Pippi Longstocking. Part 1. Chapter 4 - How Pippi goes to school (Astrid Lindgren)

Characters: Pippi Longstocking, Fairy Violet

PEPPY: Hello! My name is Pippi Longstocking. Strange, where did I end up?

FAIRY FILKA: Hello! You have found yourself in a wonderful Land of Art.

PEPPY: Who are you?

FAIRY FILKA: I am Fairy Violet. And these are my friends (points to the audience). I really love to draw and for my painting I use brushes, a palette, and of course, paints. The artist picks up a palette and brush and begins to work.

PEPPI: How interesting...(comes closer to the artist, watches his work). You have so many colors... White, yellow, blue, red, blue... How cool!!!

FAIRY FILKA: My colors are not simple, these are my miracle helpers. They don't let me get bored and every minute they help me and my friends see how beautiful the world we live in is. Today, drawings by young artists decorate the foyer of our Art School. And my colors are musical

(waves his hand)

Musical number – Kuraist Ensemble

FAIRY FILKA: Dear friends, our younger students introduced you to a musical instrument - kurai. This is a Tatar folk wind instrument that looks very much like a pipe. Our guys also know how to play an electric musical instrument – ​​a synthesizer. It is very interesting and they say about it that this instrument is a mystery.

PEPPI: I really love solving riddles!

FAIRY FILKA: Now my assistant Valeria will play the synthesizer, and you, Pippi, and you guys, try to guess what these sounds are like. A horse, a telephone, a creaking door, a train, a bird, a barking dog, laughter, fireworks, applause. Well done boys! And now Danil Borisov is playing for you. Performance on the keyboard synthesizer “Pink Panther”

PEPPY: I find it so interesting and fun to be with you! But I love to play! Do they play at your school?

FAIRY FILKA: At our school, every lesson is a game.

PEPPY: Guys, do you want to play with me?

(Answer from the audience: Yes!)

Who is the luckiest of all – raise your hands up!

FAIRY FILKA: If you take your friends with you, clap over your head!

PEPPY: Who knows how to have fun, wave your arms to us like a bird!

FAIRY FILKA: Whoever takes care of his health, let him shake his friend’s hand!

PEPPY: Whoever has luck with “you” - clap your hands ONE, TWO, THREE!!!

Musical number.

PEPPY: What great guys: they dance, and draw, and sing, and play musical instruments! And I don’t know how to do any of this...

FAIRY FILKA: Don’t worry, the time will come, and you, too, will know and be able to do everything.

Musical number

PEPPY: Dear Fairy Violet! I just heard backstage how the girls were talking about some Do, Re, Mi, and someone else there, I don’t remember...

FAIRY FILKA: These are notes. There are seven of them. Just like the colors of paints, because there are also seven of them.

PEPPI: So little?!

FAIRY FILKA: Yes, there are few of them, but if you know the notes, you can write down music, and paint a picture! The rainbow has seven colors, And music has seven notes. But who can understand these notes without some hints?

PEPPY: Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si The cat is taking a taxi! And the kittens latched on and took a free ride! Musical number

PEPPI: I also want to perform on stage!

FAIRY FILKA: But first you need to learn this!

PEPPI: Can they teach me this? And where is this taught? Tell! I will go to the ends of the earth!

FAIRY FILKA: You don’t have to go far. This is what they teach in our Land of the Arts!

Musical number.

Choreographic number.

PEPPI: I liked your school so much. I wanted to study!

FAIRY FILKA: Well, come and study! You will study together with our guys

Musical number

Bakulina N. A.

