Pippi at the Beach
Town: Town Square
It is a cold winter day in the town square, many people were in coats to protect themselves against the cold.
"Brr. It sure is cold today." Tommy said.
"Tell me about it, I wish we could go somewhere warm right now." Annika said.
Many people were gathered at a lottery stand near a deactivated fountain.
"I wonder what that's all about." Pippi said. "I simply must check it out."
"Step right up, step right up, folks. Try out your luck!" the owner of the stand said. "The lucky winner will win a trip to all-expense paid 4-day trip to an beach resort! Warm weather, soft sand, cool ocean, it's perfect for anyone who wants to get away from the cold!"
"Wow, a trip to a beach!" Tommy said. "And to get away from the cold. I'm gonna try my luck."
"Me too, wait up!" Annika said as she chased after Tommy, who rushed to the stand.
At the stand, many people lined up to draw a ticket for the contest.
Tommy and Annika each drew a ticket and wrote their names on it.
"Out of my way, children." Miss Weiserschmidt said as she drew a ticket and wrote her name.
"Hmm, I think I'll give it a try." Pippi said as she also drew a ticket and wrote her name on it.
"Move over, losers. That beach trip is mine!" Bengt said as he approached Pippi and her friends.
"What do you want, Bengt?" Tommy asked.
"Like, I said, I want that beach trip, and it's good as mine. I'm feeling lucky today." Bengt replied.
"Nonsense, I should be the one to get that trip. I deserve a few days away from all the nonsense around here." Miss Weiserschmidt said.
After all the people had drawn tickets and put them in a bowl, the owner shuffled the tickets, and then, he shook and spun the bowl.
Finally, he reached into the bowl and took out a ticket.
"And the lucky winner is…" the owner said, making the crowd anxious. "Pippi Longstocking!"
"Congratulations, Pippi." Annika said.
"Yeah, you won." Tommy said.
"Her?!" Miss Weiserschmidt asked. "But still, I suppose this could still work in my favor. Yes, with that girl gone. This place could have peace during that time."
Bengt snarled in anger, proving himself to be a sore loser.
"I just know it, it's your fault that I didn't win!" Bengt accused Pippi.
"How is you not winning Pippi's fault?" Tommy asked.
"Because if she hadn't drawn a ticket, I know I would have won!" Bengt replied, causing everyone else to boo at him.
"Ugh, fine. But just watch, I'll win next time!" Bengt said as he took his leave.
Here's your invitation to the beach resort, it's very important, so don't lose it." the owner said as he handed Pippi a gold-colored ticket. The ship will leave two days later at noon, don't miss it."
Village: Villa Villekulla
Back at Villa Villekulla, Pippi is packing things for her trip, when Tommy and Annika came in.
"Hi, Pippi. We came to tell you that we hope you have a fun at the beach resort." Annika said.
"Oh, thank you. I certainly will, especially since you guys are coming along." Pippi said.
"What do you mean, 'since we're coming along'?" Tommy asked.
"Oh dear, I guess I forgot to tell you." Pippi said. "The invitation said, 'One lucky winner… and two guests', and I already discussed it with your your parents, too, and they said it's fine."
"Hooray!" Tommy and Annika cheered as they rejoiced and left to get packed.
Village: Harbor (2 days later)
Two days later at the harbor, Pippi, Tommy and Annika have their things packed and are ready to leave on a ship.
"Bye Tommy, bye Annika!" Mrs. Settergren said.
"Why don't you send us a postcard while you're there?" Mr. Settergren suggested.
"We will!" Annika said from the ship.
Then, the ship left the harbor and out into the open sea.
"Yes! Now that the wild child will be gone for a while, I can have my own kind of vacation." Miss Weiserschmidt said.
Beach resort: Port
Few hours after the ship left the village, it arrived at an island, where the beach resort was.
"Finally, we're here." Tommy said.
"This place is magnificent. I wish I could've brought Mr. Nilsson and Buster along." Pippi said.
"I know, but this hotel don't allow animals." Annika said. "But don't worry. I'm sure are parents will take good care of them."
Beach resort: Hotel
At the hotel, a bellhop introduced Pippi and her friends to their room.
The room had orange wallpaper, a widescreen TV, three grand beds, a nice terrace with a great view of the beach, a nice dining table was in there as well, ideal for mealtimes, and a mini-fridge was inside with plenty of drinks.
"This is awesome." Tommy said. "I wish we could stay for more than just three days."
Pippi and her friends later went down to the hotel's restaurant and ate plenty of delectable food, after that they went back to their room, watched something on the TV and went to sleep.
The next day, the kids woke up, ate breakfast, changed into bathing suits, except for Pippi, who didn't bother getting changed, and went down to the beach to play.
Beach resort: Beach
The kids swam in the sea, made sand castles, and bought ice creams to eat.
"I never imagined myself eating ice cream and playing at a beach in winter." Tommy said.
"Me neither." Annika said. "I thought we'd be playing in the snow and drinking hot chocolate."
"Well, I have done this before." Pippi said.
"Well, I can't believe I'm seeing you here." Cassandra said as she suddenly appeared.
"Cassandra, what are you doing here?" Pippi asked.
"My family is on vacation here." Cassandra replied. "I could ask you the same thing."
"Well, it started with a contest, and the prize was a trip here, a lot of people drew tickets but, mine was the lucky one. And I was allowed to bring two guests, so I brought Tommy and Annika with me." Pippi explained.
"Oh yeah, I heard of that one." Cassandra said. "Tomorrow, there's gonna be a sand sculpture contest. Think you can win that?"
"Who knows? I won't know until I try." Pippi replied.
"Fine, be that way. I plan on entering the contest, too. I wonder what sort of thing that you'll be making." Cassandra said, and she left.
"Wow, a sand sculpture contest." Tommy said.
"You should enter, Pippi. You might win." Annika said.
"Yes, I probably would." Pippi said. "I wonder what I should build."
The next day, the contest started, and the rules were that a single person, without the help of others, must build a sand sculpture of anything they want.
The contestants started building, their sculptures, a few people did sand castles, some made statues, and some made various other things, but Pippi appeared to be building something that looked like a mountain.
Three hours later, that was when the judge started coming around.
Pippi's work appeared to be a tall heap of sand, clumped together.
"Pippi, what's that?" Tommy asked.
"It's a surprise, just wait." Pippi said.
The judge came around to Cassandra's work, which was a castle based on her mansion, he looked impressed as he observed Cassandra's castle.
The judge came over to Pippi's work, and that left him disappointed.
"Okay, now to unveil my surprise." Pippi said as she inhaled and exhaled a gust of wind on her sand heap, the wind blew away the sand and revealed a sand version of the Hoppetossa.
The judge started to get impressed as he observed all the notably fine detail of Pippi's work.
"Such marvelous work. What a fine carve. Simply exquisite. We have a winner." the judge said as he held Pippi's arm into the air, and the crowd cheered for Pippi.
The judge awarded Pippi the Blue Ribbon, and took a picture of the sand Hoppetossa.
"Hmph, I admit, I'm disappointed I couldn't win, but next time, I will win." Cassandra said.
"Well, somethings never change." Tommy said.
"That may be, but in the meantime, race you to the ice cream cart!" Pippi said and the kids ran for the ice cream cart.
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