Pippi Meets a Special Guest

Village: Villa Villekulla

It was a fine morning at Villa Villekulla as Pippi and Calissa came out to the front.

"So how was your first night on land?" Pippi asked.

"It was relaxing." Calissa said. "What do you typically do right now?"

"Well, I usually go on morning rides on Buster." Pippi said, and the girls went for a ride on Buster.

Village: Woods

The girls got a reasonable distance when they saw a man trying to fix a car.

"What is that?" Calissa asked.

"It's called a car. You can ride in it and go around places." Pippi replied.

As the man tried to lift the car with a car jack, but it wouldn't budge.

"Will it be fixed anytime soon?" a woman asked as she came from the other side of the car. "I have somewhere I need to be."

"Not yet, Miss Rosenbloom." the man replied.

"Excuse me, but do you need help?" Pippi asked as she and Calissa walked up to the car.

"Oh great. Just what I need, little kids." the man said. "Sure, just hold the car up, would you?"

"Sure, that seems easy." Calissa said.

Pippi and Calissa got on the left and right sides of the car and lifted it up, shocking the man and Miss Rosenbloom.

"There, is this high enough?" Pippi asked.

Despite the man still being shocked, he manage to collect himself and fixed the car.

The man and Miss Rosenbloom got back in the car and drove off, Miss Rosenbloom looked out the window to see Pippi and Calissa riding off on Buster.

Village: Villa Villekulla

Back at Villa Villekulla, Pippi and Calissa were sitting on the fence, when Tommy and Annika came by.

"Hi Pippi. Hi Calissa." Annika and Tommy said.

"Hello." Pippi said.

"Where are you going?" Calissa asked.

"To school." Tommy replied. "We're turning in our Africa project today."

"Here look." Annika said as she showed a scrapbook. "Here's some of our pictures we took on Africa. Here's some animals, and we even got a picture of the African village."

"And also, we got a picture of the dam." Tommy said as he showed some pictures. "Here's the construction site, the two men, the protest, then there's you guys who thwarted the bad guys, and lastly here's a picture of them getting arrested."

"Wow, to think, I almost forgot about it." Pippi said. "Anyway, why are you dressed like that?"

"It's for the occasion." Tommy replied. "A special guest is coming to our school."

"Oh, what's the occasion?" Calissa asked.

"The member of the school board is coming to give out prizes." Annika said.

"Our project will win one for sure." Tommy said.

"Oh, interesting, but if you're going to receive any prizes, shouldn't you get going?" Pippi asked.

"Oh yeah, we gotta get to school." Annika said.

"Bye! See you after school!" Tommy said as he and Annika hurried to school.

"Hmm, I wonder how school up on land is like." Calissa said.

"Well, I suppose we could go today, but it is a special occasion after all, we should dress accordingly." Pippi said.

Village: School

The kids were all dressed nice and playing around.

"Children, children." the teacher said as she tried to get the kids' attention.

"Really, Mrs. Ingrid. I hope you can get the children under control." Miss Weiserschmidt said.

"I'm trying." Mrs. Ingrid said.

"Oh, just let me handle it." Miss Weiserschmidt said. "CHILDREN!"

Miss Weiserschmidt's loud voice suddenly got all the kids' attention.

"Now let's have no more of this nonsense behavior, especially when our guest arrives." Miss Weiserschmidt said.

"Yes, Miss Weiserschmidt." the kids all said.

"Now, watch the children while I make sure the food is ready." Miss Weiserschmidt said.

About 15 minutes later, the car from earlier pulled over, and Miss Rosenbloom came out.

"Welcome, Miss Rosenbloom." the kids formed two lines and greeted Miss Rosenbloom.

"Yes, hello." Miss Rosenbloom said.

"Good day, Miss Rosenbloom." Miss Weiserschmidt greeted. "How was your trip?"

"It started off just fine until the car broke down and the jack wouldn't work." Miss Rosenbloom said. "But then, two strong girls came by and lent a hand."

"Two strong girls? Well, I know one of them is the wild child, but who's the other girl?" Miss Weiserschmidt said to herself.

As the kids were seated in the chairs, Pippi and Calissa arrived on Buster.

Pippi was wearing her sombrero and Calissa wore her white hat.

"Hey look. It's that lady from this morning." Calissa said.

"So it is, let's go introduce ourselves." Pippi said.

Pippi and Calissa went up front where everyone could see them.

"Hello, I am Pippi. And this is Calissa." Pippi introduced herself and Calissa.

"Well, I am Miss Rosenbloom." Miss Rosenbloom introduced herself.

"Well, it's nice to meet you." Calissa said, and she and Pippi sat on two chairs.

"Now, let's get on with the prizes." Mrs. Ingrid said.

"Alright, everyone. Rise up, we're going to have a spelling bee." Miss Rosenbloom said.

"What's a spelling bee?" Calissa asked.

"It's a game where you are given a word, and you have to spell it out correctly." Willie said.

"First word. Pippi, please spell the word, 'restaurant.'" Miss Rosenbloom said.