Tatarstan, Nizhnekamsk

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Characters of Pippi Annika Tommy Horse Mr. Nilsson, little monkey Gentleman on the lawn 1st policeman 2nd policeman 3rd policeman Pippi's father - captain Efroim Sailors, crew of the "Jumper" Other boys and girls. 1 Pippi comes ashore from the ship "Poprygunya". There is a monkey on her shoulder and a suitcase full of gold coins in her hands. The sailors lined up on the deck, saying goodbye to Pippi. Pippi. Goodbye guys! I won't get lost! (The ship sets sail. Pippi stops at the entrance to an abandoned villa, corrects the sign on which the name of the house: “Chicken”. She feeds the monkey with cookie crumbs from the pocket of a short dress made of blue and red scraps.) Pippi. My dad is the black king! Not every girl can boast of such an amazing dad. When dad builds a boat, he will come for me, and I will become a black princess. He bought this old house many years ago in order to live here with me someday. But after dad disappeared at sea, I decided to wait here for his return. 2 (During a morning walk on the sidewalk, Pippi meets Tommy and Annika, neat, diligent neighbor children. Pippi first passes by, but then returns, walking backwards. The children look with curiosity at an unfamiliar girl with a real monkey on her shoulder.) Tommy. Why are you backing away like a cancer? Pippi. Why am I sticking out like a lobster? It's like we live in a free country, right? Can't every person walk as he pleases? And in general, if you want to know, everyone walks like this in Egypt, and it doesn’t surprise anyone at all. Tommy. He'll be lying! (Pippi thinks.) Pippi. Right. I'm lying. Annika. A complete lie! Pippi. (Pogruznev.) Yeah, a complete lie. But sometimes I start to forget what happened and what didn’t happen. And how can you demand that a little girl whose mother is an angel in heaven and whose father is a black king on an island in the ocean always tells only the truth? Besides, in the entire Belgian Congo there is not a person who would say even one truthful word! They lie there from seven in the morning until sunset! So, if I accidentally lie, you shouldn’t be angry with me. I lived in this very Belgian Congo for a very long time. But we can still make friends! Tommy. Still would! Tommy! Annika. Annika! Pippi. Peppilotta-Victualina-Rolgardina Efroimovna Longchuk. But you can simply call me Pippi! Why don't you, for example, come and have breakfast with me now? Tommy. Indeed! Annika. That's great! Let's go quickly! Pippi. But first I must introduce you to Mr. Nilsson! (The monkey takes off his hat and bows politely. All three go up to the terrace. There is a horse standing there chewing oats, his head in a soup bowl.) Tommy. Listen, why is your horse standing on the terrace? Pippi. You see, in the kitchen she would only get in the way. And there is too much furniture in the living room. Annika. Do you live here all alone? Pippi. Of course not! There are three of us living: Mr. Nilsson, the horse and me. Annika. And you have neither a father nor a mother? Pippi. Well, yes! Tommy. Who tells you, “It’s time to go to bed?” Pippi. I'm telling myself. First, in a very gentle voice: “Pippi, go to bed.” And if I don’t obey, then I repeat it strictly. When this doesn’t help, I feel really bad about myself. It's clear? Tommy. Maybe it's not so bad... Annika. What are you doing? Pippi. If I say that I clean a pipe, you still won’t believe me. Of course, I'm baking flatbreads. (Pippi took a rolling pin and began to roll out the dough right on the floor.) Pippi. I don’t think it’s worth tackling the dough. If you are going to bake less than half a thousand cakes. All. (Closes the oven door.) Tommy. What are we going to do now? Pippi. What are you going to do, I don't know. I won't mess around. I’m a dealer... And a dealer doesn’t have a single free minute. Annika. Who are you? Pippi. Dillector! This is the one who always puts everything in order. After all, an abyss of all sorts of different things are scattered on the earth. Someone must keep order. This is what a dealer does! Annika. The abyss of what things? Pippi. Yes, very different! Gold bars, dead rats, little nuts! Look how lucky we are. We need to hurry up. (Pippi rushes along the street, Tommy and Annika do not take their eyes off her.) I remember how I decided to restore order in the jungle on the island of Borneo. And do you know what I found in the very thicket where no man had gone before? You know what?.. A real artificial leg, and a completely new one at that. I gave it to a one-legged old man! Annika. Is it true that you can take everything you find for yourself? Pippi. Well, yes, everything that lies on the ground. (An elderly gentleman is sleeping on the lawn.) Here! Look! He's lying on the ground and we found him! Let's take him! Tommy. No, Pippi, what are you... You can’t take him away... and what would we do with him? Pippi. Yes, it can be useful for many things. You can put him in a rabbit cage and feed him dandelion leaves... Well, if you don’t want to take him, fine, let him lie there. It’s just a shame that other dealers will come and pick up this guy. (Three policemen appear, see him sleeping on the ground, check his documents, take him away. One of the policemen pays attention to Pippi.) 