More about the Children of Noisy Village
Lisa! Olle!
Lisa - that's me. I live in Middle Farm
with my two brothers. Their names are Lasse and Bosse.
I don't have any sisters, but my friends Anna and Britta live in North Farm
and we see each other every day.
Britta, don't forget the cough drops, girls now.
Oh Grandfather, you know you can depend on us.
That's Britta and Anna's grandfather,
but all of us children in Bullerbyn call him Grandpa.
Here, you forgot your bag, dear.
- Bye. - Olle!
Olle lives in South Farm, and he has a dog named Svipp.
And a little sister, Kerstin.
There aren't any other children in Bullerbyn, but it's enough.
And then there are our parents, of course.
Oscar is our farmhand. Agda is our housekeeper.
Lasse, run all the way to school or we'll be late!
Let's go!
So now you know everyone who lives in Bullerbyn.
I want to go to school.
Darling, you're too young to go to school.
- I win! - We'd better hurry or we'll be late.
This is where Mr Kind the shoemaker lives.
Good day.
- Good day. - Good day.
His name is the only thing that's kind about him.
That's not very smart to start eating your lunch now.
At least wait for morning break time.
Feels better in my stomach than in my school bag.
- Hello! - Hi, there!
We all go to school in Great Village.
It's a lovely school.
And now that the summer holidays are over, it's fun to see our friends once again.
No!
Nearly done.
I suddenly thought we won't have a holiday until Christmas.
And that's such a long way off.
Now tell me, if you know, what happens afterwards and what happens...
It seemed as if Christmas would never come.
The time was passing too slowly.
All this rain, and Christmas coming, I bet we won't have any snow.
We still have a whole week left. The weather can change.
It'll be raining still, you'll see.
I felt so sad when Lasse said that.
A Christmas without snow? That would be just awful.
Lisa.
Wake up!
Wake up, dear. Look outside.
It is snowing!
Lasse! Bosse! Wake up, it's snowing!
Wake up, Lasse! It's snowing! Wake up!
- What is it? - Look!
Lasse, it's snowing!
- Look outside. - Winter is here at last!
Isn't it nice?
Olle!
I knew we'd have snow for Christmas.
It's now Christmas yet, you'll see. It'll all be gone before then.
- Come on! - Hurry!
Yes, that's fine.
Now who else can give me another word which begins with the letter V?
Sarah?
- Viking. - Viking, that's very good.
Anna?
- Villain. - Villain.
Well, listen to that out there.
It looks like quite a snow storm.
I think that all of the children from Bullerbyn should go home now before
the weather gets too bad. So would you all pack your things, please.
Help me! I'm frightened!
I can't go any further.
I'll never reach Bullerbyn in this storm.
Come on!
- We'll stop at the shoemaker's house. - No.
- You know I'm afraid of him. - So am I.
We have to go!
He's not going to kill us!
- Come on! - No!
Well I'm going.
There's nothing else we can do.
Close the door!
I'm sorry.
- Hello. - Close it!
Close it, I say, and close it now!
The door!
- Good day! - This is too much.
Are you deaf? I told you to close the door now!
Shut the door!
- Shut it! - Hurry, he's angry!
May we stay here till the storm is over?
For the last time, shut that door, do you hear?
Shut it!
What's wrong with you, hmm?
Is it so difficult to close a door?
Can we stay here till the storm is over?
Damn children!
Running around in this weather!
We're on our way back from school.
All right. It's nothing to whine about.
You can stay.
Don't just stand there. Come in!
- Grandma's shoes. I bet they're still not finished. - No.
- I hope we don't have to stay here all night. - Me too.
It's Papa!
- Papa! - What?
- Papa - Oh no! Shut that door!
- Papa! Help! Help! - Are you deaf?
- We're snowed in! - Hold it. Stay where you are, I'm coming!
- Help! Help! - Close that door!
Listen, I'm not going to tell you again. Shut that door.
Now, hurry up now before I fetch...
Good day, sir.
Good day, good day.
We all squeezed on together.
How lucky we were that father came along.
Can you imagine if we had to stay there all night?
Now then, you'll soon feel better.
Now, have some more soup will you, to warm you up.
There you are. And what about, a little more for Lasse as well, good.
Shut that door!
