He just wanted to see if he could hit it.Didn't expect it to break.But it ended up breaking it.At this time, he was really glad that his father was in the wheat field in the distance.His mother let him sit in the carpentry for just a little while.Partly because she pitied him, and partly because she needed him to deliver coffee to the harvesters.At that time, people drank coffee in the fields, and there were children delivering coffee to the fields in Le Nabeya, all over Simalan. The children of Simalan Province are really cute messengers, carrying coffee baskets in their hands, walking along the winding path and passing through the grass pasture.Finally came to a piece of barren mountains full of piles of stones.These plots are so pitifully small that it makes one want to cry with grief.Of course, children in Simaland don't cry, because wild strawberries often grow on these stone mounds, which is what they especially like to eat. On this day, Amir and Little Ida were also sent to deliver coffee.They started not too late, and they walked not too slowly, and the coffee basket was held securely.But the problem is that Amir never walks straight, but turns east and west, wanting to see everywhere.Wherever Amir goes, little Ida follows.They also made a detour to a swamp to have a look.There are often many frogs in that place.This time Emil really found one too.He wanted to observe its life carefully. In addition, he thought that this frog also needed a change of environment and couldn't live in the swamp all day.So, he put it in the coffee basket and put the lid on, keeping it safe and secure. "Otherwise, where do I put it?" Emil said, "I have holes in my trouser pockets. Besides, I just keep it for a while, and it can go back to the swamp after a while." He said.This sensible child! In the rye field.Emil's father and Alfred kept waving their long-handled scythes to cut the wheat, followed by Li Na and Carosa Maya, who hurriedly gathered the cut rye and bundled it into a bundle.That's how people worked back then. When Emil and little Ida finally appeared on the ground carrying the basket, they didn't receive the kind of welcome that cute messengers should have received from Emil's father.Instead, he yelled at them for coming too late.Because coffee is supposed to be delivered on time, it should be consumed in between breaks. "But it will be very tasty to drink now," said Alfred.He wanted Papa Amir to think about it from another angle, to think about the good.If on a hot day in August, you also rest like this on the field of Lenabelia, in the sun, everyone sits by the stone pile, drinks coffee and chats, or dips coffee and eats a sandwich. Not to mention how beautiful it is.But Emile's father is still angry.He snatched the basket and lifted the lid.This was even worse, for now the little frog jumped on top of him and got into his shirt, which was left open because of the heat.The frog's little feet are so cold, it's really itchy to step on Emil's father.Papa Emil felt uncomfortable and swung his arm so hard that unfortunately he hit the coffee pot and knocked it over.Thanks to Emil's nimble hands and feet, he immediately lifted it up, and the coffee was not spilled much.The frog disappeared all of a sudden.It turned out that it was frightened and got into Amir's father's pants.Emile's father was almost mad with anger.He kicked his legs in all directions, trying to get the frog out of his trouser legs.Unfortunately the pot of coffee got in his way again.He kicked him again and fell to the ground.It would have been even worse if it hadn't been for Emil's dexterity to lift it up again, and they wouldn't have any coffee this break. Of course the frog didn't like staying there either, it finally got out along the trouser leg, and Emil grabbed it again.But his father was still angry, and he thought the frog must be a trick played by Emil.Although that's not the case.Amir originally thought it was Li Na who lifted the lid of the basket, and would be very happy to see such