1st policeman. A rumor spread throughout the city that the girl lived completely alone in an abandoned villa. This cannot continue like this. All children should have someone to raise them. Pippi. Oh! More than anything in the world, I love police officers! (2nd policeman returns.) 2nd policeman. Are you the same girl who settled in this villa? Pippi. But no. I am a wizened old lady and I live on the third floor in a mansion on the other side of the city. 1st policeman. Stop fooling around. Good people decided to give you a place in an orphanage. Pippi. And I already live in an orphanage. I am a child and this is my home. So this is an orphanage. 2nd policeman. Oh, sweet girl, you don't understand this. You must go to a real orphanage where you will be raised. Pippi. Can you take a horse with you to that orphanage? 1st policeman. Of course not! Pippi. That's what I thought. Let others go to an orphanage, I'm not going there! 2nd policeman. But you have to learn different things! For example, the multiplication table! Pippi. For nine whole years I have been doing just fine without this table of respect, which means I will continue to live without it. 1st policeman. Well, imagine, you grow up big, and suddenly someone asks you what the name of the capital of Portugal is, and you cannot answer. 2nd policeman. And you won't be ashamed? Pippi. Perhaps it will be, and I won’t fall asleep for a long time that evening. But I will soon be consoled, because I will remember - I was in Lisbon with my dad. 1st policeman. You are ordered to go to the orphanage and there is no more talk! (Grabs Pippi by the hand. Pippi breaks free and lightly slaps the policeman on the back.) Pippi. Bash-bash! You're welcome! (Climbs onto the roof of the house) What fun it is to play bashi! How nice of you to come and play with me! (the police find a ladder and climb up it to the roof.) Be brave! Be brave! (When the police are at the top, Pippi jumps off and removes the ladder.) 2nd policeman. Stairs! Put up the ladder immediately! 1st policeman. I won’t talk to you like that yet! Pippi. Why are you so angry? We're playing! Why be so angry! 2nd policeman. Listen, girl, be kind and put the ladder back! Pippi. With pleasure! (He returns the stairs.) And then we can have some coffee if you want! (The policemen go down and grab Pippi.) 1st policeman. Now you're caught, you bad girl! Pippi. I'm not playing with you anymore. I don't mess with those who cheat! (Pippi grabs both policemen by the belts and drags them out into the street.) Just a minute! (He returns to them and treats them to flatbreads.) Please try it. True, they were a little burnt, but that doesn’t matter! (The policemen run away. Pippi takes out the horse and the coffee pot and invites Tommy and Annika to drink coffee. The horse chews cakes.) Pippi. And yet, these were some fake policemen - they were chatting something about the orphanage, about the table of respect, Lisbon... Annika. Tell me, will you always live here? Tommy. Well, not always, of course, but at least until you grow up and become a pirate? Pippi. Nobody knows this. I don't think my dad decided to stay on his island with the blacks. I am sure that as soon as he makes the boat, he will come for me... Please cover me well. Yes, tuck the blanket in for me... Tommy. Listen, Pippi, why do you have such huge shoes? Pippi. Clearly for convenience. (Pippi goes to sleep with her head on the blanket and her feet on the pillow.) In Guatemala, absolutely everyone sleeps this way. So much more convenient. Do you really fall asleep without a lullaby? For example, I definitely have to sing a lullaby to myself, otherwise my eyes won’t close. (Some strange sounds are heard from under the blanket - it’s Pippi singing a lullaby to herself. Tommy and Annika tiptoe towards the exit.) 3 Pippi. Papa Ephraim! Papa Ephraim! (Pippi throws herself on the neck of a fat guy with a red mustache in a blue sailor's uniform. Tommy and Annika are watching what is happening through the bars of the fence.) Papa Ephraim! How you have grown! Tommy. This is her dad... Captain. Baby! Peppilotta - Viktualina - Rolgardina Efroimovna Longstocking! Are you as strong as you were? Pippi. Much stronger! Captain. Let's measure ourselves without leaving our seats! (After an intense struggle on the hands, the captain began to win a little. Pippi pulls out his hand.) Pippi. When I turn ten years old, I will definitely defeat you, Papa Ephroim! Captain. I think so too! Pippi. Dear dad, I forgot to introduce you! Tommy! Annika! Its my father! His Majesty