Pippi Spreads Joy

Village: Villa Villekulla

It is raining, but Pippi is watering the flowers anyway, while wearing a raincoat.

Then, Tommy and Annika come by with an umbrella and notice what Pippi is doing.

"Why are you watering the flowers, when it's already raining?" Annika asked.

"Well, I've been wanting to water these flowers since last night, and I'm not gonna let a little rain stop me." Pippi replied. "By the way, that reminds me, I need a few stuff for the house, do you know anywhere I can get them?"

"Well, you could go to the marketplace downtown." Tommy said.

"Excellent, we'll be ready to go as soon as this rain clears." Pippi said.

"Do you even have enough money?" Tommy asked.

"Of course, why don't you come inside?" Pippi said, and she went into the house, followed by Tommy and Annika.

In the living room, Pippi led them to her treasure chest, which was full of gold coins.

"Gosh Pippi, where did you get all these coins?" Annika asked.

"When my father decided to drop me off on land, he also gave me these to ensure I would always have enough to pay for my needs." Pippi replied.

"Wow, you just might be the richest person in the village." Tommy said.

Then, Pippi looks out the window and notice that the rain has cleared.

"Well, would you look at that, the rain has cleared, and that means I can finally get my errands done." Pippi said, as she grabbed a handful of gold coins, put them in a purse, and headed out the front door.

Village: Marketplace

In the village marketplace, Pippi, Tommy, and Annika are passing by a candy store when they see several kids eyeing the candies inside.

"Well that's strange, the candies are in there, but those kids are out here." Pippi said.

"That's because they don't have enough money to buy candies." Annika said. "All they can do is just look."

"Well, not anymore, because the candies are all on me." Pippi said.

"But what about your errands, Pippi?" Annika asked.

"That can wait. Besides, I feel bad for those kids since they don't have enough money." Pippi said. "Anyone who wants candies just follow me into the candy store!"

The kids all follow Pippi into the store and each child walks out with some candies.

The children all stuff their faces with licorice, cotton candy, bonbons, and bubble gum.

"That was fun and tasty." Pippi said. "I wonder where else to go?"

Then, Pippi, Tommy, and Annika come across a toy store, where there are kids eyeing the inside just like back at the candy store.

"Hmm, I know. Let's stop here, and be sure to let the other kids have some fun as well." Pippi said. "Anyone who wants toys just follow me into the toy store!"

The kids all follow Pippi into the store and each child walks out with some toys.

The children play with their new dolls, airplanes, flutes, sailboats, and balls.

"Okay, now that we got that taken care of, let's finish my errands." Pippi said.

In a grocery store, Pippi grabs several items and brings them to the counter.

"Well now, what do you have here, kid?" the cashier asked.

"I've got, bananas, pears, apples, oranges, sugar cubes, milk, flour, butter, and eggs." Pippi said.

"Well, how do you plan on paying for all of them?" the cashier asked.

"Will this be enough?" Pippi asked as she took out a gold coin.

"It's gold! Gold!" the cashier shouted before collecting himself. "I mean, yes. This is enough."

Pippi leaves the grocery store and moves onto the hardware store with similar results.

"I think I have plenty of things, what do you say we head home?" Pippi asked.

Village: Children's home

The kids pass by the children's home, where the children look miserable.

"Well, that's strange. I've never seen that many frowns at once." Pippi said.

That's because the headmistress, Miss Weiserschmidt is against fun and happiness." Tommy sad.

"Well, that's no way to live life." Pippi said. "Hmm, I know how we can turn their frowns upside-down! Here are some coins, go buy us some ice creams and meet me back here while I take this stuff home."

Pippi goes to Villa Villekulla to drop off her stuff, while Tommy and Annika went to look for an ice cream truck and found one not too far.

"So you kids wanna buy all my ice cream?" the ice cream man asked.

"Not exactly all of it." Tommy said. "Just enough for every kid in the children's home?"

"Well, how do you plan on paying for all the ice cream?" the ice cream man asked.

"With this." Annika said as she showed him a gold coin.

"Gold!? Well, you've got all the ice cream you want." the ice cream man said.

"Great, just follow us to the children's home." Tommy said, and the ice cream man drove his truck after the kids to the children's home, where Pippi is waiting.

"Nice work, Tommy and Annika." Pippi said. "Now that we're all here… Anyone who wants ice cream, line up single file outside!"

The orphans all came outside and lined up to get ice cream.

But then, Miss Weiserschmidt, the headmistress of the children's home, came by on her bike, she looked up to see what's in front of her and saw the orphans lining up to receive ice cream from Pippi.

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!?" Miss Weiserschmidt shouted at the top of her lungs as she saw what was happening.

"Oh no, it's Miss Weiserschmidt." Tommy said.

"You… you… troublemaker. I have never seen such outrageous behavior. I should have you arrested." Miss Weiserschmidt said to Pippi.

"That won't be necessary." an elderly woman's voice said.

It's the village's social worker, Mrs. Prysselius, who came out from the children's home.

"Mrs. Prysselius. Why not? That girl, she is beyond help!" Miss Weiserschmidt said.

"It seems to me that Pippi is a sweet and generous girl if you ask me." Mrs. Prysselius said. "Also, I visited last night and saw the children without supervision."

"But I just left for a short while." Miss Weiserschmidt said.

"Well, is the entire night what you'd call a short while?" Mrs. Prysselius asked, leaving Miss Weiserschmidt unable to answer. "Your service here is no longer required."

"But… but… you can't do this to me!" Miss Weiserschmidt protested before turning to Pippi. "You little monster! This is all your fault!"

Miss Weiserschmidt tries to grab Pippi, but Pippi moves and Miss Weiserschmidt falls on the ground.

"None of it is Pippi's fault, and I ask you to leave." Mrs. Prysselius said, and Miss Weiserschmidt is forced to comply.

Then, Mrs. Prysselius turned to Pippi. "Pippi, you're such a kind little girl. Please, do visit the children's home often, the orphans seem so happy to have you around."

"I will, as a matter of fact, this was fun for me as well." Pippi said. "But who will look after the kids now?"

"Oh don't worry, we will find a suitable replacement, a one that's dedicated to looking after the children, but in the meantime, I will look after them."

"Yes, that does sound like a good idea." Pippi said in agreement.

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