a beautiful little frog.I mention this to let you know that Emil's life is not easy either, sometimes he gets some innocent accusations.For example, one should really ask, in Emil's father's opinion, where he should put the frog, because Emil has holes in both trouser pockets. Li Na often said of Amir: "I have never seen such a naughty child. Even if he doesn't play pranks himself, the pranks will find him." Li Na was right when she said "find it on his head".What happened later in the day confirmed this.The prank came to Amir's head, but it was difficult to explain clearly for a while.So that the whole of Renébelia talked and accused him for a long time.Although all this is due to the fact that his mother is a capable housewife.Of course, it is also because there are so many cherries in Carterhult this year.These are all things that have nothing to do with Amir, but unfortunately they found him again. Emil's mother is really rare and capable.Pickling, salting, and jam.She can turn many things into delicious food.Both include the wild in the woods.Also includes homegrown ones in the garden.Every year she gathers as many bilberries, raspberries, and raspberries as she can.She could make applesauce, ginger pears, currant preserves, gooseberry jam, sour cherry juice.She takes special care to keep the dried fruit available all winter for delicious fruit soups.Every year she dried apples, pears, and cherries in the oven in the kitchen and put them in a white sack and hung them on the roof of the pantry.By the way, it would be nice to visit the food bank. At the time when the cherries were at their most ripe, the noble Mrs. Paterine of Weinerby came to visit Katterhoult.Amir's mother complained a bit.There are so many lovely cherries that she doesn't know where to put them. "I think Alma could make some kirsch," said Mrs. Petry. "That can't be done, forgive me!" said Emil's mother. She didn't even want to hear about making kirsch, Kathelter was a dry place.Emil's father never drank strong drinks, not even beer.Of course, the exception is when someone invites him to drink.In places like fairs, this is impossible.If someone offered him beer, it might be one bottle or two, and he could quickly figure out that two bottles of beer were worth thirty oers.Thirty Orr couldn't be thrown away casually, so he drank whatever he had, whether he wanted to or not.But making kirsch by himself was something he would never agree to.Emil's mother knew this very well, so she also told Mrs. Pat Yuan.But Mrs. Petry said that even if no one in Katterholt wanted to drink, there would always be people somewhere else who would not object to a drink or two, for example, she herself would like to try some kirsch.Why can't Emile's mother put a tank in the bean cellar.Let the cherries ferment in it.In this way, others don't have to see it, and Mrs. Pat Yuan will come to pick it up and pay a good price when it is finished. When others asked Amir's mother to do something, she was never embarrassed to refuse.Besides, as said before, she is a good housewife who wants nothing to go to waste, and she has already dried so many cherries.There is nowhere to put it.So she agreed before she could figure out what to do.But Emil's mother is not the kind of silent person, she told Emil's father everything.He complained for a long time, and finally said: "You can do what you want. But how much did she say she'd pay?" Although Mrs. Pete did not say anything about it, her wine had been in the cellar for several weeks.On this day in August, Emil's mother felt that the wine had fermented and it was time to bottle it.Just today, she thought, Papa Emil was in the rye field and didn't have to be disturbed by watching wine being made in his house. After a while, Emil's mother packed ten bottles and placed them neatly on the kitchen table.She was going to put the bottle in the basket right away, and put it back somewhere in the potato cellar, so no one would see it and hate it.The rest is just waiting for Mrs. Pat Ai