2018.01.21

Today is Sunday.

Annika yelled at the cow and Tommy bravely went up and tried to push her away, but she just stood there staring at the children with her big cow eyes. To put an end to the matter, Pippi set down her basket and lifted the cow out of the way. The cow, looking very silly, lumbered off into the hazel bushes. Pippi said it was unbelievable that cows could be so bullheaded and then she jumped over the gate. Annika cried in delight, watching the lovely wood, and climbed up on all the stones she could see. Tommy had brought along a dagger Pippi had given him, and with it he cut walking sticks for Annika and for himself. He cut his thumb a little too, but that didn't matter. Pippi said they ought to pick some mushrooms, and she broke off a pretty, rosy one. She continued that she wondered if it was possible to eat it, at any rate, it wasn't possible to drink it so there was no choice except to eat it. She took a big bite and swallowed it. Annika asked Pippi what she had got in her basket. Pippi answered that she wouldn't tell her for a thousand dollars and first of all they must find a good picnic spot. The children began eagerly to look for such a place. Annika found a large flat stone that she thought was satisfactory, but it was covered with red ants and Pippi said she didn't want to sit with them because she wasn't acquainted with them.