【英文原文】

Pippi Moves into Villa1) Villekulla
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Way out at the end of a tiny little town was an old overgrown2) garden，and in the garden was an old house，and in the house lived Pippi Longstocking．She was nine years old，and she lived there all alone．She had no mother and no father，and that was of course very nice because there was no one to tell her to go to bed just when she was having fun，and no one could make her take cod liver oil3) when she much preferred caramel4) candy．
Once upon a time Pippi had had a father of whom she was extremely fond．Naturally，she had had a mother too，but that was so long ago that Pippi didn't remember her at all．Her mother had died when Pippi was just a tiny baby and lay in a cradle and howled5) so that nobody could go anywhere near her．Pippi was sure that her mother was now in Heaven，watching her little girl through a peephole6) in the sky，and Pippi often waved up at her and called，“Don' t you worry about me．I'll always come out on top．”
Pippi had not forgotten her father．He was a sea captain who sailed on the great ocean，and Pippi had sailed with him in his ship until one day her father was blown overboard in a storm and disappeared．But Pippi was absolutely certain that he would come back．She would never believe that he had drowned；she was sure he had floated until he landed on an island inhabited by cannibals7) and went around with a golden crown on his head all day long．
“My papa is a cannibal king；it certainly isn't every child who has such a stylish8) papa，”Pippi used to say with satisfaction．“And as soon as my papa has built himself a boat he will come and get me，and I'll be a cannibal princess．Heighho，won' t that be exciting？”
Her father had bought the old house in the garden many years ago．He thought he would live there with Pippi when he grew old and couldn't sail the seas any longer．And then this annoying thing had to happen，that he was blown into the ocean，and while Pippi was waiting for him to come back she went straight home to Villa Villekulla．That was the name of the house．It stood there ready and waiting for her．One lovely summer evening she had said good－bye to all the sailors on her father's boat．They were all fond of Pippi，and she of them．
“So long，boys，”she said and kissed each one on the forehead．“Don't worry about me．I'll always come out on top．”
Two things she took with her from the ship：a little monkey whose name was Mr．Nilsson－－he was a present from her father－－and a big suitcase full of gold pieces．The sailors stood upon the deck and watched as long as they could see her．She walked straight ahead without looking back at all，with Mr．Nilsson on her shoulder and her suitcase in her hand．
“A remarkable child，”said one of the sailors as Pippi disappeared in the distance．