And then it was Christmas. And the snow was still there.
We cut down three big Christmas trees.
One for North Farm, one for Middle Farm, and one for South Farm.
And a little tree for Grandfather.
- What's that? - It's a sheaf of hay.
Sparrows have to have Christmas too, Kerstin.
Christmas.
That's twenty.
- Give me the pork. - No.
- You've got the walnuts. - No. - Let me have it.
- Come and take it. - I will. - No you won't.
Give it to me.
- I want the heart. - Come and take it.
For the best prices and the largest assortment of merchandise, phone 133.
Harley Davidson motorcycle for sale. Recently repaired, excellent condition.
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The person who lost a pair of glasses in Hamburg should phone immediately 822.
On the morning of Christmas Eve, we always have a bath in the brewing shed.
Agda scrubs us till we shine.
And we put on our very best clothes.
Then I feel it's really Christmas.
Careful boys, it's hot.
Oh, it's hot.
You'll get used to it.
I wish you could see how nice our Christmas tree is, Grandfather.
I see it in my head.
Can you see how red the apples are?
Ah, yes. They're bright red, yes.
Lasse said the long wait between the afternoon and Christmas Eve
is what gave you grey hair.
The time goes so slowly, you feel as if you're growing old, he said.
But my hair was as brown as ever.
Although I thought it looked prettier than usual.
They're coming! Hide!
Is there a Grandpa who's been good this year?
- Merry Christmas, Grandpa. - Merry Christmas.
- Did we frighten you? - You may have done.
- Come on. - What are we going to do now?
Where are you all going?
We pretended we were Christmas elves, and ran around frightening everyone.
- Merry Christmas! - Merry Christmas!
Then at last it was Christmas Eve.
It's always exciting to see who gets the almond in the pudding,
because he or she will be married in the new year.
I've got the almond, you see!
What's this, then?
It's the first time that the almond has broken in half.
And since the almond has broken in two Oscar will have to marry you.
Don't listen to them.
- Your turn, Bosse. - Do I have to?
- Yes, everybody must invent a rhyme. - Yes.
I cannot eat anymore of this, because I'm waiting for my gifts.
- Worst rhyme I ever heard. - Why?
And then Mary pondered this in her heart.
And the shepherds turned back,
and praised the Lord for all that they had seen and heard.
Just as it had been spoken to them by God.
And now for the hymn.
On Boxing Day, we went to a party at Aunt Jenny's house.
It took us hours to get there by sleigh.
Olle, if we get herring salad to eat at Aunt Jenny's, I'm going to go home.
And so am I.
What was that, Olle?
Lasse and I are going home if we get herring salad.
We'll go home as well?
Jenny.
Freeze!
Time to eat now.
Hocus pocus, you can move now.
Why must we always eat just as we're having fun?
- Come on. - I'm frozen forever!
Don't be silly, Lasse. Perhaps herring salad will unfreeze you.
The only thing adults ever seem to do at parties is eat.
How can anyone eat herring salad?
Ugh. Poor grown-ups.
Hello, Grandpa.
I'll bet you wished you could dance with everbody else, don't you?
Oh, I haven't danced for years.
No more. But how I danced when I was young!
Don't cry. You must go to sleep now, baby.
That's right.
Kiss kiss. Kiss kiss, good night.
The best thing about a party at Aunt Jenny's
is that afterwards, we all sleep there.
I like to sleep away from home.
And it's so much fun on the floor with everyone else.
The next day, we went skating.
Mummy and Aunt Jenny had warned us to be careful of the hole in the ice.
But as usual, Lasse had to show off.
Here comes the champion skater of Bullerbyn!
Lasse!
Lasse, be careful!
Watch out, you'll fall in the ice.
Lasse, stop it. You'll get hurt.
- Lasse! - Hello!
You're gonna fall in!
I'm not scared. You've got to take chances.
Help! Help!
He's going to drown.
I'm coming, Lasse. I'm coming.
- Help! - Come to the edge, Lasse.
- Help. - Lie down.
Hold on tight. Lasse.
Take Bosse's hand.
Pull!
Careful!
Come on, Lasse!
How many times did we warn you about that hole in the ice?
It would have made us all very unhappy.
Just think, Lasse might have been drown-ded there in that hole.
Don't say drown-ded.