Ephraim Longstocking! Isn’t it true, dad, you’re a black king? Captain. Yes, that's right, I am the king of the island called Veselia. Pippi. I always knew that you didn't drown! Tommy. Uncle, why aren’t you in Negro clothes? Captain. I have them here in my bag. Pippi. Put them on! Put them on! I want to see my father dressed as a king! (The captain dresses up in a skirt made of palm leaves, takes a spear, a shield, and decorates his legs with gold bracelets.) Annika. Just like in the theater! Captain. Usombusor-garbage-filibusor! Tommy. Oh! He speaks Negro! What does this mean, Uncle Efroim? Captain. This means: “Tremble, my enemies!” when I pulled a palm tree out of the ground with my bare hands, the islanders chose me as their king. So I began to live: in the mornings I ruled the island, and in the afternoons I made a boat. Then I announced to the islanders that I would leave them for a while, but would certainly return and bring with me the princess, whose name was Peppilotta. I headed straight for Surabaya, the inhabitants of the island shouted after me: “Come back quickly, fat king!” And who do you think I met on the road? My wonderful old schooner “Poprygunyu”. And so we sailed here for you, Pippi! Pippi. Now let's have a party! Captain. I'm glad you didn't break up with Mr. Nilsson! Pippi. I have other pets too! (He brings the horse into the kitchen. The captain takes out a real Negro drum, sits on the floor and begins to beat the drum.) Captain. Negro music! (Pippi and her father start dancing.) Pippi. Now the floor will collapse under us! Captain. Doesn't matter! I haven't had so much fun since you and I kicked out drunken sailors from a tavern in Singapore! (The captain falls to the floor.) Pippi, my child, are you as good at lying as before? Pippi. When I have time, dad. Captain. I usually lie to my subjects on Saturdays as a reward for working hard throughout the week. Pippi. And I walk around the house alone - alone and lying to myself... Captain. Don’t be upset, daughter, lie to your heart’s content! Tommy. When will you hit the road? Captain. The Jumper weighs anchor early in the morning. Pippi. But today I'm throwing a farewell feast! Everyone who wants to say goodbye to me. Welcome! Welcome to my humble home! (The captain beat a Negro drum, Pippi's house was filled with boys, girls, sailors from the schooner "Poprygunya".) Pippi. Music! Music! (Children dance, sailors play the harmonica, sing songs.) Pippi. The holiday will end with fireworks! (Shots ring out, firecrackers explode, confit falls, sparks fly.) Captain. And now forward to “Poprygunya”! (The sailors and captain go up to the deck, a loud whistle is heard.) Pippi. Goodbye, dear, wrecked villa “Chicken”! There are no fleas in it and in general it was wonderful to live there! (Tommy and Annika are silent) Pippi. If there are a lot of fleas in my hut, I will start training them. And I will call the two most faithful and sweetest fleas “Tommy” and “Annika”. And they will sleep in bed with me... (Tommy and Annika do not answer.) What has gotten into you? Better try saying “Have a nice trip, dear Pippi, and thank you for the time we spent together!” Tommy. (Mumbling.) Bon voyage, dear Pippi, and thank you for the time we spent together... Captain. Pippi! Get on board, it's time! Pippi. I'm coming, I'm coming, captain! (Annika sobs.) Pippi. Goodbye Annika, goodbye! Do not Cry! Don't be afraid, I won't disappear! (Annika grabs Pippi by the neck, a plaintive moan is heard.) Tommy. Don't cry, you're embarrassed in front of people. Pippi (Waving from the deck) Don't be afraid! I won't get lost! (Boys and girls shout from the shore: “Long live Pippi Longstocking!” Captain. Raise the gangway! Pippi. No, Papa Ephraim! That’s not good! I don’t agree! Put the ladder back! Captain. What do you disagree with, my daughter? Pippi. I don’t agree that anyone in this world should cry because of me and feel unhappy. And, in any case, I don’t agree that it would be Tommy and Annika. I will stay to live in the villa “Chicken” ". "Captain. You can do as you want. You have always done this. Pippi. Yes, that’s right, I have always done this. (Pippi and the captain hug each other.) and in general, Papa Ephroim, don’t you think it’s better for the child live at home, rather than surf the seas and oceans and live in a black hut? Captain. You are right, as always, my daughter! (Pippi hugs the sailors goodbye, grabs a horse and carries it down the ladder.) Captain. Pippi! I'm afraid you have There are few gold coins left! Here you go! (Throws a brand new suitcase full of money into the water. Pippi dives for the suitcase. Comes ashore.) Tommy. Are you... are you staying? Pippi. It’s as if... (Wrings out her braids, pours water out of her shoes.) I decided that it is absolutely necessary for children that life should go according to a routine, and most importantly, that they should establish this order themselves!

