Today is Thursday.
After Pippi’s performance at the circus there was not a single person in all the little town who did not know how strong she was. There was even a piece about her in the paper. But people who lived in other places, of course, didn’t know who Pippi was. One dark autumn evening two tramps came walking clown the road past Villa Villekulla. They were two bad thieves wandering about the country to see what they could steal. They saw that there was a light in the windows of Villa Villekulla and decided to go in to ask for a sandwich. That evening Pippi had poured out all her gold pieces on the kitchen floor and sat there counting them. To be sure , she couldn’t count very well, but she did it now and then anyway, just to keep everything in order. There was a loud knock on the door. Pippi told to the strangers that they could walk in or stay out like whichever they chose and she never forced anyone against his will. The door opened and the two tramps came in. You can imagine that they opened their eyes when they saw a little red-headed girl sitting all alone on the floor, counting money.
