They send two police officers to escort her out of her house, but Pippi is baffled by the whole experience and berates them with questions. Later, the town’s adults grow concerned about Pippi living alone in Villa Villekulla, believing that she would be safer living in a children’s home. She then scatters the rest of the bullies throughout the yard and leaves with her friends. However, Pippi has superhuman strength and simply lifts Bengt up and puts him in a tree. Pippi immediately confronts the lead bully, Bengt, who tries to push her over. During their search, they encounter a little boy crying about being bullied. One day, Pippi, who describes herself as a “Thing-Finder,” invites the children to come with her as she searches the neighborhood for interesting items. They are excited when Pippi moves into Villa Villekulla and the three children quickly become firm friends. Two children, Tommy and Annika, live next door with their parents. Nilsson, and a suitcase full of gold coins to the family home, Villa Villekulla, where she now lives alone.

When her father was swept overboard during a terrible storm, Pippi left the boat and took her pet monkey, Mr. Pippi’s mother died while she was a baby and she spent her early years sailing the sea on her father’s boat, having adventures and learning about the world. The first in a series of twelve children’s books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking recounts the fantastical adventures of the title character, a young girl named Pippi Longstocking.

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