Pelle the Conqueror Page #3

Now.

Here you go.

We've always had wood strawberries on your birthday.

Imagine that. Real, Swedish wood strawberries.

How far is it to America, Dad?

America?

It's far. There's an awfully big sea in between.

Erik says that the sea is stronger

than anything else.

Even though it's soft, it can support everything.

Stone and iron and such.

I wonder if those countries, America, China...

do they stand on the bottom of the sea

or do they float on the water?

Then they might be difficult to find.

No, I'd imagine that they stand on the bottom.

Kongstrup!

Come out here, Kongstrup. I want to talk to you.

- Your boy is hungry, Kongstrup.

- Here comes the Sow and the Cabbage.

Kongstrup, your bastard needs money for food.

Stay here, cabbage boy.

We have to talk to your father.

Your bastard is hungry.

That lecher has kids everywhere.

But he never had any with his wife.

- Your boy is hungry.

- They say she's a witch.

Allowance for the bastard, or have you forgotten it?

I told you not to come here.

He has the right to see his father.

- Get out, you slut.

- Allowance for the bastard.

Kongstrup!

- You'll never get rid of my son.

- Go away!

You'll never get rid of us!

Kongstrup!

Mind the slate, Pelle, so it doesn't break.

Avoid the big boys as long as you can't beat them.

But if they will not leave you alone,

then you throw the first punch.

Then they'll lose heart.

Especially if you hit them hard.

Listen to what the teacher says.

And don't make any trouble.

And remember the handkerchief.

Don't use your fingers.

But go easy on the handkerchief

when no one is watching.

It'll last longer that way.

Be careful with your shirt.

And if the teacher's wife invites you

for coffee, you just take one cookie.

- But she won't.

- No?

He has never been married.

Well, then... Hurry.

SCHOOL:

P-A says pa. P-E says pe.

P-A says pa.

P-E says pe.

P-I says pi. P-O says po.

P-U says pu. P-Y says py.

P-U says pooh!

Wretched little bastards. Be quiet!

Silence! Wretched brats.

Should we meet the new pupil?

Can you stand up?

- What is your name then?

- Pelle Karlsson.

And what can you do?

I can hit a cow with a stone from 100 paces.

Try it with that boor.

I can make the cows stand still

by buzzing like a botfly.

- I can make Bismarck--

- Can you read?

No, otherwise I wouldn't be here.

You had better not be so impertinent.

B-A says ba. B-E says be.

B-I says bi.

What's this one? The top one.

I haven't seen that before.

Have you already forgotten that?

I got it after seeing it just once.

It's an

Of course it is. I don't know

what's wrong with my head today.

It's an "F." I wonder what that's for.

It's the first letter in afternoon. F-ternoon.

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