Bye! Come again soon.
- Bye. Till next time. - Bye-bye.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Attention!
That's better.
Now, forward march!
- You can have them. - What did you say?
- You can have them. - For real?
But why?
- For not coming home drown-ded. - Come on.
Now why don't you jump in the lake. Again.
Another thing I really like is watching a new year come in.
Britta, Anna and I decided to stay up until midnight.
And of course, Lasse and Bosse and Olle
decided that they too would stay up and watch the new year come in.
How's the fire going, Britta?
Hmm, good. But we need a little more kindling wood.
We're having more fun than the boys, don't you think?
Oh, I have an idea! Why don't we sneak up on them?
- Yeah! - Let's go! - I have to look after the candles.
And off we went to Lasse and Bosse's room.
I can't see anything.
Let's go in through the hole in the attic.
There's a big, dark attic above our rooms, and there's a crack in the floor,
through which you can see straight down to the boy's room.
Now where was the hole?
- Can you see them? - No, they don't seem to be there.
Let me look.
You know, it wouldn't surprise me if they were asleep already.
- What are they doing? - They must be fast asleep.
It's very naughty to surprise us like that!
It was very loud and scary.
We were afraid that you girls had fallen asleep.
Girls get frightened.
Yeah, and especially those three scaredy-cats.
Did you see how they ducked?
What're you going to do now?
Wait for the New Year, of course.
- Shall we melt some lead? - What for?
To see what the New Year's going to bring us.
Good night. Goodbye.
The boys really got curious after that.
Come on, Bosse.
They moved their New Year's party to our room.
- Some ginger biscuits. - And juniper juice.
- Oh, may I have some biscuits? - You've got your own.
Grandpa had given us lead.
We melted it in a ladle over the cooker.
Well?
It looks as if I'm going to be a king!
If you can find anyone to crown you!
Bosse, look. It looks like you'll be going to school again next year.
Oh, look at what I've got.
It's a bicycle.
I always wanted a bicycle.
Oh Lisa, what time is it now?
Still an hour and a half to wait.
Don't think we're gonna wait for the new year here. See you later.
A tree. Or a flea.
Anything but a flea.
It looks just like a ladybird.
You'll turn into a bug next year.
I'm lying down until the new year.
You'd better not fall asleep now.
New Year's nights are longer than any other nights.
They never stop.
Ohh! It's nearly twelve o'clock.
Come, Lisa.
Bosse. Wake up, lazy bones. It's almost the New Year.
Wake up, you silly thing. How can you sleep now?
Wake up.
Bosse, get up will you?
We stood by the window and looked out,
hoping to see the New Year as it came in.
Let's have three cheers for the New Year. Are you ready everyone?
Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
But everything looked just the same.
Bosse, you've got to get up. Come on.
Bosse, it's 1929 now. You've really got to go.
Will you listen? You're going to have to carry lazy bones to his own bed.
Come and see.
This way he can imagine he had a good time on New Year's Eve.
Good night, Bosse.
The time came to go back to school.
Our teacher seemed happy to see us again.
She gave us all sweets to celebrate the first day of school in the New Year.
They're very good; they've come from Stockholm.
Our teacher had been there on holiday.
That was the first time I had even eaten a sweet that came from Stockholm.
Thank you.
You can have one of these.
Thank you.
I'll trade you for that one.
During our first break, Anna traded bookmarks with Greta, in our class.
How many for this one?
- Three. - Alright.
I don't have any bookmarks, but Anna got lots of them for Christmas.
I'd like to have a bookmark too.
I'm going to wish for one for my birthday.
Get off!
Wilkins fails once again.
Polar research John Wilkins has returned to Fairbanks, Alaska,
after having failed for his second time
in his attempt to explore the unknown arctic region.
He explained to reporters that he had given up hope
for another expedition this year.
He also told reporters that he plans to return to the United States on June 12.
An explosion of dynamite was heard at midnight throughout the...
...the squirrel, which faces extinction due to the high price of squirrel skins
was a great subject of discussion recently.
The government has been listening to many suggestions presented to the Department.
Killing squirrels, or even clubing them,
may be limited to December and January only...
...the Temperance Union in Hultsfred will meet on the fifth of the month
to decide whether or not to grant a licence to Mr Sven Stiltsen,
a restaurant owner, for the sale of beer from the central pilsner brewery.
