Pippi Meets the Cashmires

Village: Villa Villekulla

It was a fine Saturday morning, and Tommy and Annika were eager to go to Villa Villekulla and see Pippi.

Inside Villa Villekulla in the kitchen, was Pippi Longstocking, who was busy taking out some cleaning supplies, such as a brush, a mop, a broom, and a bucket of water.

"Okay, Mr. Nilsson, it's cleaning day, so you know what that means." Pippi said, and Mr. Nilsson took a bowl of fruits and put it on the table.

Then, Tommy and Annika came into the kitchen and saw Pippi.

"Hi, Pippi." Annika said. "What are you doing?"

"Cleaning, I mean, after all. It is cleaning day at Villa Villekulla." Pippi replied. "You're welcome to join me if you want."

"No thanks, cleaning is boring." Tommy said.

"But why not, you'll miss all the fun." Pippi said.

"No way, there's nothing fun about cleaning." Tommy said.

"Well, then you won't know what you're missing." Pippi said as she put on some special brushes made to look like sandals.

Then, she dumped water all over the floor and skated around with the brushes on her feet.

Tommy and Annika saw this and got interested, and they followed Pippi with brushes on their feet as well.

The kids eventually started taking their brush skating to the living room, the hallway, and everywhere else, mopping,sweeping, dusting, and scrubbing along the way.

And soon, everything in Villa Villekulla was sparkling clean.

"Wow, everything looks so neat and clean now." Annika said.

"How often do you have cleaning days?" Tommy asked.

"Oh, you know, once in awhile, or whenever the house looks like it needs one." Pippi replied.

And then, the kids heard the sound of a moving truck.

"What's that?" Tommy asked. "It sounded like a moving truck."

The kids rushed out to see that it is indeed a moving truck, which was headed elsewhere.

"I wonder where it's going." Annika said.

"Well then, what are you waiting for?" Pippi asked. "Let's go find out."

The kids got on Buster and rode him towards the way the truck went.

Village: Mansion

The truck comes to a stop in front of a mansion, and begins unloading furniture.

"Hey, I remember this place, so that family those workers from last week, told us about is finally moving in." Annika said.

(Flashback)

The kids come across a construction site, where the mansion will be at in the future.

"Excuse me, but what are you building?" Pippi asked.

"We were hired to build a mansion in this village." a worker said. "They said some rich family is going to move in here when we are done."

"When are they coming?" Pippi asked.

"I don't know, but they will be here when the mansion is done." the worker replied.

(End of flashback)

Then, a family in a fancy car arrived: a girl and her parents.

The girl had long blonde hair that was rolled into curls, with a green bow on top of her head, she had green eyes, she wore a cyan dress, and she wore green slippers.

Her father was dressed in a fine gray suit, he wore a matching gray fedora over his well-trimmed black hair, and his black shoes were well-polished.

Her mother was dressed in an elegant purple dress with matching purple slippers, and her blonde hair styled into a bun.

"We are here, Cassandra, this will be our new home." the father spoke to his daughter.

"Finally, I do not like to be kept waiting." Cassandra said.

"Ah yes, this is perfect for us, the Cashmires. Let's see the inside." Mrs. Cashmire said.

"The Cashmires must be new family that's moving here." Annika said.

Village: Main Street

Later, at main street, Pippi and her friends were near a fountain, when they saw someone put up a poster.

"Look, someone's put up a poster." Annika said, and the kids went to look at the poster.

"Rule the ice rink! Come to the village ice rink. Figure skating competition next Saturday at 1:00 p.m." the poster read.

"Wow, a figure skating competition." Tommy said.

"You should enter, Pippi. We saw what you could do back in your kitchen." Annika suggested.

"Yes, I probably should." Pippi said.

And then, Cassandra walked by with a blue parasol, she passed by two girls playing hopscotch.

"Hi there. Would you like to join us?" one of the girls asked.

"You wish. I do not engage in such plebian activities like hopscotch." Cassandra said, and then, she went on her way.

"Well, she sure isn't an agreeable person." Tommy said, who saw this.

Then, Cassandra noticed the poster about the figure skating competition and took a look.

"Ah, figure skating. Now that is something of more my type: noble, elegant, and graceful." Cassandra said. "I simply must enter."

"Well, I wish you luck with that." Pippi said as she got closer to Cassandra, and she took notice of Pippi and her friends.

"Oh, you're those kids I saw back at our mansion. Tell me, are you so poor that you can't even afford decent clothes?" Cassandra said. "Those patched-up clothes look like they're ready to fall apart soon."

"Well actually, I am not poor, I have enough gold coins for my needs, look." Pippi said, as she took out a handful of gold coins from her purse. "And I have more at my home."

"Huh? What, no way. Show me." Cassandra said.

Village: Villa Villekulla

Pippi takes Cassandra to Villa Villekulla and shows her the rest of the gold coins in her chest.

"No way. If you're this rich then why bother with those raggy clothes, and this miserable shack as your home?" Cassandra asked, and then, a board broke under Cassandra's foot.

"Actually, my father bought Villa Villekulla for me. That way he would always know where I am when he visits." Pippi replied.

"I think it's such a disgrace that someone rich as you would chose to live like the less wealthy people." Cassandra said, and took her leave.

Village: Ice Rink (Saturday, 1:00 p.m.)

It is Saturday, and many people wishing to compete in the figure skating competition have joined up at the ice rink.

Among the contestants are Pippi and Cassandra.

"Ah, I see you decided to compete as well." Cassandra said as she approached Pippi. "I believe I never got your name."

"Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter Longstocking. But you can call me Pippi, Pippi Longstocking." Pippi introduced herself.

"Well, just so you know. My name is Cassandra Cashmire." Cassandra introduced herself.

Then, as the competition got started, the contestants were given skates and got changed into figure skating uniforms.

Many contestants were fairly good, although most of them messed up at least few times on turns and jumps, now only Cassandra and Pippi have yet to skate.

"What amateurs." Cassandra said. "Now watch as I dazzle them with my own talent."

Cassandra got onto the ice and started her own routine, she didn't mess up not once.

Cassandra stayed well-balanced and gracefully executed a spinning finish.

The audience went wild at Cassandra's performance.

"Ah well." Cassandra said. "The only way my performance could be anymore perfect is if I was to use the Handstand Hurricane. The hardest move ever created in figure skating."

The three judges gave Cassandra a score of 9.5, 9.8, and 10.

"Your turn, Miss Longstocking. I hope you skate better than you dress." Cassandra said as she got off the ice, to where Pippi was.

"I hope so." Pippi said. "I've been practicing for this day and I don't want to embarrass myself."

Pippi got onto the ice and started off perfectly, she didn't mess up not once.

As the end drew near, Pippi with a perfect performance, started getting into a strange position.

"No way, is she really going to do it?" one of the judges asked.

Pippi started doing a handstand on the ice, then she came to a stop, spread her legs apart, and started spinning in place for 5 seconds, until she stood back up again.

The crowd went wild at Pippi's performance, even more than they did at Cassandra's performance.

"SHE DID IT! THE HANDSTAND HURRICANE! NO ONE HAS EVER SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED THAT TECHNIQUE, BUT HERE IS ONE NOW! Let's go to the judges!"

The judges all give Pippi a perfect 10, making Pippi the winner.

"Hooray for Pippi!" Tommy and Annika cried out from the crowd.

Later, as Pippi is given the winner's trophy, Cassandra approached Pippi.

"Despite your outlook on life, I must admit that you put on a good show out there." Cassandra said and she took her leave.

"Wow, she actually complimented you." Tommy said.

"I have a feeling we'll be seeing more of her." Pippi said.

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