to pick it up. The cherries used to make the wine are stored in a barrel outside the kitchen.At this time, Emil just came back from the field with a basket of coffee. "Emil, dump those cherries in the bucket into the trash and bury them," said Emil's mother. Amir picked up the bucket and left, as obedient as he was always.The rubbish is piled behind the pigsty, and in the pigsty, Cron the Pig is walking back and forth.When it saw Amir coming, it immediately cheered loudly, as if telling Amir that it wanted to go out and play with him. "You can come out." Emil said as he put down the bucket, walked over and opened the small gate on the pigsty.The little pig Cron rushed out with a happy grunt, and immediately put his long mouth into the bucket, thinking that Amir had brought him food.At this time, Emil began to think about what her mother had just said-dump the cherries in the garbage and bury them.It's kind of weird that Katterholt never throws away what's edible.These cherries look delicious and Cron the Pig has already swallowed several of them.Emil thought his mother wanted him to dump the cherries, but to sweep them out before his father returned from the field. "Then it's the same if Clone the Pig eats them".Amir thought, "It likes to eat so much, it will die if it sees cherries." It seems that Cron the pig is particularly fond of these cherries, he hums happily and eats it until his nose is stained red.In order to let the little pig eat more happily, Amir simply poured all the cherries on the ground.At this time, the rooster also came and wanted to participate in the dinner.Little Pig Cron squinted at it, but let it come over anyway.The cock immediately pecked at the cherries.At this time, the hens also came running, and the hens headed by Lame Lauda all wanted to come and see what delicious food the rooster had found.It wasn't for them, and as soon as they stuck their mouths out, Clone the Pig and the Rooster ruthlessly shooed them away.Such delicious cherries, the rooster and the piggy Cron want to eat them all for themselves, it can be seen. Amir was sitting beside him, sitting on the upside-down bucket, playing with blowing a blade of grass.He thought nothing of it.At this time, he suddenly found that the rooster stumbled and fell to the ground, and he couldn't help being surprised.It tried to struggle several times, but without success.They all fell to the ground as soon as they got up halfway.It lay there, surrounded by the driven hens.Standing not far away, they all clucked worriedly when they saw this rare performance of the rooster.This pissed off the rooster, he lay there, staring at them angrily, didn't he have the right to lie down or lie down anywhere? Emil really didn't understand what the cock was doing.It's quite pitiful.He walked over and lifted the cock up.The rooster stood there, swaying back and forth for a long time, as if trying to see if its legs could hold up.There's definitely something wrong with it.But suddenly it had an evil spirit, screamed "Wow", and proudly flapped its wings and rushed towards the hen group.The hens ran away in fright, and they all saw clearly that the rooster was crazy.Emil saw it too, and he watched the rooster go on a rampage in bewilderment, not noticing what Cron the pig was doing.If you want to use crazy to describe the sudden appearance of madness, then Piggy Cron is absolutely crazy.It also takes part in the battle to chase the hens.I saw it screaming wildly and pounced after the cock.Amir became more and more surprised, he really didn't understand what was going on.Little pig Cron screamed loudly, ran wildly, and seemed to be very happy.Amir noticed that its legs were also a bit strange, shaking from side to side as if out of control.If it hadn't performed the jumping movements taught by Amir every time it was about to fall, it would have fallen down long ago. Poor the hens, they had never seen such a strange pig.Now they are all running around, and their frightened calls sound like they are calling