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           Youcan’timaginewhatadreadfulsnakeitwas, fourteenyardslongandmadasahornet, andeverydayheateupfiveIndiansandthentwolittlechildrenfordessert, andonetimehecameandwantedmefordessert, andhewoundhimselfaroundme-uhhh!-butI’vebeenaroundabit,Isaid,andhithiminthehead, bang,andthenhehisseduiuiuiuiuiuiuiuitch,andthenIhithimagain,andbingo! hewasdead,and,indeed,sothatistheletters-mostremarkable!" 

           Pippihadtostoptogetherbreath.Andtheteacher,whohadnowbeguntothinkthatPippiwasanunrulyandtroublesomechild, decidedthattheclassshouldhavedrawingforawhile. SurelyPippicouldsitstillandbequietanddraw,thoughttheteacher. Shetookoutpaperandpencilsandpassedthemouttothechildren. 

           "Nowyoumaydrawwhateveryouwish,"shesaidandsatdownatherdeskandbegantocorrecthomework. Inalittlewhileshelookeduptoseehowthedrawingwasgoing. AllthechildrensatlookingatPippi,wholayflatonthefloor,drawingtoherheart’scontent. 

           "But,Pippi,"saidtheteacherimpatiently, "whyintheworldaren’tyoudrawingonyourpaper!" 

           "Ifilledthatlongago. Thereisn’troomenoughformywholehorseonthatlittlesnipofapaper,saidPippi. "JustnowI’mworkingonhisfrontlegs, butwhenIgettohistailIguessI’llhavetogooutinthehall." 

           Theteacherthoughthardforawhile. "Supposeinsteadweallsingalittlesong,"shesuggested. 

           AllthechildrenstoodupbytheirseatsexceptPippi;shestayedwhereshewasonthefloor.