Pippi Finds a Shpunk

Village: Villa Villekulla

In Villa Villekulla, Pippi is feeding her pets.

"For Buster, here's a load of hay from the farm. And for Mr. Nilsson, apples, bananas, and grapes." Pippi said as she fed Buster and Mr. Nilsson.

Then, she sees a little hole in her kitchen wall, and sees that a little mouse lives there.

"Well. It looks like we have a little guest. And it's important to treat your guest right." Pippi said as she gave the mouse some cheese, but the mouse turned away.

"That's strange. I've never seen a mouse that doesn't like cheese." Pippi said. "Oh wait, I know."

Pippi scooped up some peanut butter and brought it on a plate to the mousehole.

The mouse sniffed the peanut butter and began eating it.

"That's it. Eat up, you little shpunk." Pippi said, and then, she began to have a thought." "Hmm, shpunk, shpunk. Where did it come from? What a nice word. I must find out what a shpunk is."

Village: Marketplace

In the village, Pippi is riding on Buster, looking for someone who might know what a shpunk is.

In the pet store, Pippi asked the owner if he knew what a shpunk is.

"Do you know what's a shpunk?" Pippi asked.

"A shpunk?" the owner asked. "Don't you mean a skunk?"

"No, I do mean a shpunk. And do you really have a skunk here?" Pippi asked.

"No! Of course not! And if you wanna find a shpunk, or whatever that is, go ask someone else." the owner said.

Pippi rode off to find someone else, then she met Mrs. Prysselius.

"Hi. Mrs. Prysselius. Do you know what's a shpunk?" Pippi asked.

"Shpunk? No, I'm afraid I don't, dear." Mrs. Prysselius replied.

"Oh well. Thanks anyway." Pippi said, and she rode off.

And then, Miss Weiserschmidt came by on her bike and bumped into Buster by not watching where she is going again.

"UGH! You again!? Why can't you watch where you're going!?" Miss Weiserschmidt asked.

"Pardon me. But it seemed like you were the one not looking at what's ahead." Pippi said. "By the way, I was wondering what a shpunk is, do you know what it is?"

"A what?" Miss Weiserschmidt asked. "Never mind. Why am I wasting my time, talking with you?"

Meanwhile, Buster takes a bite out of Miss Weiserschmidt's hat.

After Pippi and Buster leave, Miss Weiserschmidt puts her hat back on, only to put it through her head due to the hole that Buster made.

"Her horse ate my hat. That horse ate my hat!" Miss Weiserschmidt shouted. "Stop! Hat-Eater!"

Village: Pharmacy

Meanwhile, Pippi has taken her shpunk-search to a pharmacy.

"Hmm, are you sick, dear child?" a pharmacist asked.

"No, I'm perfectly healthy, actually." Pippi replied. "I came here to get information about a shpunk. Do you know what it is?"

"A shpunk. Hmm, do you perhaps think a shpunk is some sort of disease, something harmful, something dangerous?" the pharmacist asked.

"Hmm, you have a good point. A shpunk could be something dangerous. Thanks for the tip." Pippi said, and she left.

"You're welcome… I guess." the pharmacist said.

Pippi rode off back home, when she suddenly spotted a fortune teller.

"Hello, child. Care to have your fortune told?" the fortune teller asked.

"Why certainly." Pippi replied as she leapt off of Buster and approached the fortune teller.

"First, tell me how has your day been so far." the fortune teller said.

"Well, I've been feeding Mr. Nilsson and Buster, when I saw a mouse in my house. I offered it cheese, but it didn't want it. I mean, have you ever seen a rat not like cheese? Anyway, I offered it peanut butter and it liked it. And then, I called the mouse a "shpunk", which is funny, 'cause it just happened out of nowhere. So, I looked around town for anyone who knew what a shpunk is, but no one knew what it was, but the pharmacist suggested it's something dangerous and…" Pippi said.

"Okay, okay. Now give your palm." the fortune teller grabbed Pippi's palm and he concentrated.

"Ah, I see something. You will be visited by an unpleasant guest. I believe this may be the shpunk you're talking about. If you want to learn the identity of this mysterious shpunk, then set up a trap to catch it."

"I see. Thank you very much." Pippi said as she gave the fortune teller a gold coin and went on her way.

Village: Villa Villekulla

In Villa Villekulla, Pippi is setting up something while Tommy and Annika comes to visit.

"Hi Pippi." Annika said. "What are you making?"

"It's a trap to catch the shpunk." Pippi replied.

"What's a shpunk?" Tommy asked.

"I don't know." Pippi said. "It could be something dangerous."

The children got some supplies from the attic, then they got some paint and some mud, cracked a bunch of eggs in a bowl, mixed the egg yolks with the paint and mud, built a platform over the front door, and tied a tripwire to the door so that if the front door was opened, the mix of egg yolk, paint, and mud would spill all over the unfortunate victim.

"And there, my friends. We have a shpunk trap." Pippi said.

"But how are we gonna get in?" Tommy asked.

"Simple, we'll use the back door or the windows." Pippi replied. "In the meantime, let's go wandering around, and then, we'll come back to see if the shpunk came or not."

Village: Police station

Meanwhile, in the police station, Kling and Klang are talking to each other.

"You know, that Pippi is something else." Klang said.

"I know, she somehow convinced Thunder-Karlsson and Bloom to reform, when we tried that a few times." Kling said.

"Maybe when she grows up, she might become a police officer." Klang said.

"I agree with you on that." Kling said.

"Oh, I think not. That child will grow up to be trouble." Miss Weiserschmidt said as she entered.

"Miss Weiserschmidt, what's the problem with Pippi this time?" Kling asked.

"Her horse ate my new hat." Miss Weiserschmidt said as she showed her half-eaten hat.

"Well, what are we supposed to do?" Kling asked.

"Go to Villa Villekulla and arrest her, of course!" Miss Weiserschmidt said.

"Sorry, we can't do that." Klang said. "A horse eating someone's hat is not an illegal offense."

"Fine! I'll go deal with this myself!" Miss Weiserschmidt said and she stormed out of the building.

Village: Villa Villekulla

At Villa Villekulla, Miss Weiserschmidt arrived on her bike, she marched up to the front door, and knocked rudely, but she got no answer, then, she noticed that the door was unlocked.

"So uncivilized. Leaving the door unlocked. But easier for me to chew out that ruffian." Miss Weiserschmidt said as she opened the door.

Meanwhile, kids came back to see Miss Weiserschmidt open the door and enter, where she gets splattered with egg yolk, paint, and mud.

The kids went to the front yard to see Miss Weiserschmidt.

"Ugh! I'm out of here! I had enough of you for one day!" Miss Weiserschmidt said to Pippi as she stormed out of Villa Villekulla.

"I wonder what Miss Weiserschmidt wanted at your house." Annika said.

"Well, whatever it was, at least now we know that the shpunk was actually Miss Weiserschmidt." Pippi said, and the children laughed.

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