for help.Those poor wretches, it's enough to see their cocks go crazy, and they can't bear to be followed by a mad pig running fast and staring at two terrible eyes! Really, really can't stand it.People can be scared to death, and Emil knows it.But suddenly one after another hens also fell to the ground, lying there motionless, without any sign of coming to life.There were dead chickens lying all over the grass, white and motionless, all lying there.It was a terrible scene.Amir began to cry in despair.What would mother say if she saw her hens in this state? His own hen, Lame Lauda, ​​lay there, too, in a white hen, as if dead.Emil picked it up, it was really dead, and there was no hope of life at all.It's over this time, with its big eggs.The only thing Amir can do is to bury it as quickly and solemnly as possible.The words that should be written on the tombstone emerged in his mind: Here lies the lame Lauda who was scared to death by the piggy Cron. Emil really hates Cron the pig, this nasty beast, he must be locked in the pigsty and never let him out! The lame Lauda can be put in the firewood house for the time being.Amir gently held it with both hands and placed it on the wooden plinth.Can wait for the funeral here, poor Lauda! When Emil came out of the firewood house, he saw that the rooster and piggy Cron had returned to the cherry pile.This is really a pair of bad guys, first scared the hens to death, and then continued to eat quietly as if nothing happened! At least the rooster should feel repentant, and should be sad! It lost all at once Wife, don't care about that! The way they eat is not really a decent way to eat. After a while, the rooster fell down again, and then the piggy Cron fell to the ground.Emil is mad at them, so it doesn't matter if they are dead or alive.But he saw that they did not die like the hens.The rooster still crowed softly and stretched its legs.Little Pig Cron lay there with his eyes closed, struggling to look around from time to time, still panting. There were still a lot of cherries on the grass, and Emil tasted one.The taste is different from what you usually eat, but it is definitely not bad.Why did my mother think of burying such delicious cherries? By the way, he had to go and tell his mother about the hen's misfortune, but he really didn't want to go, and he didn't want to go right now.He thought about it and ate a few more cherries... no, he didn't want to go now! In the kitchen, Emil's mother has prepared meals for the harvesters.Now they are all back.Emile's Papa, Alfred, Li Na and Carosa Maya.They were tired and hungry after a long day's work.They sat around the table in the kitchen.Only Amir's seat remains vacant.Emil's mother remembered that she hadn't seen her son for a long time. "Li Na, go and see if Amir is with piggy Cron." Amir's mother said.Li Na went out for a long time.When she finally appeared at the door, she stood on the threshold and refused to come in until everyone looked at her.When she had something important to say, she always let everyone hear it at once. "What's the matter with you? Why are you standing there? What's going on?" Emil's mother asked. Li Na couldn't help laughing, "Did something happen? I really don't know what to say... But the hen is dead, the rooster is drunk, the piggy Cron is also drunk, and Emil..." "What happened to Amir?" Amir's mother asked hurriedly. "Amir," Li Na said, taking a deep breath, "Emir is also a mess of drunk." There was no way for Katterholt to talk about the mess that night.Emil's father was noisy and yelling, Emil's mother was crying, little Ida was crying, Li Na was crying too, Karosa Maya yelled "Aiya", "Aiya" for a while, and even dinner I can't care less about eating.She had to tell everyone in the village, "Oh, poor Svensson's in Katterholt, the little devil Emil got drunk and killed all the hens, oh, no Got it……" Alfred was the only one who was still a little clear-headed. After hearing the terrible news from Li Na, he ran out with the people and found