Mr Stiltsen opened his restaurant six months ago...
...with only 4 minutes remaining in the match,
the score was tied at 1-1.
The fantastic crowd was awaiting the tie-breaking goal.
And the crowd was not disappointed when the last minute saw
a number of last minute attacks. And it was Vimmerby, new forward,
who managed to finally get the ball.
Thus making the final score 2 to 1,
in one of the most thrilling matches played this year...
That is all for today.
- You may go now. - Thank you, miss.
Oh, I forgot something important. I've got to go back.
We always had fun on April 1st.
You can fool anyone you like, even the teacher.
And that's what we did.
Lasse thought it up the day before.
And we all agreed it was a very good idea.
The next day, everyone came to school at 6 o'clock,
even though school doesn't begin until 8.
But on the classroom clock, it was already 8.
Who is it?
It's Lasse. Don't we have school today?
Oh! Have I overslept?
I'll be down in a few minutes.
- Well? - She said she'll be down in a minute.
Let's hope she doesn't have her own clock.
Oh! This is just awful, isn't it?
My alarm clock didn't go off. I don't know why.
It should have gone ages ago. I'll have to buy a new one.
Now, let me see, um.
Can anyone give me... the names of the five world continents?
That's very odd.
Why now? I don't know.
April fool!
April, April, we're going to play a trick,
and teacher fell for it!
What have you been up to?
Yesterday afternoon, we set the clock forward.
Then you mean that it's only six thirty!
Excellent!
We really fooled you, didn't we?
- Lisa! - Look!
- What is that? - A hiding place.
Lasse, there's a big hole in your backside!
- Where? - There!
Here? I don't see anything.
April, April, April fool. You'll believe anything!
I'll get you back!
- Get the stick. - Go on.
Bring it here. Come on, come on.
Olle, a man's come down from the North Farm, and he's buying stones.
What sort of stones, Lasse?
Ordinary stones, any kind.
I've sold him quite a few already.
Oh really?
Olle forgot it was the first of April.
Get some more.
One more.
That's wonderful, Kerstin.
- We're going to be rich. - One more. Rich.
A man did come from North Farm,
but he was buying scrap metal and empty bottles, not stones!
- I have some more stones here. - Stones?
- Is that what you said? - Yes.
How much will you give me for the sack?
Not even one penny. What can I do with stones, eh?
But Lasse said you...
April fool! You're an April fool, you are!
I'll get you for this!
When Easter came around, Spring came with it.
We cleaned up all the dead leaves and branches.
And we played one of those Holy Week tricks:
pinning a sign on somebody's back,
without their knowing it.
Come, children. Time to eat.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Oscar, it's time for lunch. - Alright.
Are you hungry?
Oh how I like Oskar
What is it?
What is going on?
Now, what's so funny, children?
You're becoming sillier and sillier. That's enough.
- Hello. - Hello.
There's more to you than you'll believe, Agda.
Of all things!
18, 19.
20, 21, 22.
23, 24, 25.
Kirsten, come.
Put the feathers in here. That's right.
Can you catch them, Kerstin?
Look! A feather.
Lasse, Bosse and I decided to invite Britta, Anna and Olle to an Easter party.
So we painted Easter Eggs.
This egg is for Anna.
She can have it instead of potato hash.
Albertino must have laid that egg.
How can you tell?
- Huh? - I can recognise them.
Oh, Bosse's hens lay eggs by the dozen.
You have to have a beard if you want to eat eggs.
Bosse's an egg!
Ah! Do you surrender?
Get off!
Bosse is going to be painted for Easter Sunday!
- Have you had enough? - No!
- Are you sure? - Alright, enough!
Each year, lots of new lambs are born in Bullerbyn.
I think baby lambs are cuter than kittens, puppies and baby pigs.
They're even cuter than Kerstin. But don't tell Olle I said that.
Out of the way.
- What's wrong, Papa? - Oh, that's too bad.
- One of the lambs has died. - Died! Oh, why?
The mother didn't have enough milk to feed it.
Poor thing.
He was too small; he wouldn't have survived anyway.
Ooh, I love the berries.
Oh, his twin is here. I think he's going to die as well.
I don't want the lamb to die. I don't.