Pippi Longstocking. Part 1. Chapter 4 - How Pippi goes to school (Astrid Lindgren)

Of course, both Tommy and Annika went to school. Every morning at exactly eight, they, holding hands, with textbooks in their bags, set off on the road.

It was at this hour that Pippi most loved to ride a horse, or dress up Nilsson, or do exercises, which consisted of jumping on the spot forty-three times in a row without bending. Then Pippi sat down at the kitchen table and, in complete peace, drank a large cup of coffee and ate several cheese sandwiches.

Walking past the Chicken Villa, Tommy and Annika looked longingly over the fence - they really wanted to turn here and spend the whole day with their new girlfriend. Now, if Pippi also went to school, they wouldn’t be so upset about spending so much time studying.

- How fun it is to run home after school, especially if there are three of us, eh, Pippi? – Tommy said once, vaguely hoping to seduce her.

– And we would also go to school together, huh? – Annika added pleadingly.

The more the guys thought about Pippi not going to school, the sadder their hearts became. And in the end they decided to persuade her to go to school with them at all costs.

“You can’t even imagine what a wonderful teacher we have,” Tommy said one day, looking slyly at Pippi. He and Annika ran to her, hastily doing their homework.

– You don’t know how interesting it is in our class! – Annika picked up. “If I wasn’t allowed to go to school, I would simply go crazy with grief.”

Pippi, sitting on a low bench, washed her feet in a huge basin. She didn’t say anything in response, she just started splashing so hard that she spilled almost all the water.

“And you don’t have to sit there for long, only until two o’clock,” Tommy began again.

- You see, it’s only until two, and before you know it, the bell rings. And besides, there are holidays. Christmas, Easter, summer... - Annika continued in the same tone.

Pippi thought about it, but was still silent. Suddenly, with a determined look, she threw out the rest of the water from the basin directly onto the floor, although Mr. Nilsson was sitting there and playing with the mirror.

“This is unfair,” Pippi said sternly, not paying the slightest attention to Mr. Nilsson’s anger or his wet pants. This is terribly unfair and I will not put up with it!

- What's unfair? – Tommy was surprised.

– In four months it will be Christmas and your Christmas holidays will begin. What will happen to me? – There were tears in Pippi’s voice. “I won’t have any Christmas holidays, not even the short ones,” she continued plaintively. – This needs to be changed. Tomorrow I'm going to school.

Tommy and Annika clapped their hands in joy.

- Hooray! Hooray! So we will be waiting for you tomorrow exactly at eight at our gate.

“No,” said Pippi. - It's too early for me. Besides, I'll ride to school on horseback.

No sooner said than done. At ten o'clock Pippi took her horse out into the garden and set off.

And a few minutes later, all the residents of the town rushed to the windows, looking with horror at the little girl who was carried away by a mad horse. In fact, nothing terrible happened. Pippi was just in a hurry to go to school. She galloped into the yard, jumped to the ground and tied the horse to a tree. Approaching the classroom door, she opened it with such a roar that all the guys jumped in their seats in surprise, and, waving her wide-brimmed hat, she shouted with all her might:

- Hello! I hope I'm not late to the respect table?

Tommy and Annika warned the teacher that a new girl called Pippi Longstocking was coming to class. The teacher had already heard about Pippi - in a small town where everyone knows about everyone, there was a lot of talk about her. And since the teacher was sweet and kind, she decided to do everything to make Pippi like it at school.

Without waiting for an invitation, Pippi sat down at an empty desk. But the teacher did not make any reprimand to her. On the contrary, she said very friendly:

- Welcome to our school, dear Pippi. I hope you enjoy your stay with us and learn a lot here.