"R-e-s-t-r-a-u-n-t." Pippi said.

"I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Sit down please." Miss Rosenbloom said.

"Oh well, we can't always be winners." Pippi said as she sat down.

"Whew, my throat is parched, I should've had something to drink earlier." Miss Rosenbloom said. "I think I'll have some refreshments."

"I'll get it." Pippi said. "After all, you are a guest."

Pippi went inside the school to get some refreshments.

"Wait! I'm coming with you!" Calissa said as she followed Pippi inside.

"Well, in the meantime, let's finish the spelling bee." Miss Rosenbloom said.

Pippi and Calissa found the room where the snacks and refreshments were, and got some punch for Miss Rosenbloom.

"There we go, a glass of punch for our guest." Pippi said. "Hmm, I think some snacks would be a nice touch."

Pippi got some snacks and tasted them to see if Miss Rosenbloom would like them, and Calissa did the same.

"I wonder what's taking the girls so long." Mrs. Ingrid asked as she and Miss Weiserschmidt came into see most of the snacks gone.

"What is going on here?!" Miss Weiserschmidt asked.

Pippi and Calissa were about to taste a cake, when they were stopped by Miss Weiserschmidt.

"Girls, don't you think it'd be best if left a few bites for everyone else?" Mrs. Ingrid asked.

"Don't worry, there's a table full of snacks… over there." Pippi said as she pointed to the table, which only had food mess on it. "Or maybe not."

"What have you done!?" Miss Weiserschmidt asked.

"Well, there's still the cake, and we haven't touched it yet." Calissa said.

Pippi and Calissa lifted the cake, along with the glass of punch, and brought it outside.

Meanwhile, the spelling bee had finished and the prize for Best in Spelling was given away.

"Here's your drink. We also brought out cake for everyone." Pippi said.

"But where are the plates and silverware?" Annika asked.

"Oh don't worry. Fingers are tastier anyway." Pippi said as she scooped up some of the cake and ate it.

Pippi brought over the cake to everyone else, and even to Buster, who licked off a big portion.

"And now some for our special guest." Pippi said as she brought the remainder of the cake to Miss Rosenbloom.

"Oh, no thank you. All I wanted was a drink anyway." Miss Rosenbloom said.

"Well, if you don't want it, then I guess I'll have to finish it myself." Pippi said, and she buried her entire face into the cake, which she gobbled up within four minutes.

"Yum. Delicious." Pippi said as she wiped her face with a napkin.

"Well, I guess we should continue with the prizes." Miss Rosenbloom said.

The distribution of prizes continued on, starting with Best in Attendance, then with Best in Languages, then with Best in Math, finally with Best in Geography.

Now there was only a trophy left, and it was a big one.

"Now, we give out the last prize." Miss Rosenbloom said.

"It's about time." Tommy said.

"Best Behaved Student." Miss Rosenbloom said, and a boy was awarded that prize.

"Wait, what about Best Project?" Anna asked.

"Ugh, projects." Miss Weiserschmidt said. "You think there would be such a reward for just gathering information and compiling it? Projects, such thought is idiotic."

"But…" Annika said.

"Well, that's no reason there can't be a reward." Pippi said. "It is my honor to give out the prize for Best Project."

"What? Ridiculous!" Miss Weiserschmidt said.

"Yes it is, to think that there isn't one already." Pippi said. "Do we have any contestants?"

"US!" Tommy, Annika, Willie, and Anna shouted.

"Anyone else?" Pippi asked, but no other kids replied.

"Well, do you even have something worth giving out?" Miss Weiserschmidt asked.

"Why yes, I do." Pippi said as she took out four gold coins. "Now, please describe your project."

"It's about our trip to Africa." Annika said.

"And how we stopped the illegal construction of a dam." Tommy said.

"My, how exciting." Pippi said.

"You should know, you and Calissa helped too." Willie said.

"Really?" Pippi asked. "Calissa, you should come up here."

Calissa came up and stood beside Pippi.

"First, we tried to stop the dam, but the two men refused to stop." Annika said. "Second, we organized a protest to get them to stop the dam." Tommy said. "Third, the two men tried to attempted arson to flood the savannah, but you two were there to stop them." Willie said. "And finally, the two men were arrested." Anna said.

"Wow, that was interesting." Pippi said.

"It was, I hope you like it." Anna said.

"I do, and so, I award the prize for Best Project to…" Pippi said, but was interrupted by a delivery truck.

"Sorry, we missed one." the delivery man said as he delivered a package.

Inside the package was a trophy, which was for Best Project.

"Well, looks like we do have one for Best Project." Miss Rosenbloom said. "Here you go."

Miss Rosenbloom awarded the trophy to Tommy, Annika, Willie, and Anna.

"Well, that turned out well, after all." Calissa said.

Later, everyone is enjoying the snacks that Pippi bought with her gold coins.

"Oh, Pippi." Mrs. Ingrid called. "I want to let you know that we're gonna have a picnic next Saturday. You're welcome to join us if you'd like."

"Thank you. That's an offer I simply can't refuse." Pippi said.

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