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Chapter 5
"That’sjustwhathiswifesaidtohim, ’AChinesebabycan’tbecalledPeter.’ ButHaiShangwasdreadfullystubborn, andhesaidthatthebabyshouldbecalledPeterorNothing. Andthenhesatdowninacornerandpulledhisearsoverhisheadandhowled. Andhispoorwifehadtogivein,ofcourse,andthekidwascalledPeter."
"Really!"saidAnnika. "ItwasthehatefulestkidinallShanghai,"continuedPippi."Fussyabouthisfood,sothathismotherwasmostunhappy. Youknow,ofcourse,thattheyeatswallows’nestsinChina? Andtheresathismother,withawholeplatefullofswallows’nests,tryingtofeedhim. ’Now,littlePeter,shesaid,"come,we’lleataswallow’snestforDaddy." ButPeterjustshuthismouthtightandshookhishead. AtlastHaiShangwassoangrythathesaidthatnonewfoodshouldbepreparedforPeteruntilhehadeatenaswallow’snestforDaddy. AndwhenHaiShangsaidsomething,thatwasthat. Thesameswallow’snestrodeinandoutofthekitchenfromMayuntilOctober. OnthefourteenthofJulyhismotherbeggedtobeallowedtogivePeteracoupleofmeatballs, butHaiShangsaidno."
"Nonsense!"saidthegirlintheroad.
"Yes,that’sjustwhatHaiShangsaid,"continuedPippi. "Nonsense,"hesaid,"it’sperfectlyplainthatthechildcaneattheswallow’snestifhe’llonlystopbeingsostubborn. "ButPeterkepthismouthshuttightfromMaytoOctober.
"Buthowcouldhelive?"askedTommy,astonished.