Emil lying on the grass, right next to the piggy Cron and the rooster. next to.Really, Li Na was right.Emil was indeed drunk.He was lying there, leaning heavily on Cron the Pig, with his eyes closed.It was obvious that he was very uncomfortable.When Emil's mother saw his unfortunate appearance, she immediately burst into tears.She wanted to take Emil into the house immediately.But Alfred knew these things better, he said, and it was better to let him lie outside in the fresh air. All night Alfred sat on the porch outside the workshop with Ariel in his arms.When Emil vomited, he helped wipe it up.When Amir cried, he did his best to comfort him.Emile woke up sometimes, really sorry for his bad luck, but he didn't know what it was.Emil didn't know that when making wine from cherries, the cherries had to be fermented long enough so that they were full of that intoxicating stuff, so Emil's mother told him to bury the cherries, but he put They ate it.He and the rooster and piggy Cron.So now he's lying in Alfred's arms. In this way, he lay down for a long time.The sun went down, it was dark, and the moonlight filled the land of Kathelter.But Alfred and Amir are still sitting there. "Amir, what do you think?" Alfred asked when he saw Amir's eyes move. "Well, I'm still alive." Emil said hoarsely.Then he whispered to Alfred; "If I die, you can take Lucas away." "You're not going to die," Alfred reassured him. Indeed, Emile is not dead, and neither are Cron and the Rooster. It was a little strange that the hens didn't die either.Here's the thing.In grief, Emir's mother asked little Ida to fetch a basket of firewood.When little Ida came out, she was still crying, for what a sad night it had been.She went into the firewood hut and saw the lame Lauda lying on the wooden plinth, and she cried even harder. "Poor Lauda," Ida said, stretching out her slender hand to pat Lauda's body.Can you think of it? Lauda is alive again! He opened his eyes, clucked angrily, flapped his wings and flew away from the wooden pier.And angrily limped out of the room.Ida stood there in shock and fear, wondering if this was real.Heck, maybe she has magical powers in her hands that can bring the dead back to life! Because everyone was in a hurry to feel sorry for Emil just now, no one has taken care of the hens, and they are still lying on the grass at the moment.Now Ida came running and photographed each other next to each other.It was also so wonderful that all the hens jumped up one after another and were alive.In fact, they are not dead, they just fainted from the fright of being chased by the piggy Cron just now, and sometimes hens do like this. Little Ida walked proudly into the kitchen, where her mother sat weeping sadly.But little Ida brought the news: "I finally woke up the hens from death!" she said triumphantly. The rooster, piggy Cron and Emil all returned to normal the next morning, that is, the rooster did not crow for three days.It tried several times, but each time it could not make a "woo hoo hoo" sound, but could only squeeze out a little unpleasant "hiss" sound from its throat, which made it a great embarrassment.Every time the hens stared at it with reproachful eyes, and it was so ashamed that it finally ran to hide in the bushes. Clone the Pig didn't feel ashamed at all.But Amir was embarrassed to meet people all day long, so Li Na said sarcastically: "Lying with a pig, it's not easy! Drunk pig, you and piggy Cron are really a couple, I'll call you that from now on!" "I think you'd better keep your mouth shut!" Alfred stared at her sternly and said, which made Li Na shut up.But things didn't end here.This afternoon, three serious-looking gentlemen entered the Carterholt Manor.These three were gentlemen from the Alcoholics Rehabilitation Society of Jinnebelia.You may not know what abstinence is for.I can tell you that at that time there was a great need for this organization in Renebelia and in the whole of Simalan.It helps people quit the habit of drinking and drinking without