“And I hope that I will have Christmas holidays soon,” answered Pippi. “That’s why I came here.” Justice comes first.

– Please tell me your full name. I'll put you on the list of students.

“My name is Peppilotta-Victualina-Rolgardina, daughter of Captain Ephraim Longstocking, formerly the Storm of the Seas, and now the Negro king. Actually, Pippi is my diminutive name. Dad thought it took too long to pronounce Peppilotta.

“I see,” said the teacher. “Then we’ll call you Pippi too.” Now let's see what you know. You are already a big girl and you can probably do a lot. Let's start with arithmetic. Please tell me, Pippi, how much will it be if you add five to seven?

Pippi looked at the teacher with bewilderment and dissatisfaction.

“If you, so big, don’t know it yourself, do you really think that I will count for you?” - she answered the teacher.

All the students' eyes widened in surprise. And the teacher patiently explained that they don’t answer that way at school, that they say “you” to the teacher and, when addressing her, call her “missen.”

“Excuse me, please,” said Pippi, embarrassed. “I didn’t know that and I won’t do that again.”

“I hope so,” said the teacher. “You didn’t want to count for me, but I will willingly count for you: if you add five to seven, you get twelve.”

- Just think about it! - Pippi exclaimed. It turns out that you can count it yourself. Why did you ask me then?.. Oh, I said “you” again - forgive me, please.

And as punishment, Pippi pinched her own ear painfully.

The teacher decided not to pay any attention to this and asked the following question:

- Okay, Pippi, now tell me, what is eight and four?

“I think sixty-seven,” Pippi answered.

“That’s not true,” said the teacher, “eight and four will be twelve.”

- Well, old lady, this is too much! You yourself just said that five and seven are twelve. Some kind of order is needed at school too! And if you really want to do all these calculations, then you could stand in a corner and count for your own good, and in the meantime we would go into the yard to play tag... Oh, I think I’m saying “you” again! Forgive me one last time. I'll try to behave better.

The teacher said that she was ready to forgive Pippi this time, but, apparently, it was not worth asking her questions about arithmetic yet, it was better to call other children.

- Tommy, please solve this problem: Lizzie had seven apples, and Axel had nine. How many apples did they have together?

“Yes, count it out, Tommy,” Pippi suddenly intervened, “and, besides, tell me: why did Axel’s stomach hurt more than Lizzie’s, and in whose garden did they pick apples?”

Freken again pretended that she had not heard anything and said, turning to Annika:

- Well, Annika, now you count. Gustav went with his comrades on an excursion. They gave him one crown with him, and he returned with seven ores. How much money did Gustav spend?

“And I want to know,” said Pippi, “why did this boy waste so much money?” And what did he buy with it: lemonade or something else? And did he wash his ears well when getting ready for the excursion?

The teacher decided not to do arithmetic anymore today. She thought that perhaps Pippi's reading would go better. So she took out from the closet a piece of cardboard with a hedgehog drawn on it. Under the picture there was a large letter “Y”.

- Well, Pippi, now I’ll show you an interesting thing. This is Yo-e-e-zhik. And the letter that is depicted here is called “Yo”.

- Well, yes? And I always thought that e was a big stick with three small ones across it and two fly specks on top. Tell me, please, what does a hedgehog have in common with fly specks?

The teacher did not answer Pippi’s question, but took out another piece of cardboard on which a snake was drawn, and said that the letter under the picture was called “Z.”

– When they talk about snakes, I always remember how I fought with a giant snake in India. You can’t even imagine what a terrible snake it was: fourteen meters long and as angry as a wasp. Every day she devoured at least five adult Indians, and for a snack she feasted on two small children. And then one day she decided to feast on me. She wrapped herself around me, but I was not taken aback and hit her on the head with all my might. Bang! Then she hisses: f-f-f! And I said it again - bam! And then she - wow! Yes, yes, that's exactly how it was. A very scary story!..

Pippi took a breath, and the teacher, who by this time finally realized that Pippi was a difficult child, invited the whole class to draw something. “Probably, drawing will captivate Pippi and she will at least sit quietly for a while,” the lady thought and handed out paper and colored pencils to the children.

