Pippi Pays Respect to Her Mother
Village: Villa Villekulla
Tommy and Annika came over to Villa Villekulla to see Pippi, but when they got there, they saw that Pippi was not herself.
Pippi was looking at the sky as if she had something on her mind, she appeared to be oblivious to her surroundings.
"Hi, Pippi. What's wrong?" Annika asked.
"Oh, it's nothing, don't worry." Pippi said. "It's just that tomorrow is the day my mother died."
"That's so sad." Annika said.
"What was your mother like?" Tommy asked.
"I don't know." Pippi replied. "I was too young to remember her that well. My father told me that she's now an angel, I believe that she is watching over me up from heaven."
"Is that why your father stayed here longer than usual?" Tommy asked.
"Yes, he came back when he did because it was nearly the day when my mother died, so he could be here to pay respects with me." Pippi replied.
"Hello, children." Captain Longstocking said as he came out to the front.
"Hello, Captain Longstocking." Tommy and Annika greeted him back. "Pippi told us tomorrow is the day her mother died, is it true?"
"Yes, on that day, nine years ago, Pippi's mother, Penelope passed away." Captain Longstocking said. "We met during one of my voyages around the sea. It was love at first sight. It was a happy time, but then, Penelope caught an illness, and we didn't have the proper medicine, so I couldn't make her feel better, and she eventually passed away."
"That was unfortunate." Annika said.
"Tomorrow, me and Pippi are going to pay our respects. You children are welcome to join us if you would like." Captain Longstocking said.
"Thank you, Captain Longstocking." Annika said.
Town: Clothing store
Pippi, Tommy, and Annika headed to the town's clothing store, where Pippi intended to buy some black clothes.
"It's so nice of you to accompany as I go to buy some clothes for tomorrow." Pippi said.
"Don't mention it. You're always doing nice things for us." Tommy said.
At the clothing store, Pippi found a casual black dress and bought it.
As Pippi and her friends were heading back to Villa Villekulla, they saw Bengt and his lackeys up to no good as usual, harassing a girl.
"Haha. You're crying because you miss your dad?" Bengt asked. "Oh, grow up. Why is he not with you anyway?"
"My dad is dead. Just shut up." the girl said, but got shoved by Bengt.
"What did you say to me, midget?" Bengt asked. "No one tells me to shut up."
"How low, teasing a poor girl who lost one of her parents." Annika said.
"Keep this for me, Tommy." Pippi said as she handed her black dress to Tommy and went to confront Bengt.
"Bengt, just leave the poor girl alone." Pippi said, and she didn't waste a second, lifting Bengt and threw him into the air before putting him down on the ground.
"You're lucky Longstocking was around to save you!" Bengt said as he and his lackeys cowardly made a run for it.
"Thanks, Pippi." the girl said.
"I know how it feels to lose your parents. I lost my mother." Pippi said.
"Aw, that's sad." the girl said.
Pippi rejoined Tommy and Annika and headed back to Villa Villekulla.
Village: Villa Villekulla (Next day)
When Tommy and Annika returned to Villa Villekulla the next day, Pippi was wearing the black dress she got yesterday.
"Hello, Tommy and Annika." Pippi said as she gently waved.
"Hi Pippi." Tommy and Annika greeted back.
"My father went to tell his men to make the Hoppetossa is in good shape." Pippi said. "I still have some things to buy in town. So come on. Let's go."
Town: Decor shop
At the town's decor shop, Pippi and her friends looked for things appropriate for a memorial.
"Here, Pippi. It's nice to give flowers to the dead at a funeral, so they would be nice for a memorial as well." Annika said.
"Candles are nice if you're doing it at night." Tommy said.
Pippi bought the items Tommy and Annika recommended, along with some other stuff and left the shop.
Along the way back to Villa Villekulla, Pippi and her friends met Miss Weiserschmidt.
"Oh it's you. What's with that look on your face? Has your "wild" side finally left you?" Miss Weiserschmidt asked.
"How rude, Miss Weiserschmidt." Annika said. "Pippi is not feeling herself because she's upset because her mother died nine years ago on this day."
"Hmph. No wonder." Miss Weiserschmidt said. "I suppose her mother died out of stress for having such a wild daughter."
"That's just rude." Tommy said.
"Don't talk back to me, boy. I was just stating my opinion." Miss Weiserschmidt callously said and rode away on her bike, and not long after, she had an accident.
The kids laughed at Miss Weiserschmidt's misfortune.
"That serves her right." Annika said.
Later, when Pippi and her friends were almost at Villa Villekulla, they met Mrs. Prysselius.
"Good day, children." Mrs. Prysselius said. "My Pippi, you're not your usual self today. Is there something wrong?"
"Today is the anniversary of the day when Pippi's mother died." Tommy said.
"Oh my, I'm sorry, Pippi. I shouldn't have brought it up, just pretend I didn't say anything…" Mrs. Prysselius said, but Pippi interrupted her.
"It's okay. It warms my heart to know that you care, Mrs. Prysselius." Pippi said.
"Oh, thank you Pippi. Your mother must have been such a kind person to have a child such as you." Mrs. Prysselius said and she rode away on her bike.
Village: Villa Villekulla (Evening)
Later that evening at Villa Villekulla, Pippi and her father were paying respects to Pippi's mother, Pippi and her father made a memorial shrine for her in the backyard.
"Mother, even though I can't remember you well, I know wherever you are, I know you're looking out for me." Pippi said.
"Penelope, don't worry about me or Pippi." Captain Longstocking said. "Pippi's grown to be a fine, young lass. She has good friends that she gets along with fine, and she's got her pets to keep her company. As for me, I have a fine and loyal crew, they trust me and I trust them back."
Back at the Settergren house, Tommy and Annika finished eating their supper, got dressed in black clothing and joined Pippi and her father at Villa Villekulla.
"So that's Pippi's mother." Tommy said as he saw a picture of Pippi's mother.
"She's beautiful." Annika said.
"Mother, I wish I could see you one last time." Pippi said and as she spoke a tear came from her eye, it dropped on the Amulet of the Mystics, and the Amulet started glowing in a cyan light.
"Whoa, the Amulet is glowing again." Pippi said.
"What's gonna happen this time?" Annika said.
Little, white star-like particles appeared from the Amulet and started to gather, and then, they began to take a form.
When the particles completely gathered and formed, they took on the appearance of Pippi's mother, Penelope.
"Mother, is it really you?" Pippi asked, Pippi ran to hug her mother, and Penelope hugged Pippi back, then she gestured for her husband to join as well, and they all shared a hug as a family.
"Tommy, Annika. Why don't you join us?" Pippi suggested, and Tommy and Annika joined in on the hug.
"Mother, I have so much I want to tell you. I made a lot of friends, I defend them from bullies, and I have fun with them." Pippi said, and Penelope gave a warm smile.
"Penelope, there's not a day that goes by when I don't think about you, no matter what, you always hold a special place in my heart." Captain Longstocking said, and Penelope gave another warm smile.
And then, Penelope started to fade, she warmly stroked Pippi's face and gave one final smile, before she faded away completely.
"Mother, I will continue to live on with my life with my friends and father." Pippi said.
Captain Longstocking shed a tear, and so did Tommy and Annika.
"That was more than just a blessing, it was a miracle." Tommy said.
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