Don't cry, Lisa now, come now.
I don't want it to die.
Couldn't we just try and give it a little grass?
Oh no, that would kill him, Lisa.
His stomach is not strong enough.
Although milk from a bottle might help. Would you like to try?
- Oh, can we start right now. - Yes, you can, dear.
But it's going to mean a lot of work.
Papa said that if I did all the work, then the lamb would be my very own.
Oh, I was so happy.
- Can I help you to feed him, Lisa? - And me?
Papa, can we feed him just a little cream also?
No, it would die.
In fact the milk you give him must be diluted with water.
Come on, come on, eat, sheep.
All I have to do is sleep in one Sunday morning, and Lisa gets herself a lamb.
You sleep too much, anyway.
- Do you know his name? - No.
- His name is Pontus. - Did he tell you that?
No, but that is his name.
I'm sure that Pontus thinks that I'm his real momma.
Of course he does, cause you look like one!
And now, Christina, how much is 4 times 7?
30.
You didn't go over your 7 times table very well. Er, Greta?
- 28. - 28, very good.
Olle, you shouldn't put your finger in your mouth like that.
- I've got a loose tooth. - A loose tooth!
You'd better pull it out in that case.
When you get home tonight, pull it out, and show us the empty space tomorrow.
Olle is deathly afraid of pulling teeth.
We told him he had nothing to be frightened about.
We weren't frightened at all, after all, it wasn't our tooth.
- Kerstin. Bye now. - See you. - Bye.
You know, I could pull that out for you in a second.
No, you won't!
No! No! Leave it.
I've got it! We'll tie the thread to Rose's horn.
- What for? - And I tell you,
after it's tied, I take a spike and wave it in front of Rose's nose.
She's bound to jump back, and then out comes the tooth.
A spike in your rump would be nice too!
But you've got to pull it out before tomorrow.
If not, you can't show the teacher the space.
Let's not talk about it.
If you're lucky, she'll forget it.
No, her memory's too good.
I'm going to take it out for him, and he won't feel a thing.
- You will? - We'll see tonight.
Are you asleep yet?
- No. - Quiet down.
Why don't you go to bed?
Lasse, it's your turn.
Oh, I bet it doesn't work.
Yes, it will. The great dentist Lasse Eriksson uses anaesthetic to pull teeth.
What do you mean "anaesthetic"?
Oh, sleep anaesthetic. Why it's the best there is.
Lasse.
Olle, what's wrong? Don't you ever get sleepy?
I think I'll be ill tomorrow morning.
- Don't you wait for me. - Olle, you're not sick, are you?
Well... I have a stomach ache.
It's because of his tooth.
- Go to sleep! - Oh, all right.
Now all we have to do is wait.
- Isn't it your turn now? - No, it's yours.
Come on, I think it's time.
He's asleep!
- I want to see! - Come on. - Shhh.
One, two, three, I'm counting four, it's going to be,
Five, six, seven, eight, Out it comes, so let's not wait!
It'll be the first thing he sees tomorrow.
It should help his stomach ache!
- We pulled it out for us. - Really, how?
While he was asleep.
He told us he had a stomach ache.
Did he really have a stomach ache?
He said he wasn't going to school.
- Ah, he looks much better today. - Who did it?
Did you pull it out, Lasse?
Of course, who'd you think did it?
It wasn't you.
It's really easy to pull a tooth out, isn't it?
Yes, with sleep anaesthetic, it is.
Look! Look! I've pulled my tooth out.
Oh, let's see.
Bravo. That was very clever of you. Sit down now.
Bravo, very clever of you.
You may sit down now.
Look, it's sailing!
I can't see mine now.
- Where's mine gone? - There it is, again.
Go on, drink. It's good, too.
Papa said I would have to teach Pontus to drink milk out of a pail one day
because he couldn't go on drinking from a baby's bottle when he became a big ram.
- Drink it, it's very good. - Teach him to drink milk like that.
- That's right. - Is he stupid?
Why doesn't he just start drinking it?
Pontus is not stupid.
You don't know the first thing about little lambs, do you?
- I do. - Go on, Pontus. Drink it now.
It's milk, drink it.
Good boy, Pontus. That's it.
Hmm. Now you know how to do it, don't you.