“You can draw whatever you want,” she said and, sitting down at her table, began checking the notebooks. A minute later she looked up to watch the children drawing and discovered that no one was drawing, but everyone was looking at Pippi, who, lying face down, was drawing right on the floor.

“Listen, Pippi,” the teacher said with irritation, “why don’t you draw on paper?”

“I painted it all over a long time ago.” But the portrait of my horse did not fit on this tiny piece of paper. Now I'm just drawing the front legs, and when I reach the tail, I'll have to go out into the corridor.

The teacher thought for a minute, but decided not to give up.

“Now, children, stand up and we’ll sing a song,” she suggested.

All the children rose from their seats, all except Pippi, who continued to lie on the floor.

“Go ahead and sing, and I’ll rest a little,” she said, “otherwise if I start singing, glass will fly.”

But then the teacher’s patience ran out, and she told the children to go for a walk in the school yard - she needed to talk to Pippi face to face. As soon as all the children left, Pippi got up from the floor and went to the teacher’s table.

“You know what, Miss,” she said, “I’m thinking this: I was very interested in coming here and seeing what you’re doing here.” But I don’t feel like going here anymore. And with the Christmas holidays, let it be as it will be. There are too many apples, hedgehogs and snakes in your school for me. My head was spinning. You, miss, I hope you won’t be upset by this?

But the teacher said that she was very upset, and most of all because Pippi did not want to behave properly.

- Any girl will be kicked out of school if she behaves like you, Pippi.

- How, did I behave badly? – Pippi asked in surprise. “Honestly, I didn’t notice it,” she added sadly.

It was impossible not to feel sorry for her, because no girl in the world could be as sincerely upset as she was.

Pippi was silent for a minute, and then said hesitantly:

- You see, miss, when your mother is an angel, and your father is a black king, and you yourself have sailed the seas all your life, you don’t know how to behave at school among all these apples, hedgehogs and snakes.

Freken told Pippi that she understood this, she was no longer angry with her, and Pippi would be able to come to school again when she grew up a little. Then Pippi beamed with happiness and said:

– You, miss, are amazingly sweet. And here, miss, is a keepsake from me.

Pippi took a small, elegant golden bell out of her pocket and placed it on the table in front of the teacher. The teacher said that she could not accept such an expensive gift from her.

- No, please, miss, you must accept my gift! - Pippi exclaimed. “Otherwise I’ll come to school again tomorrow, and that won’t give anyone any pleasure.”

Then Pippi ran out into the schoolyard and jumped on her horse. All the children surrounded Pippi, everyone wanted to pet the horse and watch Pippi lead him out of the yard.

– I remember I went to school in Argentina, what a school it was! - Pippi said and looked at the guys. - Eh, you should get there! After the Christmas holidays, Easter holidays begin three days later, and when Easter holidays end, then summer holidays begin three days later. The summer holidays end on the first of November, and here, however, the children have to work hard, because the Christmas holidays begin only on the eleventh. But in the end you can come to terms with it, because in Argentina they don’t give lessons. True, sometimes it happens that some Argentine boy climbs into the closet so that no one can see him and secretly learns a little homework. But his mother gives him a hard time if she notices this. They don't teach arithmetic there at all, and if some boy accidentally knows what is five and seven, and even foolishly tells the teacher about it, she will put him in a corner for the whole day. They read there only on free days, and only if there are books to read, but no one has books there...

– What are they doing at school then? – the little boy asked in amazement.

“They eat sweets,” answered Pippi. – There is a candy factory near the school. So, a special pipe was led from her directly into the classroom, and therefore the children do not have a minute of free time - just have time to chew.

– What does the teacher do? – asked the little girl.

- Stupid! - said Pippi. “Didn’t you guess it yourself: the teacher picks up candy papers and makes candy wrappers.” Don't you think that the guys themselves deal with candy wrappers there? No, pipes!

The kids there don’t even go to school themselves, but send their younger brothers and sisters... Well, hello! – Pippi shouted joyfully and waved her big hat. “And you, poor fellows, will have to count for yourself how many apples Axel had.” You won't see me here any time soon...

Pippi drove out of the gate noisily. The horse galloped so fast that stones flew from under its hooves and the window panes rattled.

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