The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking Page #5

like everyone else, and I'll teach you.

But now we must press on. Bye.

Well, I guess we'll

just have to stay stupid.

Oh, dear.

Thank you. Will you wait here

for five minutes, please?

You have the order?

Yes, yes, yes.

Good. Then everything

is absolutely legal.

Excuse me. Is all this really necessary?

I mean, she's just a child.

A child? I've seen this child in action.

She's totally irresponsible.

But a fire engine?

Now, why do we need that?

Because the brat climbs up on roofs and

in trees. And I've seen her up there.

She is more slippery than that

filthy monkey she lives with,

not to mention that stinking horse of hers.

Why the police?

Oh, she's very strong. You

should see what she did.

She threw my men up in a tree. Then

she lifted me like I was a baby.

That's some baby, I'll tell ya.

I think you'll agree we have to be prepared

for anything this girl may come up with.

We are agreed. Now, nobody wants

to be unfair or unkind to Pippi.

But I think that once

she is safe in the van,

then the whole town can just

breathe a sigh of relief.

Tommy, Annika!

Pippi, they're comin' for you!

The police, the fire engine, Miss

Bannister! Just about everyone.

I bet my father's with them too.

They can't take you, Pippi.

We're going to run away.

Please come with us.

Yeah, come with us. Mom and Dad are

trying ruin everything for us.

Well, I've never run away

from anything.

But I can't let you guys

go off on your own.

So I guess I'll have to come with ya.

Let's go.

Good luck! Thanks, freckle-face.

How we gonna run away?

It just so happens I might have

exactly what we need.

Good God! Look at that!

- All right! - Get-Get out! Get out!

- We'll go after her!

If I could fly,

I could catch them!

Oh, my God!

Keep pedaling. I'll bring it up.

- Up, up, up!

- Up! Up!

Up! Up!

Flying off to who knows where.

The very air we breathe is sweet.

Up above the treetops there is

not a challenge we can't meet.

If it takes all day

or maybe longer.

If it takes all night.

We will make our way

We're gettin' stronger.

Freedom is worth the fight.

Running away.

Up! Running away.

Up! Up!

Running away.

We're running away.

Uh-oh.

What the heck is she doing now?

You want us to take her, boss?

Can we, boss? Please, boss?

Please?

Oh, Pippi.

How could you have done this

to us?

I always thought the kids would

be perfectly safe with you.

That you'd look

after them... somehow.

Here, boy. Come on. Come on.

Stop this thing now.

Make it... Come on.

Will you please stop

this dang-dong bell? Stop it!

Did you find them? Not a trace.

Boy, that Pippi

has really done it this time.

Are you sure they were flying?

- Looked like a flying bed to me.

- A bicycle. She was definitely pedaling.

No! When it passed my place, it looked

li that autogiro thing Jake built.

Then let's go see

that crazy flying goon!

- Come on. Let's get outta here.

- Stick around. Don't leave in case they come back.

Watch out! Don't hit the horses!

I'm starving!

What are you doing, Pippi?

I learned this from a native in Borneo.

Don't worry. It'll work.

It'll work fine.

See? It works!

- Wow! It really did work.

- No sweat.

What are we gonna eat, Pippi?

What have you got in there?

Catch. I don't feel

like hunting tonight.

What would you hunt here

anyway, Pippi?

Oh, lions, tigers...

and cannibals.

I'm very good with cannibals.

Cannibals? Here?

Just in case.

It's very quiet. You don't

think it's too quiet, do you?

I promise you, with this old

gun, I'll be able to defend us.

Even if we should

be attacked by a splunk!

Oh, I'm gonna go take a nap.

Wake me if you need me.

And keep your eyes peeled.

Pippi!

Pippi!

There. What did I tell you? It

could be a cannibal snooping.

You can never be too careful.

Wouldn't be much use running away if

we're just to be served up for dinner...

with carrots and parsley.

I'll bet they're looking through

their cookbooks right now,

learning how to make us

in a special stew.

But I'll tell you this:

If they ever put me...

on the same plate as spinach...

Yech!

I will never, ever forgive them.

Oh, Pippi, don't talk like that.

Jeepers! What was that?

- She shot it!

- Three of them just bit the dust.

Pippi, when I grow up, I'm gonna

be a pirate, just like you.

Swell. And we'll be the

terrors of the Caribbean.

We'll plunder gold and jewels and

hide our treasures in a cave...

with three skeletons

guarding it!

And we'll sing... Life

is a breeze We live it for fun.

No apologies to anyone.

We live on the seas

We do as we please.

You've got it! And everyone would turn

pale and throw themselves into the sea...

to escape our bloody,

bloody revenge!

What about me? I don't

dare become a pirate.

Well, you can come along

for the ride and dust the piano.

- Dust the piano?

- Look what I found.

- From a shipwrecked sailor's secret stash.

- Thanks.

Sleep tight.

Don't let the bedbugs bite.

Darn it! We forgot

to brush our teeth.

Go to sleep.

Without your help, darn it, Pippi never

would've been able to build that contraption.

I know. And I'm willing to help, but

it's night. We'll use searchlights.

Even if I could get the autogiro up

in the dark, I could never land it.

- We gotta find those kids somehow.

- It's all your fault.

Listen, guys... You gotta help,

Jake, or we'll run you out of town.

If you're not too scared to fly,

I'll take you up at first light,

and we'll look in places these

guys could never go, okay? Okay.

What's for breakfast?

Dinosaur eggs, sunny-side up.

Pippi! The plane! It's sinking!

How will we ever get back? We're

supposed to be running away, aren't we?

We're lost. I want my mom.

- We can't stay gone forever.

- Robinson Crusoe did. He stayed for seven years.

- Seven years?

- I don't wanna stay that long.

Three years, okay? Whew.

It's getting hot. Wanna go

for a swim before breakfast?

Come on!

Pippi, you still

got all your clothes on!

I know. It's more fun this way.

They can't have gone this far!

Hey! Don't forget! They have

one of my flying machines!

Hey, listen. I'm the killer whale,

and you're the shipwrecked kids!

Race you to shore.

- These stones hurt my feet.

- Always complaining.

Come on.

Oh, no! Our clothes!

They're gone!

Somebody's taken them. They

have to be here somewhere.

The dinosaur, I guess. A

fair exchange for the eggs.

Now you know why I swim with my clothes on.

What are we gonna do?

Nah.

Sit down!

You'll either lose your

head or make us crash.

There's no sign of them!

Go back to the lake!

If I know Pippi, she'll be

finding some way back home!

If it takes all

day or maybe longer.

If it takes all night.

We will make our way

We're gettin' stronger.

Freedom is worth the fight.

Runnin' away.

Runnin' away.

We're saved!

What do you mean, we're

saved, Pippi? You'll see.

Never gonna find 'em.

I'm gonna follow that river!

This is as safe

as taking a Sunday stroll.

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