Pippi Meets the Pearl Poachers
Village: Villa Villekulla
At Villa Villekulla, in the living room, Pippi, Tommy, Annika, and Calissa were looking at some maps and sea charts.
"The land is pretty big, but the sea is even bigger." Pippi said. "Someday, I'm gonna explore the entire sea."
And then, the doorbell rang.
"Oh, company." Pippi said as she went for the door.
At the door was a mailman, who had a letter for Pippi; it was from Captain Longstocking.
The letter read, "Dear Pippi, how would you and your friends like to come back to Kurrekurredutt for a while? I am doing fine and the weather is quite nice. I'll be returning in a week to pick you up. Sincerely, your father."
"Oh, goody. My father is coming back, and we're going to Kurrekurredutt. This is exciting." Pippi said. "I better get my things ready."
"And me and Annika better get our parents' permission too." Tommy said, and he and Annika ran for their home.
"Where's Kurrekurredutt?" Calissa asked.
"It's an island in the South Seas." Pippi replied. "Me, Tommy, and Annika already went there once. The kids on the island are fun to play with."
"That sounds fun." Calissa said.
Village: Harbor (One week later)
A week later, the Hoppetossa arrived at the harbor, and Pippi, Mr. Nilsson, Buster, Tommy, Annika, Calissa, and even Willie and Anna were onboard.
"We told Willie and Anna about the trip, and they were eager to come." Annika said.
"Very good. The more the merrier." Pippi said.
The Hoppetossa took off and headed for the South Seas.
South Atlantic: Kurrekurredutt Island
After a long journey, the Hoppetossa finally arrived at Kurrekurredutt Island.
The people of Kurrekurredutt were at the harbor to greet the Hoppetossa crew.
The kids welcomed back Pippi, Tommy, and Annika, and Pippi introduced Calissa, Willie, and Anna to them.
Mr. Nilsson went off to play with the other monkeys, and Buster wandered off to walk around.
The next day, the Hoppetossa crew and the men of Kurrekurredutt were leaving to go on a hunt.
"We'll be gone for a while, Pippi. And I entrust you to take care of the other kids while we're gone." Captain Longstocking said.
"Of course, father. You can count on me." Pippi said.
As the Hoppetossa and the Kurrekurredutt boats left the shore, Pippi was joined by Tommy, Annika, Willie, Anna, Calissa, and two Kurrekurredutt kids: Momo and Moana.
"So what should we do until the adults return?" Calissa asked.
"Well we could play marbles with pearls." Momo suggested.
"Pearls? Do we even have enough for marbles?" Willie asked.
"Yes we do, there are always plenty of pearls thanks to our oyster beds." Moana replied. "We have a cave where all the pearls are stored."
Meanwhile, not far off shore, a ship was headed towards Kurrekurredutt.
On it were two men, their names were Jim and Buck.
Jim and Buck were seamen who just happened to find Kurrekurredutt by chance, however, they were also very greedy.
Jim and Buck arrived on the shore and began looking around.
"So do you think we'll find anything interesting on this island?" Jim asked.
"Just wait, I know there's something worth finding here on this island." Buck replied.
Kurrekurredutt Island: Cliffside
Meanwhile, back with the kids, they arrived at a clifftop, where the pearl cave was located.
"Wow, just look at all these pearls." Anna said. "Can we really play marbles with these?"
"Of course, pearls are so common, we can easily replace them if they get lost." Momo replied.
"The people of Kurrekurredutt often give some pearls to my father so that he can buy supplies for the island." Pippi said.
Meanwhile, Jim and Buck came by the bottom of the cliff, where the pearl cave was above them, across a pond of seawater.
"Oh look, there are two men beneath us, we should greet them." Pippi said as she noticed Jim and Buck. "Hello, welcome to Kurrekurredutt Island. What brings you here?"
Jim and Buck looked up towards the cave to see the kids.
"Hello, little kids." Buck said. "Don't mind us, we're just two seamen, I'm Buck and he's Jim, but say, is there anything interesting on this island of yours?"
"Well, the pond in front of you is a feeding spot for sharks, and in this cave up here, we have pearls." Pippi replied.
"Pearls!?" Jim and Buck asked.
"Yes, pearls. We have a lot and we often play marbles with them." Pippi replied as she showed a handful of pearls.
"Really, well, think we can buy them from you? All of it?" Buck asked.
"But Buck, we possibly can't have enough to buy all of them." Jim said.
"Relax, we're not gonna buy them, we're gonna steal them." Buck whispered.
"Oh, I see." Jim said.
"But if you bought them, then what would we have to play marbles with?" Pippi asked. "I'm sorry, but it's no deal."
Jim and Buck were angry about this and began formulating another plan.
"Alright, you keep them busy while I sneak away and climb that cliff." Buck said.
While Jim talked with Pippi, Buck sneaked around the pond and began climbing the cliff.
Buck was halfway up, when he slipped and fell into the pond.
As Buck swam up to the surface, a shark swam his way, Buck swam away, while Pippi threw down a coconut at the shark.
"Boy, you sure picked a bad day to go swimming. There are sharks in the water." Pippi said.
Then, Buck ignored that comment and had another idea.
"Hey, how about we play a little game?" Buck asked. "You throw things at us and we dodge them."
"That sounds fun, let's play." Pippi said.
"And you have plenty of pearls, they would make good things throw at us." Buck suggested.
Jim and Buck patiently waited, expecting the kids to throw pearls at them, but instead they were pelted with coconuts.
"Hey! Ow! Why are you throwing coconuts, you have plenty of pearls don't you? Throw them instead!" Jim shouted.
"Well that is true. But pearls are too small, you'd dodge them too easily." Pippi said.
Jim and Buck were angry and called off the game, and then, they saw Buster walking around.
"Pardon me miss, but do you know that horse?" Buck asked.
"Why yes, yes I do. His name is Buster." Pippi replied.
Jim and Buck ran towards and grabbed a hold of Buster.
"Alright, now here's the deal. Either you give us every last pearl on this island, or we kill this horse!" Buck threatened.
Pippi and Calissa were shocked, but then they looked at each other and nodded.
"Okay, if you insist. We'll come down and we can work things out!" Pippi said.
As Pippi and Calissa were coming down, Jim and Buck talked with each other.
"So what do we do when they give us the pearls?" Jim asked.
"They've humiliated us, there's no way we can let that slide!" Buck said. "We'll take the all pearls and we give them a good beating while we're at it. Oh, and for the horse, we'll take it with us and sell it off."
Pippi and Calissa came towards Jim and Buck with two buckets of pearls.
"Is this it? Where are the rest of the pearls?" Buck asked.
"Sorry, but I'm afraid that's all you're getting, you can take it or leave it." Calissa said.
"Alright, that tears it! You two are gonna get it, real good!" Buck said as he tried to hit the girls, but they dodged.
Jim charged at the girls but they moved out of the way.
Jim and Buck leapt onto the girls, but they just lifted them up and tossed them into the air and they fell to the ground with a thud.
Jim and Buck looked up to see Pippi and Calissa looking down towards them, they got frightened and quickly made a run for their ship, they fled Kurrekurredutt and they were never seen on the island again.
Tommy, Annika, Willie, Anna, Momo, and Moana cheered from the pearl cave.
Later, the kids were finally able to play marbles with the pearls.
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