Yes, you're a big boy now.
On Whitsun Eve, all the adults were invited to a party
at the pastor's house, in Great Village.
Is it going to be a lot of fun, Grandpa?
We'll see about that.
One party after another, I don't know.
Anna and I were looking after Kerstin,
so that Aunt Ellen could go to the party too.
Britta was in bed with a cold, and so we were chosen to do the job.
- Goodbye now. - See you.
- Bye. - Bye bye. Bye Momma.
Thank you for looking after Kerstin for me.
We're going to be children's nurses when we grow up,
so watching Kerstin will be good practice for us then.
Must you practice on my sister?
Olle wanted to look after Kerstin himself.
But he had to look after the cows on the farm instead.
Now Kerstin, we're going to play with you.
Would you like a ride, huh?
- There. - Steady.
You mustn't stand up in the wagon, Kerstin.
- Stop, stop. - Do you like it?
Don't stand, Kerstin. You've gotta sit down now.
Now, sit.
No, stop!
Kerstin, please. It's dangerous.
Behave yourself, do you hear?
Sit down, now. Come on.
Kerstin!
Sit down. You don't want to hurt yourself.
No!
What are you doing? Are you hurting her?
Kerstin! Sit down, please.
Be a good girl. Sit down.
Let her do whatever she wants, and she won't cry.
We'll let her do whatever she likes.
Go on, Kerstin, do whatever you want.
But can't you see that she's hungry?
Were you hungry?
It's good, isn't it?
She certainly was hungry, weren't you?
Open up.
Go on.
Kerstin, here. Eat this.
Open up.
You can't just eat fruit, Kerstin.
Spinach is good for you.
You must eat, Kerstin.
Open your mouth.
You must eat, Kerstin.
Kerstin. Eat it, Kerstin.
Go on, don't be naughty.
She'd better have her midday nap, I think.
Go to sleep now, Kerstin.
Good night.
Good night!
Go to sleep, we'll see you later.
Do whatever you like.
It's easy to be a children's nurse, isn't it?
As long as you speak quietly and as gently as possible.
And you mustn't shout, they don't like it.
- Keep still, Kerstin. - No!
- Lie down. - No!
Look, you've got to lie down now.
That's it, now Kerstin!
Oh, did I just shout?
I've heard a lot worse.
What if there's something wrong with her?
Appendix, or something like that.
Now, Kerstin, it's time for your nap.
Lie down and I'll tuck you in.
Peek-a-boo.
Now, go to sleep.
Good night.
It wasn't her appendix, anyway.
Shall we go to the brook, Lisa?
Do you think we should? She might wake up.
- Just for a little while, OK? - Alright.
Anna and I have a special place where we always go in the Spring,
alongside the brook.
- A ladybird. - Where?
Oh, you're lucky.
Anna is so much fun to play with.
We always find something to do.
Buttercups grow alongside the brook.
So I said to Anna:
I'm Princess Buttercup, Anna, did you know that I was?
Really?
Well then, I am Princess Cowslip, alright?
Welcome to my green castle, Princess Cowslip Anna.
Welcome to my green castle, Buttercup Princess.
Your castle?
It's my castle.
- It's my castle. - No. - Yes. - No.
Yes it is!
Then we almost had a real quarrel over whose castle it was.
Because I thought about it first.
But we decided that Buttercup and Cowslip were twins,
and lived at different ends of the castle.
Oh my green castle, oh my bubbling brook.
- Oh my good green forest, oh... - What are you doing?
Oh my pretty white flowers.
Oh my pretty white rabbit.
- They're nice. - But what rabbits, Anna?
I have two rabbits in a gold cage, with a spell on them.
And you don't have any.
Oh my poor bewitched rabbits. Come back into your golden cage.
What are you doing?
Oh my prince.
Oh my frog, oh my dear.
You see, this frog is a prince but he has a spell cast on him.
- Oh my darling handsome prince. - Let me see.
- Can I hold him? - No.
You can hold your rabbits.
What if it really were a bewitched prince?
Oh! I think it is.
In fairy tales, all frogs are bewitched princes,
and you must kiss them to break the spell.
Oh no, I would never do that.
We must, Anna. We've got to save him.
- No - Yes. We must.
You kiss him first, then, Princess Buttercup.
