Astrid Lindgren composed a fairy tale evening after evening about the girl Peppy for her daughter Karin, who was sick at that time. The name for the main character, long and unpronounceable for a Russian person, was invented by the daughter of the writer herself.
This tale turned sixty years old in 2015, and we present its summary. Peppy Long Stocking, the heroine of this fantastic story, has been loved in our country since 1957.
A bit about the author
Astrid Lindgren is the daughter of two Swedish farmers and grew up in a large and very friendly family. She settled the heroine of a fairy tale in a small dull town, where life flows measuredly, and nothing changes. The writer herself was an extremely active person. The Parliament of Sweden, at its request and the support of the majority of the population, has passed a law against which pets cannot be offended. Below you will find the theme of the tale and its summary. Peppy Long Stocking, the main characters, Annika and Tommy, will also be featured. In addition to them, we also love Toddler and Carlson, who were invented by the world famous writer. She received the most treasured award for each storyteller - the HK medal. Andersen.
What does Peppy and her friends look like?
Peppy is only nine years old. She is tall, thin and very strong. Her hair is bright red and blaze in the sun. The nose is small, with potatoes, and the whole is covered with freckles.
Peppy walks in stockings of different colors and huge black shoes, which she sometimes adorns. Annika and Tommy, who became friends with Peppy, are the most ordinary neat and exemplary children who want adventure.
At the Chicken Villa (Chapters I - XI)
Brother and sister Tommy and Annika Settergegen lived opposite an abandoned house, which stood in a deserted garden. They went to school, and then, having done their homework, played croquet in their yard. They were very bored, and they dreamed that they had an interesting neighbor. And their dream came true: a red-haired girl settled in the Chicken Villa, who had a monkey named Mr. Nilson. She was brought by a real sea ship. Her mother died long ago and looked at her daughter from the sky, and dad, the sea captain, was washed away during the storm by a wave, and he, as Peppy thought, became the Negro king on the lost island.
With the money that the sailors gave her, and it was a heavy chest with gold coins, which the girl carried like a feather, she bought herself a horse, which she settled on the terrace. This is the very beginning of a wonderful story, its summary. Peppy Long Stocking - a kind, fair and extraordinary girl.
Meet Peppy
A new girl walked down the street with her back forward. Annika and Tommy asked her why she was doing this. “So they go in Egypt,” the strange girl lied. And she added that in India they generally walk on their hands. But Anniku and Tommy were not at all embarrassed by such a lie, because it was a funny invention, and they went to visit Peppy.
She baked pancakes for her new friends and treated them to fame, even though she broke one egg on her head. But I was not taken aback, and then I came up with the idea that in Brazil everyone smears her head with eggs so that her hair grows faster. The whole fairy tale consists of such harmless stories. We will only retell a few of them, as this is a summary. "Peppy Long Stocking", a fairy tale full of various events, can be taken in the library.
How Peppy surprises all citizens
Peppy can not only tell, but also act very swiftly and unexpectedly. A circus arrived in the city - this is a big event. Together with Tommy and Annika, she went to the performance. But during the performance, she did not sit still. Together with the circus girl, she jumped onto the back of a horse racing through the arena, then climbed under the circus dome and walked along the rope, she also laid on the shoulder blades of the strongest strongman in the world and even threw him several times into the air. They wrote about it in the newspapers, and the whole city found out how unusual the girl lives in it. Only thieves who decided to rob her did not know about this. Bad they had to! Peppy also saved the kids who were on the top floor of a burning house. A lot of adventures happen with Peppy on the pages of the book. This is only a summary of them. Peppy Long Stocking is the best girl in the world.
Peppy Going On The Road (Chapters I - VIII)
In this part of the book, Peppy managed to go to school, take part in a school trip, and punish the bully at the fair. This shameless man scattered all his sausages from an old salesman. But Peppy punished the bully and made him pay everything. And in the same part, her dear and beloved dad returned to her.
He invited her to travel the seas with him. This is a completely quick retelling of the story about Peppy and her friends, a summary of "Peppy Long Stocking" in chapters. But the girl will not leave Tommy and Annika in anguish, she will take them with her, with the consent of their mother, to hot countries.
On the island of the country of Veseliya (chapters I - XII)
Before leaving for the warmer climes at Peppy, the impudent and respectable gentleman wanted to buy her Chicken Villa and destroy everything on it.
Peppy quickly dealt with him. She also “planted in a puddle” the harmful Freken Rosenblum, who distributed gifts, by the way, boring, to the best children she considered. Then Peppy gathered all the offended guys and gave everyone a big bag of caramel. All but the evil freken were satisfied. And then Peppy, Tommy and Anika went to the country of Fun. There they swam, caught pearls, dealt with the pirates and, full of impressions, returned home. This is a complete summary of "Peppy Long Stocking" chapter by chapter. Very briefly, because it is much more interesting to read about all the adventures yourself.
Reviews
All parents who have children 4–5 years old say that the children enthusiastically listen to stories about a girl who does the opposite. They almost memorize her adventures, very many people like illustrations and the quality of the publication.
We hope that those who are not familiar with the fantastic girl who sleeps with her feet on the pillow will be interested in the summary of “Peppy Long Stocking”. Reviews say that children are asked to re-read the book again and again.