restraint.Many people suffered misfortune from alcoholism at the time, and of course still do now. Carosa Maya's news of Emil's drunkenness alarms the AA, so they send three people to talk to Emil's parents.It would be nice if Emile could go to AA this evening and be brought up to be a life-long abstainer.But Emil's mother was very annoyed, and she told them the story of Emil and Cherry.But these AA people were still worried.One of them said: "However, from this incident, we can see which direction Amir is developing. There is definitely no harm in letting him be educated tonight." Emile's father also agrees with this view, he is very unhappy.Standing up in front of so many people and being humiliated for the sake of one's own child is nothing glorious.But it was also necessary to go there and lead Emile on the road to sobriety. "I'll go with him," he muttered dejectedly. "No, he is going, so I should go with him." Amir's mother said.She was indeed the cause of the incident, "It wasn't anyone else but me who brewed that disaster wine. An Tang, you don't need to be implicated in this matter. I am the only one who should listen to the advice of drinking alcohol. If you think it is necessary, of course I can Take Emil with you!" When evening came, Emil put on her Sunday dress and, of course, her hat.He had no objection to being educated, and it was fun to walk among people.The little pig Cron thought the same way, when Emil and his mother were on the road, it also ran to follow.But Amir yelled "Lie down and play dead", and the little pig Cron had to lie obediently on the road, but his eyes followed him for a long time. The Alcoholics Anonymous meeting hall was full this evening.I can tell you that the Renébelians are all here, and they all want to help Emil quit drinking.The Alcoholics Anonymous chorus stood at the front, next to the podium.As soon as Emil walked through the door, they all opened their mouths and sang: "You young man, wine glass in hand, It's loaded with poison..." "It's not a wine glass at all!" said Emil's mother angrily.But only Amir heard this sentence. After the song was over, a man came forward and had a long and serious talk with Emil, and finally asked him if he would swear off drinking for the rest of his life. "I could probably swear on it," Emil said. At this moment, there was a pig cry from the door, and then the little pig Cron waddled in.It has been quietly following behind Amir.As soon as it saw Amir standing in the first row, it was very happy and ran over immediately.There was a commotion in the hall at once, for no pig had ever been in an AA meeting before, and they certainly didn't want to let one in now.他们以为这种场合猪跑进来不适当。但是艾米尔说： “它也需要发誓戒酒，因为它吃的樱桃比我多!” 看来小猪克龙有点太兴奋了，因此艾米尔对它说“坐好!”这时勒奈贝尔亚人都大吃一惊地看到小猪克龙象狗一样坐在后腿上，非常规矩，非常听话。艾米尔从口袋里掏出几个干樱桃递给它，勒奈贝尔亚人简直都不敢相信自己的眼睛了，那小猪竟伸出右蹄表示感谢。他们几乎忘记了正要搞的戒酒宣誓。艾米尔不得不提醒他们。 “怎么搞的，我还要不要发誓了?。 结果艾米尔发下了以下誓言： “烈性饮料永不沾唇，一生竭尽全力在同伴中发展戒酒运动。”这些庄严的誓言意味着艾米尔的一生将永不喝酒，并要帮助别人戒酒。 “小猪克龙，这对你也适用。”艾米尔发过誓后说。后来勒奈贝尔亚人都议论纷纷地说，“除了艾米尔，还没有谁和猪一起发誓戒酒。不过卡特侯尔特家的那孩子，也真是有点怪。” 艾米尔回到家里，脚后头紧跟着小猪克龙。他走进厨房里，看到爸爸一个人孤零零地坐在那里。在煤油灯下看得出他刚刚哭过。艾米尔从来还没见过他爸爸哭过。他不喜欢看到这种事。但是他爸爸这时却说出了他非常喜欢听到的话。 “听我说，艾米尔!”爸爸用力地抓住艾米尔的胳膊并紧盯着他的眼睛说，“艾米尔，如果你答应一辈子不酗酒，你就可以得到这头该死的小猪……我想，经过这么多蹦蹦跳跳和酗酒胡闹之后，它身上也不会长出好猪肉来。” 艾米尔立刻高兴地跳了起来，接着他又重复了一遍他的戒酒誓言，并表示一生遵守着这一誓言。象艾米尔这样的滴酒不喝的市政委员会主席在勒奈贝尔亚和整个斯毛兰还从来没见过，所以在他小的时候的一个夏天吃了些发酵的樱桃，真不算什么坏事。 那天夜里，艾米尔躺下后又和小伊达谈了好久。“现在我有一匹马，一头奶牛，一头猪和一只母鸡了。”他说。 “那母鸡还是我给你救活的哩。”小伊达说。艾米尔为此向她表示了感谢。 第二天早上，艾米尔醒得很早，他听到阿尔佛莱德和李娜在厨房里喝咖啡和说话的声音，立刻跳下床，他想把他得到了小猪克龙的消息告诉阿尔佛莱德。 “家畜所有者艾米尔·斯文松!”阿尔佛莱德说着太笑起来，但是李娜轻蔑地把头一扬，走出去挤奶去了。她坐在那里一边挤奶一边哼起了她刚编好的小调，歌词的大意是： “妈妈领他去戒酒会， 醉猪从此变成人。 发誓今后不酗酒， 由此得到猪一头， 而过去自己也是猪。 " 再难听的歌恐怕也没人能想出来。“由此得到猪一头，而过去自己也是猪。”这真不象话，但是李娜就这样，好听一点的歌词她也不会编。后来阿尔佛莱德和李娜又该和艾米尔爸爸，还有卡罗萨·玛娅割黑麦去了。艾米尔妈妈和孩子们留在家里，她为此感到庆幸。因为今天派特瑷太太要来取酒，艾米尔妈妈可不想这时候让他爸爸呆在家里。让这些酒瓶子快点离开这个家有多好!艾米尔妈妈一边在厨房擦洗一边想。派特瑷太太的车马上就会到了，这会儿该传来她的马车声了。但是奇怪的是她听到的是完全不同的另一种声音——从地窖里传来的打破玻璃的声音。 她从窗子里向外一望看到了艾米尔，他手里拿着火钩子，面前摆着一排酒瓶子。他正在逐个地猛敲，只见玻璃碎片横飞，樱桃酒流得遍地都是。艾米尔妈妈急忙掀开窗户大喊道： “你这是干什么呀，艾米尔!” 艾米尔又忙了好大一会儿，才回答他妈妈： “我在为戒酒努力哪!”他说。“我想从派特瑷太太开始!”