One, two, three, prince or frog, we're going to see.
Four, five, six, when the count is seven, I'll give him a kiss.
You would need to be a real princess to be able to change such an ugly frog.
I think he's too far gone. I don't think it's necesary to kiss him.
Oh no, you don't. You're not getting out of this.
No, no! Catch him!
- Save him! - Our prince!
We must save him.
- Oh, he's gone. - No.
Now we must find him and save him.
Now we must find him and save him!
Oh, my green castle! Oh, my bubbling brook!
Oh, my beautiful white rabbit!
You're horrible.
You shouldn't listen to anyone's private games. Go away.
You're horrible, go away.
Go away!
Lisa! Anna! Where are you?
- Kerstin! - Kerstin!
Come and have a look. Lasse, Bosse. Come.
See for yourselves.
Kerstin!
The government should pass a law against girls like you becoming children's nurses.
Lift your arms, now. Up they go.
- Oh, here's some water. - Just a second.
What did you do to her?
She played with a little shoe polish.
A little, huh?
And the two of you want to be children's nurses!
It's your papa's fault.
Because he left the polish in a place where Kerstin was bound find to it.
And he left it open too.
We'll make you nice and clean again.
We'll have to get all this black polish off you.
So we'll rub and scrub now you're in the tub.
Doesn't that feel good?
- Oh, it's running. - Now close your eyes, Kerstin.
I'm all wet.
It's alright, Kerstin.
There. Don't practice on Kerstin any more.
It's alright.
It's alright, Kerstin.
A fine couple of children's nurses, you are.
Anna, do you think you'll be a children's nurse when you're older?
I'm not so sure any more, Lisa.
Pontus!
Pontus became easier to take care of, and he just kept on growing.
Pontus, come here.
Pontus.
Come, come. Here.
Now, drink some. Aren't you clever.
Each morning, before going to school, I had to go down to the sheep fold
and feed Pontus.
Lambs must learn to eat grass.
But they must have their milk, too.
Good, isn't it?
It's much better to have a dog than a lamb.
Of course it's better.
But why is it better?
Oh, you can take him with you everywhere.
A lamb has to stay in the fold. What good is that?
He's right.
Svipp even came with me to school one day, you know.
But lambs are much cuter than dogs are.
But what good is it if he can never leave the fold to go anywhere?
Lisa, hurry, or we'll be late.
Pontus, hurry, or we'll be late.
- Where's he going? - With us!
That should put a stop to all of your talk about dogs going everywhere.
- You're crazy, you know. - Do Mama and Papa know about it?
I didn't tell them.
If a dog can go to school, then why not a lamb as well.
- Bring him along then. - But our teacher will have a fit.
Alright, come along Pontus. Come on.
We don't want to be late.
Quite a surprise, huh?
Hey, I'll bring my worm with me.
- Hurry, Pontus. - Come on, Pontus.
- Hello. - Hello. - Good morning.
We just want to see if he's ready for school yet.
- Oh, this is going to be fun. - Can you imagine the teacher's surprise.
I hope he likes school.
He might even learn something.
You may sit down.
We're sorry to be so late, but...
You're all in a very good mood today, I see.
That wouldn't be a lamb you've got there?
We've been studying animals and so I thought that I'd...
I thought that... that...
What did you think Lisa?
I thought it might be helpful if the class saw a real live lamb.
Well, let's see him, in that case.
All the children came up and stroked Pontus.
I told everyone how I had raised him and fed him from a baby's bottle.
- Has Pontus ever been naughty, Lisa? - Not really.
He jumps when he wants his milk.
Everyone really liked him.
He can get very playful.
- He's a bit cheeky, isn't he? - A little.
Then we read about sheep in nature studies.
Pontus was on his best behaviour.
But I think he wanted to go back to the sheep fold.
Yes, Lasse?
Well tomorrow, we're going to read about cattle
so I thought I'd bring a bull along.
I think we've had enough animals at school for a while.
Imagine when we study crocodiles!
Oh well then, I'll just bring my pet crocodile to school.
Look at Svipp.
Come on, Pontus.
Your friends are waiting.
- Did you learn something, Pontus? - He's happy to be home.
That lamb is certainly not old enough for school. What do you think?
Come on.
Subtitles: Quantum December 2014