Little Uncle Runs Home to Make Coffee

Let Pippi and her friends go trudging through rain storms and sleep in shacks and under pines, Little Uncle thought to himself. 

 

He was going to run back home where there was sugar cubs and pancakes. He was going to spend the next few days grazing in their front lawn and awaiting Pippi Longstocking's return on the front porch. And maybe, if he could manage it, he would have the coffee ready for them when they returned from their exertion. 

 

After all, running away from home was for the young. He wanted nothing more than to stay home where all was good and the food was tasty.

 

 I knew from the start that this was a field in which an Astrid Lindgren character needed to graze. And who could be a better individual for such a field than Little Uncle: trusted horse of Pippi Longstocking. 

 

In the episode in which Pippi and her friends run away from their respective homes, Little Uncle also runs off when a rainstorm sends him into a fright. 

 

I always loved the casualness with which Pippi responds to Anika and Tommy's worry, claiming that he was simply running home to make coffee so that they would have something warm to drink upon their return. 

 

Little Uncle is nothing if not a thoughtful horse.

 

I am glad he has joined my collection of animals going for a walk.