Pippi in the Summer Carnival
Village: Villa Villekulla
On the front porch of Villa Villekulla, Pippi, Tommy, and Annika are just sitting on the fence.
"Why are we just sitting here on the fence?" Tommy asked.
"Because you never know what could happen if you sit down on a fence and wait." Pippi replied. "And who knows? It might be interesting."
Then, a man wearing stilts and a fancy-colored truck and a car followed behind him.
"Well, would you look at that!" Pippi said. "It's a giant!"
"He's not a giant, he's wearing stilts." Annika explained, and then, the man in the car's shotgun looked out through the window and breathed fire.
"Get the water! He's on fire!" Pippi said.
"He's not on fire, he's a firebreather." Annika explained.
"Wow, what strange and interesting things!" Pippi said. "What is all this?"
"It's the village's annual summer carnival." Tommy said.
"There's all sorts of games, shows, and rides there." Annika said.
"Well, if you put it that way, it sounds interesting." Pippi said. "Well, I've decided! I would like to go to this carnival.
Village: Carnival
"So this is a carnival. No wonder we didn't have it on board the ship." Pippi said as she, Annika, and Tommy entered the carnival.
The kids wandered around, when they saw Thunder-Karlsson and Bloom working at a vendor, sporting their new gold tooth and English bowler hat respectively.
"Well, well. Thunder-Karlsson and Bloom, so you boys did change." Pippi said.
"Yes, you can say that again." Thunder-Karlsson said.
"This is better than being crooks." Bloom said.
"Well, I'll leave you to it, good luck on your new lives." Pippi said, as she went somewhere else.
"Step right up! Try your luck at our games of skill! It's as easy as pie! You can win a fabulous prize!" the ringmaster said.
"Come on, let's go!" Pippi said, and they head over to a "knock down the pins" game.
Tommy and Annika pay up and throw a ball, each but they miss.
"Haha! It's only right that you two wouldn't be able to knock them down." Bengt the bully said as he suddenly appeared.
"And I suppose you think you can knock them down." Tommy said.
"I don't "think" I can knock them down, I know I can." Bengt said, and he paid for a ball.
Bengt threw a ball at the pins, and it hits the top one, but it spins in place but doesn't fall, which makes Tommy and Annika chuckle.
"There must've been a gust of wind!" Bengt said before paying for another ball.
Bengt throws the ball and this time it hits the middle pins, except the pins don't even budge.
"My turn." Pippi said, but Bengt motions her to hold.
"Don't even bother. If I can't knock 'em down, then no scrawny girl can do so." Bengt said.
"We won't know until I try." Pippi said as she paid for a ball, threw it, and knocked the pins down.
"We have a winner!" the ringmaster said, while Bengt made a "How did she do that?" look.
"Here you go." the guy at the game said as he gave Pippi a big stuffed caterpillar.
Bengt arrives at a "see your strength" game, which as a bonus, is giving away two prizes.
"Hah! I'll win this for sure." Bengt said, and he paid to play.
"Having fun, Bengt?" Pippi asked as Bengt lifted up the mallet and was ready to strike, messing up his focus and causing Bengt to score 76.
"You distracted me!" Bengt shouted at Pippi. "That doesn't count! She distracted me! I want a retry!"
The ringmaster just shrugged and let him have another try.
Bengt lifted up the mallet and struck again, getting a score of 56.
"Looks to me like you were better when Pippi "distracted" you, Bengt." Tommy said.
"My turn." Pippi said, and she paid for the game.
Pippi took a swing and it went up to 100, earning her two stuffed animals, while Bengt had another "How did she do that?" look on his face.
"These are for you, Tommy and Annika." Pippi said as she gave the toys to Tommy and Annika.
Pippi went on to play more games like, beanbag toss, horseshoes, darts, and basketball, earning seven more prizes.
"Well, what now? I know, I'm gonna look around with that car." Pippi said as she headed towards a bumper car.
"Pippi, those cars aren't for driving around!" Tommy attempts to tell Pippi but she doesn't hear.
Pippi drives around, but the people in bumper cars bump against Pippi, especially Bengt.
"Well, that's not very nice. I'm just trying to get around." Pippi said, before bumping all the other cars back, and she exited the bumper car place. "Some people just don't know how to behave."
"They're bumper cars, silly, you're supposed to bump into other people." Annika said.
"Oh, then I guess I won." Pippi said.
Then, they heard four little girls crying.
"There, there, kids, don't cry." the girls' mother said.
"But you said we could have an animal." one of the little girls said.
"Excuse me, but we have too many animals, so we would like you to take some." Pippi said, and the girls each took one.
Then the ringmaster made an announcement.
"And now, starting very soon in the big, blue tent, we will have the Mighty Adolf, the strongest man in the world!" the ringmaster said.
"Wow, the strongest man in the world, I wanna meet him." Pippi said.
Everyone, including Pippi, Tommy, and Annika headed to the tent, where, Adolf and the ringmaster were on a wrestling ring.
Adolf first demonstrated his strength by lifting up another wrestler with one arm and tossing him towards a haystack.
"There you have it! He's not the strongest man in the world for no reason." the ringmaster said. "100 crown to the man who can last against the Mighty Adolf."
"What about the girl who can last against the Mighty Adolf?" Pippi asked as she got in the ring.
Many people began to laugh at Pippi.
"Come on, kid, just because you won all those prizes, don't let it go to your head." the ringmaster said as he tried to get Pippi out of the ring, but instead, Pippi push him back.
"Don't do it, Pippi." Annika said from the crowd. "He's the strongest man in the world!"
"That may be, but I'm the strongest girl in the world." Pippi said. "C'mon, Adolf, let's wrestle."
"Very well." the ringmaster said. "In this corner we have the heavyweight, undefeated champion, the Mighty Adolf! And this corner, we have…"
"Pippi, Pippi Longstocking." Pippi replied.
"Pippi Longstocking!" the ringmaster said.
And with the sound of the bell, the wrestling match began.
Adolf approached Pippi, but she pushed him down.
Adolf picked up Pippi, but she leapt down, took hold of one of Adolf's arm and flung him towards the rope.
Adolf started to look more serious and angry as he was more determined to beat Pippi.
Adolf tried to grab Pippi again, but this time, she picked him, spun him, and finally, tossed him into a haystack, winning the match.
The ringmaster gave Pippi a 100 crowns and Pippi got off the ring, with the crowd cheering her.
Later, it's almost evening, and the people are starting to leave the carnival.
"We better get going, too. It's getting late." Annika said.
"You know this was fun, who knew there were cars that are supposed to crash, or people that wear stilts to look tall, or people that breathe fire, not me. I learned a lot today." Pippi said.
And with that, Pippi, Tommy, and Annika left and started heading back to Villa Villekulla.
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