But Pippi was absolutely certain that he would come back. He was a sea captain who sailed on the great ocean, and Pippi had sailed with him in his ship until one day her father was blown overboard in a storm and disappeared. I'll always come out on top.' Pippi had not forgotten her father. Pippi was sure that her mother was now up in Heaven, watching her little girl through a peephole in the sky, and Pippi often waved up at her and called, 'Don't you worry about me. Her mother had died when Pippi was just a tiny baby and lay in a cradle and howled so that nobody could go anywhere near her. Naturally she had had a mother too, but that was so long ago that Pippi didn't remember her at all.

Once upon a time Pippi had had a father of whom she was extremely fond. She had no mother and no father, and that was of course very nice because there was no one to tell her to go to bed just when she was having the most fun, and no one who could make her take cod liver oil when she much preferred caramel candy. She was nine years old, and she lived there all alone. Garden, and in the garden was an old house, and in the house lived Pippi Long-stocking. Way out at the end of a tiny little town was an old overgrown Other books about Pippi Longstocking Pippi Goes on Board Pippi in the South Seas 1 Pippi Moves into Villa Villekulla

Whether Pippi's scrubbing her floors, doing arithmetic, or stirring things up at a fancy tea party, her flair for the outrageous always seems to lead to another adventure. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a pet monkey named Mr. Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren Translated by Florence Lamborn

Pippi Langkous by Astrid Lindgren